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Peter Greydanus

Cello

Peter Greydanus has been a member of the cello section of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra since 2005.  He is also active in the Richmond area and beyond as a chamber musician and teacher. He is a member of the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra and has previously held appointed positions with Virginia Symphony Orchestra and played as an associate musician with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra from 2000-2012. Other previous orchestra positions include those with the Wheeling, WV, Youngstown, OH, Haddonfield, NJ, Albany, NY, and Canton, OH symphonies.  In addition, he has performed with the Sarasota Opera Orchestra and been a participant in the Spoleto festivals in Spoleto, Italy, and Charleston, SC, as well as the Europaisches Musikfest Stuttgart and the Crested Butte Music Festival. He served as an adjunct professor of cello at Christopher Newport University from 2012-2019. Mr. Greydanus is a graduate of Temple University where he was a student of Orlando Cole and studied as well with Metta Watts and William Stokking