Silas Lobenstein

Orchestral Experience:

• Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Substitute Cello (2026- )

• Rapides Symphony Orchestra Substitute Cello (2024- )

• Acadiana Symphony Orchestra Substitute Cello (2025-)

• Gulf Coast Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Substitute Cello (2025-)

• Metropolitan Youth Orchestra France Tour (Principal Cellist 2023-2024)

• Metropolitan Youth Orchestra Italy Tour

            (Associate Principal Cellist 2021-2022) 

• Metropolitan Youth Orchestra 

           (Principal Cellist 2023-2024)

           (Section cello 2017-2022)

Accomplishments: 

• Louisiana State University Concerto Competition Finalist (2025)

• Brevard Music Festival Concerto Competition Semi-Finalist (2025)

• Long Island Arts Alliance Scholar Musician (2023-2024)

• New York State School of Music Association All-State Symphony Orchestra (2023-2024)

• University Of Rochester Eastman School Of Music Award (2022-2023)

• New York State Council of Administrators of Music Education All-County (NYSCAME) (2022-2024)

• Suffolk County Music Educators Association All County (SCMEA) 

            (2018-2021)

• Long Island String Festival Association (LISFA) (2016-2024)

Summer Festivals:

• Brevard Music Center (2025,2026)

Teachers:

• Dennis Parker (Louisiana State University) 

• Brittany Dagro 

• Dr. Allison Rowe