Cellist Matt Zucker graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music (B.M.) and received his M.M. in cello performance from the Eastman School of Music. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree at The Juilliard School in NYC, studying cello with Phoebe Carrai and gamba with Sarah Cunningham. Winner of the 2013 Cleveland Cello Society Competition, he has also performed wiht New World Symphony, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Bourbon Baroque, OSSIA New Music, and Burning River Baroque. A registered Suzuki teacher, Matt served on the faculty of the Hochstein School of Music and Dance in Rochester, NY.