Primarily a soloist and chamber musician, cellist Dorothy Braker performed extensively across the United States before settling in New Hampshire. As the founder and Artistic Director of Aliento Chamber Players, she has performed and created chamber music programs with them since 2008. Dorothy is a gifted video editor and music arranger, performs regularly with Orchestra on the Hill, Lowell Chamber Orchestra, New Hampshire Philharmonic, Portsmouth Pro Musica, and many other orchestras, chorus groups and chamber groups. As principal cellist and Outreach Director with The Portsmouth Symphony, she helped to create the Concerto and Aria Competitions, served as Personnel Director, created and directed the youth program MyPSO and the "Get Cozy" chamber series, built their online video library, and was instrumental in creating and maintaining a successful educational concert outreach program for area schools. She maintains a rich and varied studio for online and in-person chamber music coaching and private cello students, and teaches at the Concord Community Music School. Dorothy's studies in cello were with Lois Yopp, Phil Blum, Karl Fruh, culminating at the Juilliard School where she earned master's and bachelor's degrees in music performance, studying with Harvey Shapiro. She and her husband Scott have four children, two beautiful grandchildren, and a multitude of cats and dogs.
