Trevor Handy, Cello

Trevor Handy enjoys an active career in Los Angeles as principal cellist of Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra, member of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Hollywood studio musician. He has performed with LA Philharmonic, LA Opera, at festivals such as La Jolla Summerfest, Ojai Music Festival, on chamber music series such as Portland Chamber Music Fesitval, and has taught at Pepperdine University and Westmont College. He has toured in Asia, Europe, and Costa Rica. In 1994, he participated in Sir George Solti’s Orchestral Project at Carnegie Hall. Following studies, he helped to form Griffon String Quartet in New York City, which was awarded the grand prize at the 1991 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He has been a member of Columbus, Honolulu, Jacksonville, and New Haven Symphonies, studied and played baroque cello professionally while in New York, and taught solfege at Juilliard’s Pre-College division. Born and raised in Boston, he made his solo debut with Boston Symphony Orchestra at age 14 and received his B.M. and M.M. from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Leonard Rose, Channing Robbins, Joel Krosnick and Lorne Munroe. Summers were spent at Aspen, Tanglewood, and in Switzerland at Yehudi Menuhin’s Academy in Gstaad, and Lausanne Academie de Musique under the tutelage of Maurice Gendron.

Upcoming Concerts: We’re Bach May 27, 2024
Mendelssohn Octet June 5, 2024