Cellist Madeline Fayette, praised for her “charisma...lovely tone and phrasing”, is part of a new generation of artist-teachers creating audiences through inventive community engagement and compelling performances. An in-demand collaborator in both standard and experimental repertoire, she regularly performs with the Fair Trade Chamber Music Society, New York Classical Players, Shattered Glass, and innovative genre-defying organizations Cantata Profana and Heartbeat Opera. She has also appeared with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, and Broadway’s recent revival of Hello, Dolly with Bette Midler.

Ms. Fayette was a 2017 and 2018 guest artist at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, where she designed school presentations, interactive performances and engrossing concert programs for audiences of all ages, which culminated in her appointment as Bravo’s Teaching-Artist-in-Residence for their 2019 season. Ms. Fayette is also an inaugural member and current Operations Manager of the Annapolis Chamber Music Festival. From 2016-18, Ms. Fayette was a Fellow in Ensemble Connect - a post-graduate program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute with the NYC Department of Education.

Highlights of past seasons include Carnegie Hall performances of Hans Zender’s orchestration of Winteresisse with Sir Simon Rattle and Mark Padmore, and Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire with legendary soprano Lucy Shelton. She has also appeared with the Joey Alexander Trio at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Ms. Fayette has performed at the Grove, Yellow Barn, Sarasota, and Kneisel Hall music festivals, and collaborated with artists such as Lucy Chapman, Alan Kay, Curtis Macomber, Roger Tapping, and Donald Weilerstein.