Megan Chartier, solo cello

Program

Max Reger: Cello Suite No. 2

Rudolf Matz: Lights and Shadows Suite for Solo Cello

Aaron Kline: Sarabande in 7-8

Ernest Bloch: Cello Suite No. 1

Free

This Shinkoskey Noon Concert is made possible with support from the Joy S. Shinkoskey Series of Noon Concert Endowment.

About Megan Chartier

Cellist Megan Chartier is “unafraid to display gutsy abandon,” as described by the South Florida Classical Review. She has performed throughout North America and Europe as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral cellist. She currently holds positions as principal cellist of Opera San Luis Obispo and section cello in the Vallejo Symphony, and is joining San Francisco’s contemporary Ensemble for These Times in the Spring of 2025. Previous notable positions include core cellist of the Astralis Chamber Ensemble, principal cellist of the Miami Symphony Orchestra, and extra cello of the San Antonio Symphony. Chartier holds a bachelor of music degree in performance from Eastern Michigan University, and a master of music degree in performance from University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She teaches cello at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.