Cello Love
Learning to grow through the joy of music
Katie Truex
"Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart" -Pablo Casals
Katie is a performer and teacher in the greater Atlanta area. She has a passion for teaching secure fundamentals in cello technique to students of all ages, striving to instill the joy that comes with the ability to play well. She is a certified Suzuki cello teacher and member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She is also an active member of the American String Teachers Association.
As a performer, Katie has taken the stage professionally throughout the United States and abroad. Shortly after graduating from the University of Louisville School of Music in 2009, she spent time on tour performing orchestral pops music in China and across the eastern seaboard. Since moving to Atlanta in 2012, she maintains positions with symphonies throughout the Southeast including the Columbus Symphony, Hilton Head Symphony, Huntsville Symphony, Rome Symphony, and Valdosta Symphony, to name a few. She is a core member of the Savannah Philharmonic and Atlanta Pops Orchestra, and has held the titles of both Principal Cello and Assistant Principal Cello with the Albany Symphony in Georgia for the better part of a decade prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Her accomplishments span across multiple genres and styles; she has recorded for commercials and video game soundtracks (most notably Bungie's Destiny 2), had an original composition featured on the Venture Maidens D&D actual play podcast, and has appeared briefly on screen in two television series (Monarch on FOX and Gotham Knights on The CW). Katie has joined several touring pop culture and gaming symphonies, including Nier:Orchestra, Attack on Titan: Beyond the Walls, and Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons. She has also had the privilege of performing on stage alongside many music industry icons including The Eagles, Andrea Bocelli, Chloe Agnew, John Driscoll Hopkins, Balsam Range, Il Divo, Shirley Jones, and Gregory Alan Isakov, among others.
Katie believes that learning to use the cello as an extension of the self is a continuous and joyous process. This personal harmony is an element she strives to instill in her students and her audiences.
As a performer, Katie has taken the stage professionally throughout the United States and abroad. Shortly after graduating from the University of Louisville School of Music in 2009, she spent time on tour performing orchestral pops music in China and across the eastern seaboard. Since moving to Atlanta in 2012, she maintains positions with symphonies throughout the Southeast including the Columbus Symphony, Hilton Head Symphony, Huntsville Symphony, Rome Symphony, and Valdosta Symphony, to name a few. She is a core member of the Savannah Philharmonic and Atlanta Pops Orchestra, and has held the titles of both Principal Cello and Assistant Principal Cello with the Albany Symphony in Georgia for the better part of a decade prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Her accomplishments span across multiple genres and styles; she has recorded for commercials and video game soundtracks (most notably Bungie's Destiny 2), had an original composition featured on the Venture Maidens D&D actual play podcast, and has appeared briefly on screen in two television series (Monarch on FOX and Gotham Knights on The CW). Katie has joined several touring pop culture and gaming symphonies, including Nier:Orchestra, Attack on Titan: Beyond the Walls, and Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons. She has also had the privilege of performing on stage alongside many music industry icons including The Eagles, Andrea Bocelli, Chloe Agnew, John Driscoll Hopkins, Balsam Range, Il Divo, Shirley Jones, and Gregory Alan Isakov, among others.
Katie believes that learning to use the cello as an extension of the self is a continuous and joyous process. This personal harmony is an element she strives to instill in her students and her audiences.