Lucy Gelber recently graduated with a BM from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Masumi Rostad. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Lucy started on violin but switched to viola, which she felt better suited her. She primarily studied with Joli Wu throughout high school. An avid chamber musician, she performed frequently with the Andromeda Quartet, founded at Eastman in 2020, working under the guidance of Yoojin Jang and members of the Ying Quartet. She has attended several summer music festivals including Round Top Festival Institute, Bowdoin, and Madeline Island, and Green Mountain. Lucy has served as co-principal violist of the Eastman Philharmonia under Neil Varon. She made her solo debut with the Eastman
Philharmonia in 2021 and has since performed several times with the Eastman Chorale.
Lucy also takes interest in early music, playing Baroque viola with Eastman Collegium Musicum for several years and performing with various ensembles around Rochester. She hopes to pursue a career in any combination of solo and chamber music. Outside of music, Lucy enjoys drawing and taking on ambitious cooking projects like Boeuf
Bourguignon and chiffon cakes.