Gabriella McClellan is a first-year master’s student at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia, pursuing a degree in cello performance under the instruction of James Kim. In 2025, she was the first prize winner of the Atlanta Music Club Scholarship competition, winner of the Colorado College Summer Music Festival Concerto Competition, and prize winner in the Atlanta Festival Academy Young Artist Competition. Gabriella won both the UGA Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and the MasterWorks Festival Concerto Competition in 2023. She was a finalist in the PRISMA Festival Concerto Competition in 2024 and a prize winner in the Atlanta Music Club Scholarship competition in 2023. As an orchestral musician, she has performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and served as principal cellist in the Colorado College Summer Festival Orchestra, the UGA Symphony Orchestra, the PRISMA Festival Orchestra, and the ARCO Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has coached with artists such as David Finckel, Paul Watkins, Raman Ramakrishnan, Bion Tsang, Mark Kosower, David Ying, Mark Schumann, Henry Shapard, Joseph Lin, Alan Harrell, the Parker Quartet, Trio con Brio Copenhagen and Orli Shaham. She has also collaborated with notable artists such as Itamar Zorman and Amy Yang. Gabriella is a recipient of the Hodgson School of Music and Fantona Fowler Bisson Scholarships and is on faculty at the UGA Community Music School.