DeKalb Symphony: Musical Frontiers

• Roee (Roy) Harrán, cello

Joaquín Turina — La Procession du Rocio
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Camille Saint-Saëns — Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 (Roee Harrán, cello)
Howard Hanson — Symphony No. 2 in D-flat major, Op. 30, W. 45 "Romantic"

The DeKalb Symphony Orchestra (DSO) has a new season with a new Music Director and Conductor. Don't miss a single note of our concerts under our new Music Director and Conductor Dr. Paul Bhasin!

The DSO is very excited to welcome cellist Roee Harrán to the stage for our first concert under our new Music Director Paul Bhasin. Roee will perform Saint-Saëns' beloved Cello Concerto No. 1 as part of our season-opening program.

All DSO performances are held in the Marvin Cole Auditorium in the Fine Arts Building on Georgia State University's Perimeter College Clarkston Campus.

Please review DeKalb Symphony Orchestra's current COVID-19 Safety Policy before attending this event: https://www.dekalbsymphony.org/COVIDpolicy

About DeKalb Symphony Orchestra

DeKalb Symphony Orchestra presents concerts of traditional and contemporary symphonic repertoire, seeking both the highest possible level of artistic quality and the advancement of musical awareness and participation among ourmusicians and diverse audiences.

Membership in DeKalb Symphony Orchestra is by audition. Of the more than 80 players in the full orchestra, only a handful are paid a small stipend to act as principal players. The others are volunteer players from the community. A recent study concluded that each player in DSO devotes approximately 200 hours per year to the Orchestra’s rehearsals and performances and that the average member serves for 10 years or more.

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About Roee (Roy) Harrán, cello

Born in Israel, Atlanta cellist Roy Harran began playing cello at the age of seven with Dr. David Sella and later with Prof. Uzi Wiesel. Roy is the son of the late Prof. Don Harrán, world-renowned musicologist, and Aya, a retired music therapist, who encouraged Roy to study and become a cellist. After three years of military service as Outstanding Musician, playing cello in the Israel Defense Forces String Quartet, Roy studied at the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel-Aviv University (B.Mus. magna cum laude). He received his M.Mus. at the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Paul Katz and Steven Doane.

Roy, who also goes by Roee, is a solo cellist and an avid chamber musician. He was a member of the Rochester Piano Quartet, the Avanti Trio, and played with the Vanbrugh Quartet and others. He also has performed with the Tanglewood Music Festival, Manchester Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival and others.

Roy has played solo recitals and appeared as a soloist in Israel, Europe, the U.S. and Canada. He has participated in various orchestras, including the Orchestre Mondial des Jeunesses Musicales and the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée as principal cellist.

After several years as principal cellist in the New World Symphony, Roy became a member of the Savannah Symphony before joining the faculty of Radford University and the Renaissance Music Academy in Va. Currently, Roy is freelancing as a cello teacher and cellist in Atlanta. He plays regularly with the Atlanta Symphony, Atlanta Opera, Atlanta Ballet, Fringe Atlanta and the Highland Music Festival. Roy has been a faculty member at Agnes Scott College and currently serves on the Emory University faculty. As a cello instructor and artist affiliate at Emory, he gives cello lessons to music majors and non-majors. Roy resides in Decatur, Ga., with his wife, Kelli. He teaches private cello lessons to all ages and levels.

https://royharran.com/