Cello Lessons with Cullen O’Neil 

Praised for her “varied and colorful” playing (Mittelbayerische Zeitung), New York City-based cellist Cullen O’Neil enjoys a robust career in music. She is a core member of Boston Baroque, a fellow of The English Concert in America, and performs frequently with premier early music ensembles across North America. As a leader and visionary, she co-founded Quartet Salonnières, a historical quartet, and Relic, a chamber orchestra lauded for its “stylish and innovative” performances (New York Classical Review). She is also a founding member of Nuova Pratica, a pioneering ensemble of composer-performers.

Orchestral and chamber music performances have brought Cullen across North America, Europe and Asia to venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Mariinsky II in St. Petersburg, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms, the Helsinki Musiikkitalo, Shanghai Concert Hall and the Philharmonie de Paris.

A devoted and versatile educator, Cullen has over a decade of experience teaching students of all ages and levels. Using a Suzuki-based approach catered to the needs of the individual, she instills in her students a strong technical foundation and deep love of music. As an active performer, composer, and leader, she brings rare and valuable experience to the studio.

Cullen received her masters degree in Historical Performance at the Juilliard School in 2021, where she studied cello with Phoebe Carrai. In 2019 she graduated with degrees in modern cello and music theory from the University of Michigan, where she studied with Richard Aaron.