Dr. Charles Lee
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Dr. Charles C. Lee received his bachelor’s degree in composition/piano from the Eastman School of Music and a master’s degree in cello performance at Temple University under Jeffrey Solow. He moved to Boulder in 1996 to pursue a Doctor of Musical Arts degree under Judith Glyde at the University of Colorado, which he received in 2004. Dr. Lee has been principal cellist of the Boulder Philharmonic orchestra since 1998, and also performs with Colorado Ballet Orchestra and Opera Colorado Orchestra. In addition to performing actively in the region as a chamber musician, he is currently serving as instructor of cello, conductor of the string ensemble and director of chamber music at Regis University, and instructor of cello at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

