Committed to bringing classical music to all parts of her community, Erin Yeaman, an award-winning classical cellist, can be heard performing in concert and recital halls, museums, schools, libraries, cafes, pubs and more.  She is an active soloist, chamber musician, freelance orchestra musician, music outreach advocate, fundraiser and teacher.  A native of Oklahoma, Erin won several competitions as a young cellist including the Buttram, Donna Turner Smith Cello Competition, the University of Oklahoma concerto competition,  Women’s Music Club, and Channing Chamber Music Competition. 

As a soloist, Erin has recently enjoyed working with actors, playwrights and film composers and dancers. Her solo performance and recording for the play, Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout, by the acclaimed playwright Tomson Highway won a Kennedy Center music award. In July 2015, Erin was also a featured soloist with the University of Oklahoma Ballet performing Bartok and will also appear as a soloist with the University of Oklahoma modern dancers in Spring 2016 performing the Bach third suite for solo cello. With a strong interest and passion for new music, Erin was privileged to work with the University of Oklahoma Alumni percussion ensemble and perform Tan Dun’s Elegy: Snow in June, a concerto for Cello and percussion in 2014.

An active chamber musician, Erin has worked closely with the Takacs, Muir, and American Quartets and Quartet Oklahoma. While living in Boston, Erin had an active recital schedule performing throughout Massachusetts on such series such as the Malden Library series, Indian Hill Chamber Music series, and the Parish Center for the Arts series. Here in Oklahoma, Erin has performed solo and chamber music recitals on such series as First Tuesday, Norman Library Series, Noon Tunes, Kemp Series, and the Norman Chamber Players. Erin is also artistic director of the new chamber music series in Norman, “From The Edge Chamber Music Series”. Erin’s future solo recital engagements include concerts in Oklahoma, Texas and Massachusetts.

Erin’s most influential teachers include, Gregory Sauer, Judith Glyde, Natasha Brofsky, Michael Reynolds, David Geber, and Marjory Cornelious.