Eleanor Blake 

    Eleanor Blake studied ‘cello at The Boston Conservatory with Ronald Feldman (Boston Symphony Orchestra) and Andrew Mark (Boston Pops).  It was there that she received the Susan Glover Hitchcock Award for excellence in musical academics (2000-2002) and a yearly scholarship from The Boston Conservatory.

    During and after graduation, Blake studied ‘cello with Alexander Baillie (Bremen Conservatory, Germany) and Mark Johnson (Vermeer Quartet), orchestral performance with Mihail Jojatu and Sato Knudsen (Boston Symphony Orchestra), and Alan Stepansky (New York Philharmonic), and participated in master classes with members of the Julliard String Quartet and Steven Doane, while her chamber coaches have included Joel Krosnick, and Claude Frank and Pamela Frank.  Eleanor has held fellowships with the Tanglewood Music Center and The Manchester Music Festival (Vermont), in addition to participating in Festival de Violoncelle des Cote des Isles (Normandy, France) and the American Institute for Musical Studies (Graz, Austria).

    Currently a member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra, and The Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, Eleanor Blake has played under the baton of international conductors like James Levine, Andre Previn, Raphael Frühbeck De Burgos, Bernard Haitink, Oliver Knussen, and Sir Andrew Davis, and has worked with international soloists like 'cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Joshua Bell, and soprano Renée Fleming.  In addition she has performed with Rhode Island Philharmonic, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra.  Past orchestral positions have included the National Lyric Opera of New York, the New England String Ensemble, and New Bedford Symphony.  She has been a guest artist with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and the Lyra Summer Music Festival (Vermont).