Sophie Lyman
Cello
North Carolina native, Sophie Lyman, is pursuing her master’s degree in cello performance at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with Peter Stumpf. Previously, she studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Melissa Kraut, and earned her bachelor’s degree with Brooks Whitehouse at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA).
Sophie earned third place in the Grand Teton Music Festival’s Scholarship Competition, and was a national finalist in the MTNA and Coltman Chamber Music Competitions. She currently plays with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic. A fellow at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival last summer, her quartet performed throughout Vermont and at the University of South Florida as recipients of the Rutenberg Fellowship Award. A passionate teacher, Sophie established a Suzuki cello program at UNCSA’s Community Music School, and serves as assistant director of the Lamar Stringfield Music Camp in Raleigh, NC.
In past summers, Sophie has attended music festivals in China, Czechia, Germany, and Spain, as well as the Heifetz Institute, the Credo Chamber Music Festival, and the Brevard Institute.
