Faculty
Fern Glass Boyd
Fern Glass Boyd is Professor of Cello at The University of Montana in Missoula, where she has been a member of the faculty since 1979. She performs as cellist with the Montana Piano Trio and is principal cellist of the String Orchestra of the Rockies and the Missoula Symphony Orchestra. In addition to teaching cello and coaching chamber music ensembles, she teaches courses in the areas of music history and literature, music appreciation, and string music education.
A native of Philadelphia, she began her early music studies at the Settlement Music School and went on to earn degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Yale University, where she performed as a member of the graduate string quartet in residence. She is active as a recitalist and clinician and is a frequent soloist and adjudicator throughout Montana and the region. She is featured in the first commercial CD release of the String Orchestra of the Rockies, Beneath a Northern Sky, as solo cellist. She is a past president of the Montana chapter of the American String Teachers Association and is a member of several other professional music organizations including MENC, The College Music Society, and the Violoncello Society, Inc. of America.
Ms. Glass Boyd performs on a fine English cello, dated 1811, made by Joseph Hill of London.
Contact Professor Glass Boyd: fern.glass@umontana.edu