Sydney ZumMallen, Baroque Cello and Viola da gamba, plays with numerous ensembles including Harmonia Stellarum, La Follia (Austin), Ars Lyrica, Philharmonie Austin, 7th Street Concerts, Tactus, Science Ficta, in addition to regular appearances with DBS. Her international tours with the likes of Juilliard415, Paul Leenhouts / Fantasmi, and Fabio Bonizzoni have taken
her across four continents including Italy, Austria, Germany, Czechia, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Puerto Rico, Peru, Colombia, Taiwan, and New Zealand. Her studies include an undergraduate degree at the University of North Texas, a year of studies at The Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and a master’s degree from The Juilliard School, where she was a recipient of the Historical Performance Scholarship. During her years at The Juilliard School she was the winner of Juilliard’s inaugural baroque cello concerto competition, making her New York solo debut with Juilliard415 at Alice Tully Hall in New York. She is currently Professor of Baroque cello and viola da gamba, the Coordinator of Early Music Chamber Studies, and instructor in the Ornamentation Theory course at the University of North Texas.