Debra Aponte

In my teaching, I will focus on the students technical and musical needs. I am open to any questions the student might have. I will help the student achieve his/her goal.

I have had 25 years of ensemble and orchestral experience. I have performed most of the standard orchestral repertoire, and much of the cello solo repertoire.

I am a 1975 graduate of the Fiorello La Guardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts in New York City. I have studied Cello Performance and Music Theory at the New England Conservatory in Boston. I have studied with many acclaimed teachers, such as the the late Robert Ripley, former cellist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. 

I have been the assistant cello section leader of the New York Session Symphony orchestra, member from 2015-2020. I am currently an assistant Principal Cellist with the ACMA Orchestra in New York City, NY.

My most recent studies are with Mari Coetzee, Juilliard School graduate, and Ms. Katinka Kleijn, member of the Chicago Symphony orchestra.

 I recently performed the Hindemith Solo Cello Sonata Op. 25, No. 3 at  Lessonface's Open Mic platform  on April 25, 2022.

I will be performing with the ACMA Orchestra in New York City on March 2024, where we will be performing our conductor, Chris North's new work, entitled "One the Verge Of".