Cello Jam was founded in 2018. Based in the Portland area, its members consist of cellist Quinn Liu and Deborah Shutser. 

 

Quinn Liu received her Master’s Degree of cello performance from University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Quinn has played in a variety of orchestras such as the Portland Columbia Symphony, Portland Cello Project, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Inland Valley Symphony. Quinn is an active chamber musician and she has been invited and performed in several music festivals in the States and Asia. 

Deborah Shuster studied at the Peabody Conservatory as an undergraduate and received her M.Mus. degree from The University of Colorado. She was a founding member of the Vento e Cordi Quartet in New York, and has played with the New York Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony, the Spokane Symphony, the Windsor Symphony, Teatro Lirico e Sperimentale in Spoleto, Italy and the Michigan Opera Theater. She currently plays viola and cello in chamber ensembles in Portland and Bay Area.