Catherine Weinfield-Zell

Described as an "arresting" (Boston Globe) and "strikingly beautiful" (Miami Herald) musician, Catherine Weinfield-Zell is busy performing and teaching all over the greater New England area. Currently based in Boston, Ms. Weinfield-Zell regularly plays with Emmanuel Music, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Lyric Opera, the Boston Philharmonic, and the Portland Symphony. Previously, she held positions with both the Florida Grand Opera and Hawaii Symphony Orchestra.  Ms. Weinfield-Zell has also performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera, the San Diego and Charleston Symphonies, the Naples Philharmonic, and the new-music ensembles Alarm Will Sound. Additionally, she has also performed at the Strings, Opera North, Lake George, Opera in the Ozarks, Breckenridge, Spoleto FestivalUSA, Aspen, Sitka, Alaska, Kent/Blossom, and Britten-Pears Aldeburgh World Orchestra Music Festivals. As a dedicated teacher, Ms. Weinfield-Zell is currently on faculty at the University of New Hampshire and Phillips Exeter Academy.  She is also the co-founder with her husband, percussionist Michael Weinfield-Zell, of Music at the Substation, a chamber music series at the Turtle Swamp Brewery in Boston. Ms. Weinfield-Zell's principal teachers include Elaine Douvas at Mannes College of Music in New York City, John Mack and Frank Rosenwein at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Ray Still at Northwestern University.