Hailed by the press as "a musician of commitment and energy… with brilliance of technique and masterful interpretations", cellist Maureen McDermott sustains an active career as soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher.  A native of New York, she has performed in France, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, St. Bartholemy and throughout the U.S. and Canada. Concerts in the U.S. have included performances at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall’s "Great Performers Series", Bargemusic, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Van Cliburn Foundation in Texas.

Ms. McDermott is co-director of the Lighthouse Chamber Players, a group that performs throughout Cape Cod every summer with such guests as Bernard Greenhouse and Robert White and was a founding member of the cello quartet "CELLO".  She has participated in numerous festivals including the Newport Music Festival, Bravo! Colorado, Mainly Mozart, Park City International Music Festival, OK Mozart, Caramoor and Chautauqua.  Media appearances include the movie "FAME", CBS Sunday Morning, the Fox Television Network, an AT&T commercial and in TIME and W magazines. She has recorded on the SONY Classical, Angel, d’Note classics, BMG and Pro Arte labels.Ms. McDermott is on the cello faculty at the School for Strings in New York and an artist teacher at the Third Street Music School Settlement. Ms. McDermott has given master classes in São Paulo, Brazil and across the United States.