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American cellist Natasha Farny has distinguished herself as a talent of significant versatility and experience among today's younger generation of string virtuosi. She has performed as soloist with orchestras that include the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Greeley Symphony Orchestra, the Juilliard Symphony Orchestra and New Juilliard Ensemble, and the Western New York Chamber Orchestra. Dr. Farny has given sonata recitals on Chicago Public Radio, in Leipzig's Mendelssohn Haus, and in the cities of Rochester, New York City, Bloomington, and New Haven. She has also participated in numerous music festivals including the International Musicians Seminar in Prussia Cove, England, The Banff Summer Master Classes, the Bay View Music Festival, the Artur Balsam Chamber Music Festival, the Kronberg Cello Festival, the Schleswig Holstein Festival Master Classes, and the Leipzig Internationales Kammermusikfestival.

Dr. Farny enjoys teaching all levels and has been a faculty member at summer festivals in Maine, at the Third Street Music School in New York City, and at various Boston area schools. She has given master classes at Fort Hays State University in Kansas and throughout the Boston area. Also well-seasoned as an orchestral player, Dr. Farny has played with the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, the Spoleto Festival Opera Orchestra, and the Rhode Island Philharmonic where she sat Assistant Principal.

After pursuing undergraduate studies at the Curtis Institute of Music and Yale University, Dr. Farny earned a master of music degree at the Eastman School of Music and a doctorate of musical arts degree at the Juilliard School. A distinguished scholar in music, Dr. Farny completed a monograph of Beethoven's Cello Sonata, Op. 102, No. 1, under the supervision of renowned Beethoven scholar and writer Maynard Solomon. Primary cello teachers have included such luminaries as Orlando Cole, Stephen Doane, Joel Krosnick, and Harvey Shapiro; additionally, she has benefitted from the tutelage of some of the most renowned chamber ensembles in the world, including the Juilliard String Quartet, violinist Felix Galimir, and violist Karen Tuttle. Dr. Farny joined the SUNY Fredonia faculty in 2005.