Equally adept in genres from baroque to contemporary, cellist Drew Comstock maintains a multifaceted career as performer, educator, and entrepreneur. He is Co-Executive Director and founding cellist of the Canadian Chamber Orchestra, recognized for its “innovative and immersive programming” (Ludwig van Toronto). Comstock has been a Classical:NEXT Fellow, winner of the Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Competition, and the recipient of numerous grants from the Toronto, and Ontario Arts Councils.

Praised for his “deep and sonorous” cello playing (South Florida Classical Review), Drew served as Principal Cellist of the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas, Stéphane Denève, and others, leading performances at Carnegie Hall, the Arsht Center, and the New World Center. A former member of Boston’s acclaimed Discovery Ensemble, he now performs regularly with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company, and North Carolina Symphony.

He has collaborated with Anthony Marwood, Jonathan Crow, and David Geringas, and with composers John Adams, Osvaldo Golijov, and Steve Reich. Drew began his formal studies in high school at the UNC School of the Arts, and continued his musical education at the New England Conservatory, McGill University, and the Glenn Gould School. His mentors include Yeesun Kim, Brian Manker, Desmond Hoebig, Steven Dann, and Joe Johnson.