Megan Savage
msavage@centenary.edu
Lecturer in Music, Cello
B.M., Stetson University. M.M., Lynn Conservatory of Music.
Cellist Megan Savage was born and raised in south Florida, and has been featured as soloist with the Treasure Coast Symphony, Treasure Coast Youth Symphony, and Stetson University Symphony as a concerto competition winner and Young Artist scholar, and was a finalist for the John Oliveira String Competition and Mary H. Taylor String Competition. Megan was a member of the Atlantic Classical Orchestra and Palm Beach Symphony, and substitute cellist with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and Palm Beach Opera. Megan has toured internationally with orchestras in China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Wales, and England, and has performed in Carnegie Hall as member of the National Youth Orchestra (NYO-USA). In addition to orchestral playing, Megan is an avid chamber musician, and has collaborated with artists Joshua Bell and Sergei Babayan. She has made appearances at the Fort Worth Chamber Music Society, Blue Candlelight Chamber Music Series in Dallas, Gŵyl Beaumaris Festival in Wales, St. Paul Chamber Music Series in Boca Raton, Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City, and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. as a National Orchestral Institute Haydn Quartet fellow. In 2022, Megan joined the Kourdisma String Quartet, twotime first prize winners of the Lyric Chamber Competition at Lynn Conservatory, second prize winners of the 2023 NOLA Emerging Artist Chamber Competition, and finalists for the 2023 Music Teachers National Association Chamber Music Competition. Megan received her Bachelor’s degree from Stetson University and Master’s degree from Lynn Conservatory of Music, where she studied with David Bjella, Dr. Jamie Clark, and David Cole. Most recently, she pursued post-graduate studies at Southern Methodist University under the tutelage of Andres Diaz. On her free time, Megan enjoys sketching, crafting, and spending time in nature.