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BioElizabeth Byrd trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts and The Juilliard School. She has traveled though-out the world as a concert artist and teacher. In New York she performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and on Broadway shows. Orchestras she also played with include the Atlanta Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Miami Symphony, Miami Ballet, Florida Grand Opera, Greensboro Symphony, and the Mantovani Orchestra. For seven years, she was a member of the Orchestra Symphony of the Dominican Republic and worked for the American Embassy in Cultural Exchange Programs. Ms. Byrd was principal cellist and featured soloist with the Palm Beach Pops Orchestra for 10 years.
In Portland she has performed with the majority of the musical theater producing companies in town including: Portland Center Stage Broadway Rose, Pixie Dust, Stumptown Stages, Portland Actors Conservatory, and Portland Playhouse. She is the principal cellist for Bravo Vancouver, performs with the SW Washington Chamber Orchestra and with the Vancouver Symphony. |
Teaching and Coaching
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Presently Ms. Byrd is on the faculty of Clark College in Vancouver, WA and Mt. Hood Community College. Liz also has a very active private cello studio. She coaches chamber music and symphonic works Clark College and coaches ensembles in many local schools. Liz is frequently asked to judge for competitions and happily offers constructive advice for students.
She has served on the faculty of the Georgia Academy of Music, the 92nd Street YMCA in New York City, Florida International University, and at the University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY) pre-college division. For seven years, Ms. Byrd worked for the Dominican Republic government as a professor of cello at the National Conservatory where she co-published the first book on Dominican Folklore Music. An accomplished teacher of cello, she has trained young cellists to reach competitive levels of performance. She was the President of Oregon Cello Society |
Working with Sound and Vibration |
In 1997, Ms. Byrd began working as a tonal vibration therapist collaborating with Dr. John Upledger, founder of the Upledger Institute and CranioSacral therapy. The effects that cello tones and vibrations have on the human body, mind and spirit have now been integrated with several modalities. Ms. Byrd presents Healing Cello Clinics across the country; notably at the Upledger Institute, New York Physical Therapy Institute and New York's Beth Israel Health and Healing Continuum. The Healing Cello Tonal Vibration Therapy was first presented at the 1998 and 2000 International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine (ISSSEEM) conferences in Boulder, Colorado and as a part of Craniosacral therapy presentations at the Beyond the Dura 2001 conference in Palm Beach, FL by Dr. Upledger. Ms. Byrd has released 2 CDs as a part of The Healing Cello CD Series. Go to TheHealingCello.com for more info RESUME: on request |
Cello & Crystals & Reiki
During the Pandemic, Liz was busy adding to her skills. Besides performing online, composing, and taking cello jazz from Berkeley School of Music. Liz studied the art of Crystal Healing, Sacred Geometry, dove deeper into Sound Healing, and studied Reiki. She is now certified as an Advanced Master Crystal Practitioner and Certified as a Usui Holy Fire Reiki Practitioner.
Cello Sound infused with Crystal and Reiki Infusion Session are both in-person and remotely.
Cello Sound infused with Crystal and Reiki Infusion Session are both in-person and remotely.
