Benjamin Morris-Cline

Phone: (785) 628-4280
Email: brmorriscline@fhsu.edu

Benjamin Morris-Cline, cellist, is currently serving at Fort Hays State University as Professor of Cello and Bass, Director of the University Chamber Orchestra, and Department Chair. Previously, he served as Visiting Professor of Cello at the University of Northern Colorado. Accomplished in both solo and orchestral roles, Mr. Morris-Cline has also held several titled positions in orchestras in Colorado and California. An active and highly sought chamber musician, Mr. Morris-Cline has performed both nationally and internationally in a variety of venues, both in solo and chamber music performances, including a live broadcast of the Kodaly Duo for Violin and Cello on Public Radio in Rochester, New York. Recently, he gave the Taiwan premier performance of Johan de Meij’s Casanova for Cello and Wind Orchestra, with calls for two encores. He will return to Taiwan during the summer of 08 to perform Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Kaohsuing Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to his performance schedule, Mr. Morris-Cline is an active teacher. He has many years of experience teaching both privately and in the public school classroom, having taught at all levels from kindergarten through graduate school. He has served as an adjudicator in solo and ensemble festivals, all-state orchestras, given master classes around the country, and actively recruits for public school music programs. He continues to be active as an educator in the primary and secondary areas, most notably with his work as pedagogical advisor to the Western Kansas String Academy.