KIM COOK, cello, has performed extensively around the world. At her Carnegie Hall debut, critics praised her “ravishing colors and textures”. She has toured extensively as an International Artistic Ambassador for the U.S. State Department presenting concerts and master classes throughout the world. Her musical highlights this year include a recital in the University of Cambridge and a concerto performance in the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A graduate of Yale and the University of Illinois, Ms. Cook was principal cellist of the Sao Paulo Symphony and taught at New Mexico State before assuming her current position as Professor of Cello at Penn State.