Cellist Anne Gratz is Principal Cello of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Kingfisher Quartet, Tucson Symphony String Quartet, True Concord Voices and Orchestra, and Tucson Pops Orchestra. She has also performed with the Phoenix Symphony, New World Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Texas Festival Orchestra. Anne’s upcoming performances include a concert at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall with True Concord Voices and Orchestra and her Tucson Symphony Orchestra concerto debut with Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger Concerto. Anne is also active as a cello teacher in Tucson and works with many schools and music programs including Pima Community College, Tucson Junior Strings, and Tucson High Magnet School.
A native of Indiana, Anne graduated as valedictorian from Interlochen Arts Academy and received BM and MM degrees and an Orchestral Studies Diploma from Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Alan Harris.