Gretchen R. Iben Arts Series Presents:

Adrianna Ransom, Cellist

About the Musician: 

Adriana La Rosa Ransom joined the faculty at Illinois State University in 2006, teaching cello for fourteen years before becoming the Director of the School of Music. At Illinois State, Dr. Ransom was awarded the University Outstanding Teacher Award and the University Outstanding Service Award; she is also a recipient of the Illinois American String Teachers Association Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Ransom received performance degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Minnesota, studying with Nina Gordon and Tanya Remenikova. She served as Principal Cellist of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra for over ten years, appearing as soloist with the orchestra on several occasions. She has also appeared as a guest artist on numerous solo and chamber music recital series in the Midwest and serves as Co-principal Cello of the Peoria Bach Festival Orchestra.

“As a newcomer to Westminster,  I’ve found it to be a most welcoming fellowship.  I look forward to going to services and events and find the warmth of the congregation to be most helpful to a newcomer to the entire area.  I find sermons challenging … music beautiful and well prepared … and a dignity in the worship that is all too lacking in most Protestant congregations.  Mix this with an open atmosphere where it is OK to question and still be seen as a good Christian, and I know I’ve found one important ‘home’ in Central Illinois.”