Glenna Curren
Cellist Glenna Curren has maintained a private teaching studio since 2002. Currently based in Rochester, she has taught as a teaching assistant at Oberlin Conservatory and is a graduate of the nationally recognized Penfield Suzuki Program.
Glenna strives to understand how each student learns best; as a teacher her approach centers around creating a personalized method for each student. Having earned degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Eastman School of Music, Glenna has been fortunate to study with some of the music world’s most sought-after teachers— including Alan Harris, Stephen Doane, Richard Aaron, Amir Eldan, and Catharina Meints—whom she credits with teaching her how to teach as well as how to play the cello. She thus draws upon a rich array of teaching approaches, which she supplements with concepts from yoga and Alexander Technique, insisting that a relaxed cellist is a happy cellist!
As a performer, Glenna has appeared across the United States and five European countries. A Rochester native, she has been a returning guest soloist on Rochester Public Radio’s performance series Live from Hochstein and with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and is an alumna of the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.
Currently, Glenna is a founding member of Upstate New York’s only Classical period orchestra, Ensemble Perihipsous, which is currently in its first season. With her small instrumental chamber ensemble, Ogni Sorti, she explores lesser-known works of the Renaissance. Also a soprano, she performs with Rochester’s critically acclaimed vocal ensemble, the Christ Church Schola Cantorum.
For more details on Glenna’s teaching approach and performing activities, and to listen to recordings of performances, please visit Glenna’s website at glennacurren.com.