The Lakes Area Music Festival cello section is sponsored in memory of Mary Anne Bennett, through funds held at the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation. Mary Anne was a crucial part of the formative decade of the organization, serving as the first board chair and championing volunteerism and radical hospitality. She was a cellist in many community orchestras and ensembles.

Alex Cox
Thalea String Quartet

Robbie Erhard
South Dakota Symphony

Austin Fisher
Tesla Quartet

Coleman Itzkoff
American Modern Opera Company

Kevin Kunkel
Oregon Symphony

Scott Lykins
South Dakota Symphony

Sonia Mantell
Minnesota Orchestra

Nicholas Mariscal
Cincinnati Symphony

Patricia Ryan
Trio Zenia

Peter Thomas
Milwaukee Symphony

Lucia Ticho
Toronto Symphony

Erik Wheeler
Minnesota Orchestra