Alexis Lee

Dr. Alexis Lee, a native of South Korea, came to the United States at age 11 and started playing the cello. She made her first stage performance three years later, participating in The World Cello Congress III, performing as a member of the Towson University Cello Ensemble at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall and in the 200 Massed Cello Ensemble, which took its performance at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, Maryland. She was an active member of the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra and York Symphony Orchestra and later appeared as a soloist in 2009 and 2013.

She has worked with Bonnie Hampton, Toby Appel and Nicholas Mann, intensively studying chamber repertoires at the Juilliard School. As a chamber musician and orchestral performer, her performances have taken her to venues throughout the US including Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall and Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore. While pursuing her doctorate degree at Boston University,she has collaborated with Music for Food concert series and given concerts for the Beethoven Research Center intensively studying Beethoven's op.132 with violinist Peter Zazofsky and Beethoven scholar Lewis Lockwood.

As a passionate chamber performer, Dr.Lee has performed with the Belmont Camerata, Volunteer Music for the Arts, The Boston Cello and Boston University Arts Outreach. She has also served as a principal for the Boston Chamber Symphony and NEMPAC Opera Project Chamber Orchestra. She is currently a member of the SOOM Soloist Ensemble. Aside from her performance career, her inspiration comes from teaching young students and volunteering with nonprofit musical organizations.

With her Bachelor of Music in Performance from the Juilliard School and Master of Music from Manhattan School of Music, she completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in performance at Boston University with Rhonda Rider. Prior to her appointment at Georgia State, Dr. Lee has served on the cello and chamber faculty at Belmont University. She is currently a member of the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra and frequently performs with the Atlanta Opera Orchestra.

Dr. Lee studied with Cecylia Barczyk, David Soyer (Guarneri Quartet), Julia Lichten and Marc Johnson (Vermeer Quartet).