Britton Riley
Cellist Britton Riley joined the NSO in 2019 after serving as assistant principal of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (2014–2015) and member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (2015–2019).
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Cello Performance and Music Industry from the University of Southern California and earned a master’s and doctorate degree in Cello Performance from the University of Michigan, where he served as teaching assistant to Richard Aaron. In 2013, Riley was named a Rebanks Fellow at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. In addition to teaching privately, he has taught at The Royal Conservatory of Music, University of Toronto, Mount Royal University, National Academy Orchestra of Canada, Calgary Youth Orchestra, and the Alberta Youth Orchestra Symposium at the Banff Centre, and has performed at music festivals throughout North America and Europe. He is the founding artistic director of Chamber Music at New Park, an annual festival in Ithaca, New York.