Ellen Porter - Cellist

Ellen Porter is a British cellist and studies at the Royal Northern College of Music with Eduardo Vassallo. She previously studied with David Smith and in 2016 she received the RNCM's Annie Fletcher Award. In recent years she has also taken part in classes with Hannah Roberts, Guy Johnston, Gillian Thoday, Emma Ferrand and Miklos Perenyi. As Principal Cellist of the CBSO Youth Orchestra she has worked with conductors such as Edward Gardner, Jac Van Steen and Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla. Ellen also plays with a number of Manchester-based orchestras including the Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Universities' Strings Society as well as orchestras and ensembles at the RNCM. Ellen studies baroque cello with Susan Sheppard, and receives regular coaching from Roger Hamilton, Harvey Davies and Annette Isserlis. Ellen is passionate about music education and outreach work. During the last year she has worked with Global Grooves as part of the LIME Music UK 2017 Festival at Manchester Children's Hospital. She has worked with at RNCM Young Basses, and as a member of Social Staff at the National Children's Orchestras of Great Britain. Ellen currently plays on a Italian style cello dated 2012, and is supported in her further musical study by The Edna Newill Charitable Trust.