With an unmistakable sound blending elegance and power, Seattle-born cellist Emily Hu is one of the city's most in-demand classical musicians. She serves as Assistant Principal Cello in the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, and her career as an orchestral cellist, chamber musician, and recitalist includes performing regularly with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, and the 5th Avenue Theater, as well as with rising Northwest favorites the Vesper Piano Trio, Jigsaw Chamber Ensemble, and the Cannon Beach Music Festival. She is a former member of the Oregon Symphony Orchestra and has appeared at the Oregon Bach Festival and the Bellingham Festival of Music, along with many other ensembles throughout the Pacific Northwest and across the country. Her varied career has taken her from concert halls and orchestra pits to arenas with artists such as Boyz II Men and Beck, but Emily is happiest as a chamber musician and has collaborated in recital with artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Harrell, and Alban Gerhardt. She holds a Bachelor of Music from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where she studied with Norman Fischer, and a Master’s degree from Northwestern University, where she was a student of Hans Jorgen Jensen.