"Cello Stories" - Mairi Dorman Phaneuf

Welcome to Cello Stories with Mairi! Get ready to experience a magical evening filled with soulful cello music. Join us at the Stroede Center for the Arts on November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time). Let Mairi's enchanting melodies transport you to another world. Don't miss this opportunity to be captivated by the beauty of the cello.

MAIRI DORMAN-PHANEUF has established a busy career in New York City as a solo, chamber, Broadway, and recording artist. Since 2003 she has held chairs in twenty-one Broadway shows, including The Bridges of Madison County, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George, and Parade. Off-Broadway credits include the premiere productions of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years (Chicago 2001, NYC 2002). Her debut solo album, Music of Broadway for Cello and Piano, was released in September 2021 on Craft Recordings/Concord Theatricals, has been described as “sublime” by BroadwayWorld.

Following her sold-out debut at Birdland Jazz Club in 2018 she continues to present headlining shows featuring Broadway’s greatest stars. Her one-woman show Cello Stories: A Life Under Broadway premiered at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in 2023.

With over twenty years of Broadway experience, and having performed as a regular member of twenty-one Broadway shows, Mairei explores what it is to be a Broadway musician. Using exquisite arrangements and captivating stories, she illustrates what drew her to a career of supporting a story through music.

The Stroede Center for the Arts is supported by the Ohio Arts Council.

Host or Publisher Stroede Center for the Arts