Biography

Jordan Gunn is a cellist from Champaign, Illinois. She regularly performs in the New York area, often joining the Buffalo Philharmonic, Glimmerglass Opera Festival, and Syracuse Orchestra, among others. She has held the position of principal cello in The Orchestra Now, The Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and the Eastman Philharmonia Orchestra. 

Jordan has a passion for new works, and has performed workshops with the New York City based SEM Ensemble and Beth Morrison Projects, and in the spring of 2025 she will be performing alongside Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn in the Mandy and Nathan Show. 

Some of her recent projects include a performance with the Musicians of Ma'alwyck featuring Henry Peyrebrune of the Cleveland Orchestra, and Andrea Cone of the Buffalo Philharmonic. She also performed principal cello in the premiere of Birds of America by Scott Wheeler featuring Gil Shaham at Carnegie Hall, and she appeared in the 2023 film MAESTRO by Bradley Cooper on Netflix, conducted by Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin. 

An enthusiastic chamber musician, she was a founding member of the Lilac String Quartet which in 2019 won 2nd prize in the MTNA competition, served a residency in Lake Placid, and performed in Eastman Honor's concerts as well as faculty Sunday Morning Chamber series. 

During her studies at Eastman, with Steven Doane and Rosemary Elliott, Jordan won the prestigious Performer's Certificate along with her Bachelor's degree, as well as the John Celentano Award for Excellence in Chamber Music and the Glenn and Francis Harris Cello Prize. 

Jordan loves to promote informed listening of classical music, which prompted her to co-create the podcast Class Half Full.