Breana McCullough

Classical Musician and Advocate

Breana H. McCullough is a Karuk Baroque and Modern violist from Bozeman, Montana. McCullough started her career at a young age and has since performed with various ensembles including the Sinfonia Spirituosa, I-90 Collective, Battle Creek Symphony, Carpe Diem String Quartet and others. She began a master’s degree in Historical Performance at Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music but has since started a graduate degree in Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles as a fully funded Cota-Robles Fellowship recipient. Her research focuses on Indigenous representation in Early Music as well as Karuk epistemological and cultural practices. She currently sits as a co-chair in the IDEA Taskforce (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) for Early Music America and is the student representative in the Indigenous Music section for the Society of Ethnomusicology. McCullough currently resides in Los Angeles, California.