Brian Manker is the Principal Cellist of the

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, Canada, and cellist of the New Orford String Quartet and the Adorno Quartet. Manker has performed throughout North America as a member of the Harrington String Quartet, the

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, and the Atlanta Chamber Players.Biography on New Orford String Quartet website http://en.neworford.com/about.php Manker is on the faculty of the

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in Montreal. He has also taught at

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(now West Texas A&M University) and

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. Manker plays a cello made by

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in 1729. as well as a cello made by Samuel Zygmuntowicz in 2005.

Discography

The New Orford String Quartet's debut album of the final quartets of Schubert and Beethoven received very enthusiastic reviews and was nominated for a

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in 2012. He also has recorded the six Bach cello suites on Storkclassics. The New Orford has also recorded the complete chamber music of Jacques Hetu, works of Francois Dompierre, Tim Brady,

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's String Quartet No. 4, as well as the Brahms op.51 quartets, which won a JUNO award.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manker, Brian Canadian classical cellists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of McGill University West Texas A&M University faculty Emory University faculty Players of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra