Allen Probus
B.M. Bob Jones University
M.M. Cleveland Institute of Music

Member of the Orchestra Since 2002

Allen Probus has been a cellist in the Kansas City Symphony since 2002. He received a bachelor's degree from Bob Jones University and holds a master’s degree with the Cleveland Institute of Music, having studied with Stephen Geber, former principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra. While in Cleveland, Probus was also principal cellist of the Canton Symphony Orchestra and acting assistant principal of the Akron Symphony Orchestra. He has substituted with the Cleveland Orchestra and has toured Europe and the Far East with the Detroit and Pittsburgh Symphonies. Past summer festival engagements have included the Eastern Music Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival, Spoleto USA, Blossom Music Festival, and the National Repertory Orchestra. Probus maintains a full private teaching studio and is a faculty member of the Sforzando String Camp in Chicago. He is also a member of the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and is a founding member of CelloRondo, a Kansas City-based cello quartet. Probus lives in Independence, Mo. with his wife Andrea and their four children - Eric, Julia, Luke, and Hannah.