Annamarie Wellems - Cellist

Cellist Annamarie Wellems is currently pursuing her Master of Music at the Cleveland Institute of Music. A graduate of Rice University, she earned her bachelor's with former Houston Symphony principal Desmond Hoebig. Originally from Chicago, she received her training at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy where she studied with Tanya Carey and Hans Jorgen Jensen.
Annamarie has sat principal of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Fringe Opera and Cleveland Pops Orchestra. In recent summers, Annamarie was a guest artist at the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, a fellow at the Sarasota Music Festival, and was twice awarded an orchestral fellowship to attend the Aspen Music Festival, where she was assistant principal of the Chamber Symphony. Passionate about chamber music, she has won medals at the M-Prize, St. Paul, ENKOR and Fischoff international chamber competitions. Annamarie appears on the PBS television show "Now Hear This" as a Colorado College Music Festival fellow. She has performed alongside esteemed artists Yura Lee, The Miró Quartet, Jon Kimura Parker, and participated in masterclasses for The Emerson Quartet, Laurence Lesser and Menahem Pressler.