Natalie Joy Parker
- Music Department
Cellist Natalie Parker is earning her Bachelor's Degree in music
performance at UNC School of the Arts with Dr. Brooks Whitehouse. Ms.
Parker started playing with her elementary school orchestra in Wake
Forest, NC, and continued in the Wake County public school system until
arriving at UNCSA her junior year of high school. Her previous teachers
include Dr. Jonathan Kramer & Elizabeth Beilman. She has played in the
UNCSA symphony, opera, & Nutcracker orchestras, and most recently in
the orchestra of Oklahoma! This past summer, Ms. Parker attended the
Pierre Monteux School in Hancock, Maine to play in the orchestra for
student conductors, where she played over 60 orchestral works in 6
weeks. Her motto is to "enjoy life; play cello."