Jesse Smith is a chamber and orchestral cellist who currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. As an avid performer, Smith is the principal cellist of the Fayetteville Symphony and the New Carolina Sinfonia and is frequently invited to play for performances by the Long Bay Symphony, Carolina Ballet, The Carolina Master Choral, and the Carolina Philharmonic. He also enjoys the opportunity to play chamber music throughout the South Eastern Coast and is a founding member of the Magnolia String Quartet.
Smith graduated with his bachelor’s degree in music performance from East Carolina University where he studied with Emanuel Gruber. As a student and later as an alumni, he was regularly invited to play alongside internationally-renowned musicians in Ara Gregorian’s “Next Generation” concerts as a part of the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival. After graduation from ECU, Smith continued his study in performance by attending Stony Brook University. During his time on Long Island he was in the studio of Colin Carr, where he received his Master of Music Performance degree.
