Brianna Tam – Cello

Brianna Tam began her undergraduate studies at Oberlin Conservatory, but transferred to the University of North Carolina Greensboro in 2017. She is now a student of Dr. Alexander Ezerman pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance. Since starting her education at UNCG, Brianna has been selected to perform in masterclasses for Zuill Bailey and the Juilliard Quartet, and will be playing in a masterclass for Lynn Harrell in Spring 2018. She is currently a member of the school’s Gate City Camerata and is one of the rotating principals of the University Symphony Orchestra. While at Oberlin, Brianna was a member of the school’s Contemporary Music Ensemble under the direction of Timothy Weiss, as well as the school’s Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Raphael Jiménez.

Brianna has performed as a soloist with the American Chamber Orchestra as a winner of their concerto competition, and has also won several other local competitions. In 2016, she attended Brevard Music Center Summer Festival, during which she was one of the rotating principals for that season.

Brianna lives in Greensboro with her fiancé, her cat, and her four chickens.

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource. Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony typically performs 8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as the city’s annual Independence concert with fireworks. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra, after school strings and summer music camps.

This organization is supported in part by a space grant from the BB&T Term Endowment of Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc.