Cellist Esther Seitz was brought up in a musical home and fell in love with the cello at the age of 8. Based in Dallas, Texas, Esther holds a section cello position with the Dallas Opera Orchestra. Previously, she was a Rosemary and David Good Fellow with the Minnesota Orchestra. Esther has performed with ensembles such as the Kansas City Symphony, the Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra, the Artosphere Festival Orchestra, the Sphinx Symphony, and the National Repertory Orchestra. Her performance career has taken her to both national and international venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts, Columbia University, Teatro de la Reforma (Matamoros, Mexico), and Balderin Sali (Helsinki, Finland).
A passionate chamber musician, Esther is a co-founder of Bowery Trio which was formed in 2019. In October 2022, Bowery Trio made their international debut at the invitation of the Uuden Musiikin Lokakuu festival in Oulu, Finland. The Trio has been awarded multiple grants to support their many projects—supporting organizations include Chamber Music America, The Sibelius Fund, and Finlandia Foundation National. Recently, Bowery Trio has given recitals as part of the University of Arizona’s Guest Artist Recital Series and at the historic Central Christian Church in San Antonio, Texas. Apart from her Trio, Esther has also performed chamber music as part of the Minnesota Orchestra’s chamber concert series, the Downtown Brooklyn Chamber Music Festival, newEar Contemporary Music Ensemble, and University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley’s Patron of the Arts concert series.
In addition to performance, Esther also enjoys a vibrant teaching career. She currently maintains a private studio in the Dallas area and serves as an adjunct cello faculty at Dallas College’s North Lake Campus. She was a teaching assistant to Julia Lichten at the Meadowmount School of Music in 2019, and since then has been invited to give masterclasses, lectures, and serve as faculty for organizations such as the International Cello Institute, BridgeMusik, Music Academy of Kansas City, and the Fred Fox School of Music at University of Arizona.
Esther is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. She served as principal cellist for the MSM Symphony Orchestra, the UMKC Symphony Orchestra, and the UMKC Opera Orchestra. Her major teachers include Julia Lichten, Michael Mermagen, Mark Gibbs, and Carter Enyeart. Esther has also worked alongside artists such as Lynn Harrell, Hans Jørgen Jensen, David Geber, and Josephine Knight through chamber coachings, festivals, and masterclasses.
A passionate chamber musician, Esther is a co-founder of Bowery Trio which was formed in 2019. In October 2022, Bowery Trio made their international debut at the invitation of the Uuden Musiikin Lokakuu festival in Oulu, Finland. The Trio has been awarded multiple grants to support their many projects—supporting organizations include Chamber Music America, The Sibelius Fund, and Finlandia Foundation National. Recently, Bowery Trio has given recitals as part of the University of Arizona’s Guest Artist Recital Series and at the historic Central Christian Church in San Antonio, Texas. Apart from her Trio, Esther has also performed chamber music as part of the Minnesota Orchestra’s chamber concert series, the Downtown Brooklyn Chamber Music Festival, newEar Contemporary Music Ensemble, and University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley’s Patron of the Arts concert series.
In addition to performance, Esther also enjoys a vibrant teaching career. She currently maintains a private studio in the Dallas area and serves as an adjunct cello faculty at Dallas College’s North Lake Campus. She was a teaching assistant to Julia Lichten at the Meadowmount School of Music in 2019, and since then has been invited to give masterclasses, lectures, and serve as faculty for organizations such as the International Cello Institute, BridgeMusik, Music Academy of Kansas City, and the Fred Fox School of Music at University of Arizona.
Esther is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. She served as principal cellist for the MSM Symphony Orchestra, the UMKC Symphony Orchestra, and the UMKC Opera Orchestra. Her major teachers include Julia Lichten, Michael Mermagen, Mark Gibbs, and Carter Enyeart. Esther has also worked alongside artists such as Lynn Harrell, Hans Jørgen Jensen, David Geber, and Josephine Knight through chamber coachings, festivals, and masterclasses.