About Me

Canadian cellist Trisha Doo is recognized for her charismatic and radiant performing style. She has performed as a soloist and orchestral musician on renowned stages from Carnegie Hall in New York City and Severance Hall in Cleveland, to Vancouver’s own Orpheum Theatre. She began her cello studies at the age of ten with Judy Fraser and has since studied under the tutelage of Bo Peng, Joseph Elworthy, Darrett Adkins, Gwen Krosnick, Rosemary Elliott, and Steven Doane. She has had the privilege of performing in both solo and chamber masterclasses for distinguished artists like Joel Krosnick, Mark Steinberg, Gilbert Kalish, Kim Kashkashian, and Ani Kavafian.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Trisha has won numerous local and international competitions. Some of her most notable accomplishments include winning first prize at the American Protégé International Music Competition, where she made her solo debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 15. Trisha has also had the opportunity to perform with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra after winning first prize at the Richmond Symphony Concerto Competition. In addition to solo performances, Trisha won first prize in the Friends Of Chamber Young Musicians Competition in 2012 and 2014. She has also had the honor of performing alongside Sibbi Bernhardsson (former second violinist of the Pacifica Quartet) and the Koerner Quartet. 

In past summers, Trisha has had the pleasure of attending music programs such as  Kneisel Hall, Aspen Summer Music Festival, Yellow Barn Young Artists, Credo, Banff Chamber Residency Program, and Bowdoin International Music Festival, among others.

Trisha received her Bachelor of Music degree in 2019 at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with Darrett Adkins, fully funded with a Conservatory Dean Scholarship. During her time at Oberlin, she co-founded the Musical Storytelling Project, a program that introduces children from the ages of 3 to 10 to classical musical instruments through storytelling. In 2021, she received her Master of Music degree at the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of Steven Doane and Rosemary Elliott with the ESM Graduate and Kohei & Iwa Watanabe Scholarships.  

When she is not playing the cello, Trisha enjoys going on long walks with her husband, Matt, finding the next best coffee shop, and baking!