This 15-member ensemble offers an eclectic evening of cello music under the baton of guest conductor Joni Steshko, associate conductor of the Colburn Chamber Orchestra.

Steshko has earned degrees from UCLA, USC and Cal State Fullerton, has guest conducted the Chapman Symphony, Chamber Orchestra and Chapman Opera, was assistant conductor of the USC Symphony, Chamber Orchestra and USC Opera in addition to being the manager of orchestra programs at USC’s Thornton School of Music. She has studied conducting with Daniel Lewis at USC, Murry Sidlin at Aspen Music Festival, Alexander Politshuk and Georgy Ergemsky at St. Petersburg Conservatory and Jon Robertson at UCLA. In 1991 she was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship.

The CSUF Cello Choir regularly offers four concerts a year on campus and has performed at a variety of venues throughout Southern California. Known for its flexibility, the ensemble, due to the cello’s four-octave range, regularly performs a wide variety of repertoire.