Technical Sgt. Atticus S. Mellor-Goldman is a cellist with the Air Force Strings. Originally from Los Angeles, California, he began his Air Force career in 2021.
Mellor-Goldman received his bachelor’s degree in 2019 from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, where he was the recipient of a full-tuition, Presidential Scholarship and studied with faculty Julie Albers, Hans Jensen, and Richard Aaron. He went on to earn his master’s degree from Yale University, where he studied with Paul Watkins and Ole Akahoshi. He has performed at concert venues around the world and has been featured on NPR’s "From the Top" and American Public Media's "Performance Today,”. In 2015, his string quartet from Los Angeles was awarded the Gold Medal Prize of the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition's junior division. In 2014, he was selected as one of two musicians to act as a “cultural ambassador” for New York University Abu Dhabi. Additionally, he is a past winner of Townsend School of Music's concerto competition. Recent highlights include performing the east coast premiere of Indian American composer Reena Esmail’s work “When the Violin”, for solo cello and choir, as well as the world premiere of Grammy award winning composer Christopher Theofanidis’ Quintet for clarinet and string quartet. Mellor-Goldman has performed in halls around the world including Disney Hall, the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Culture, Dresden Opera House, National Cathedral, Boston Symphony Hall Royce Hall, and Carnegie Hall. He has benefitted from a rich teaching experience including masterclasses with internationally renowned artists David Finckel, Clive Greensmith, Paul Watkins, Vivian Weilerstein, Edward Arron, Paul Coletti, Schmuel Ashkenasi, Natasha Brofsky, Timothy Eddy, Anne Marie McDermott, Brinton Smith, Joel Smirnoff, and Wu Han. He has also been privileged to perform chamber music alongside distinguished artists Osmo Vänskä, Erin Keefe, Edgar Meyer, Ivano Zaneghi, Amy Moretti, Rebecca Albers, Annie Fullard, and Robert McDuffie. His chamber music and orchestral experience includes the prominent summer festivals of Kneisel Hall, Rome Chamber Music Festival, Moritzburg Festival Academy, Sarasota Music Festival, Festival Schiermonnikoog, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival Fellowship Program.