Griffin Browne

Cellist Griffin Browne is active as an orchestral musician, private teacher and free-lance musician. He currently plays with the Glacier Symphony and Chorale in Kalispell, MT. Recently a section member of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and principal cellist with the Jackson Symphony, Dr. Browne has appeared as soloist with several orchestras in the mid-south area. These include the Jackson Symphony, Starkville Symphony, Dyersburg Symphony and the University of Memphis Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. With Leonardo Altino, David Bjella and Grace Bahng as his primary instructors, he received his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in cello performance from the University of Memphis and has a Bachelor of Music degree from Stetson University. In 2013, Dr. Browne completed an edition of M.H. Graul’s Cello Concerto, an unpublished work he found in the Sing-Akademie Archive and he enjoys playing music of many different genres – from classical to pop and jazz. Dr. Browne currently resides in Kila, MT with his wife, two children and father in law.