Classical Musicians of African Descent

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Gordon Grubbs, cello

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM | By classical intern

Published August 16, 2017 at 12:18 PM EDT

Gordon Grubbs is principal cellist of the Grossmont Symphony Orchestra, cellist with the Quartetto Sorrento, and cello instructor at Grossmont College in California. He conducts the cello choir, Cello Cielo, and is the section coach for the North Coast Strings, an adult-education project of NAMM’s Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California. Mr. Grubbs has appeared as soloist with the Grossmont Symphony, Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra, and the Imperial Valley Symphony; served as Associate Principal Cello of Lyric Opera San Diego, and toured Mexico with the Camerata de Ensenada de Todos Santos.