Texas based cellist and viola da gamba player, Sydney ZumMallen, is currently the professor of baroque cello and viola da gamba, the coordinator of the Early Music Chamber Studies, and the Ornamentation Theory course instructor at The University of North Texas. As an active performer, you can find her playing with many baroque ensembles including Harmonia Stellarum, La Follia (Austin), Ars Lyrica, Philharmonie Austin, and many more.
Sydney’s commitment to share early music with the world has taken her across four continents including tours with prominent early music figures. Her studies are comprised of an undergraduate degree at the University of North Texas, a year of studies at The Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and a master’s degree from The Juilliard School, where she was a recipient of the Historical Performance Scholarship and a student of Phoebe Carrai and Sarah Cunningham. During her years at The Juilliard School she was the winner of Juilliard’s inaugural baroque cello concerto competition, making her New York solo debut with Juilliard415 at Alice Tully Hall in New York.
In her free time, Sydney enjoys spending time baking, reading, and sitting on the couch with her cats. She is also addicted to space heaters.