Ellen’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, the full orchestral version, was featured in the Santa Rosa Symphony’s ”SRS @Home” concert in March, a performance with soloist Zuill Bailey conducted by Francesco Lecce-Chong. The program also featured music by Samuel Barber, Charles Ives, and Jessie Montgomery. One of the concerts that the orchestra is streaming on YouTube, it is part of the Santa Rosa Symphony’s artistic partnership with Ellen this spring.
In a brief talk about the piece with Francesco Lecce-Chong before the concerto’s performance, Ellen talks about her love of the cello and its range: “the cello has an operatic voice … it is like an opera singer.”