Derek Barnes
Derek Barnes joined The Philadelphia Orchestra in February 1995. A native of Philadelphia, he had previously held the post of Co-Principal Cello of the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia (now the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia) and he has been a member of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and the New York String Orchestra.
Mr. Barnes has appeared as soloist with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Music Center Symphony, and the Indianapolis, Anderson, and Muncie symphonies. He has also participated in the Tanglewood Fellowship program, as a Leonard Bernstein Fellow, and the summer music festivals of the Taos School of Music, Encore School for Strings, and Congress of Strings.
Mr. Barnes has performed chamber music with Christoph Eschenbach, Nadja SalernoSonnenberg, Isaac Stern, and Sarah Chang. He has appeared on television in “Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood”. A graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music in 1991, his teachers have included Orlando Cole, David Soyer, and former Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Cello William Stokking. He performs regularly with his wife, Meichen Barnes, Associate Concertmaster of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.
Mr. Barnes has appeared as soloist with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Music Center Symphony, and the Indianapolis, Anderson, and Muncie symphonies. He has also participated in the Tanglewood Fellowship program, as a Leonard Bernstein Fellow, and the summer music festivals of the Taos School of Music, Encore School for Strings, and Congress of Strings.
Mr. Barnes has performed chamber music with Christoph Eschenbach, Nadja SalernoSonnenberg, Isaac Stern, and Sarah Chang. He has appeared on television in “Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood”. A graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music in 1991, his teachers have included Orlando Cole, David Soyer, and former Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Cello William Stokking. He performs regularly with his wife, Meichen Barnes, Associate Concertmaster of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.