Ira Glansbeek

Hailing from Anchorage, Alaska, Ira has enjoyed an active and varied freelance career and regularly performs with Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Santa Barbara Symphony, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, and Long Beach Symphony, among others.

 An avid chamber musician, Ira has worked and performed with members of the St. Petersburg, Lyris, Calder, Peterson and Manhattan string quartets. Ira has also performed and recorded with artists such as Placido Domingo, John Williams, Audra McDonald,  Stevie Wonder, Barry Manilow, Peter Gabriel, Josh Groban, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé and has been seen on the Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, America's Got Talent, The Ellen Show, and The Tonight Show. He is also active in LA's recording scene, having played on numerous motion picture soundtracks and albums.

 As a pit musician in the musical theater world, he has been the cellist at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood since 2017, performing numerous shows including Hamilton, Moulin Rouge, Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera, among others. From 2011 to 2013, Ira was the cellist for the Les Miserables 25th Anniversary National Tour, performing over 600 shows in 62 cities.