Alan Stellings is a professional cellist, double bassist, electric bassist, conductor, composer and teacher. He received his education at the University of Toronto, earning his degrees in Bachelor of Music in Performance, Master of Music in Music Education and Doctor of Education in Philosophy of Education. He has also completed advanced studies in Cello and Chamber Music Performance at the Vienna Academy of Music in Austria. Dr. Stellings has been a member of the Toronto Symphony, the Canadian Opera, the Hamilton Philharmonic, and the Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra.

Stellings is a major promoter of Canadian music. He has released two CDs The first is titled "fluences," a selection of Canadian cello and piano sonatas by Weinzweig, Stellings, McConnell and Prevost. The second CD is titled "Alan Stellings Plays Oscar Peterson, a Four Cello Experience." Selections include the complete "Canadiana Suite" by Peterson. A third CD is in the works, a selection of Stellings' favourite classic rock. Stellings has made three European solo tours, performing in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia.

As an educator, Dr. Stellings has served on the faculty and the Board of Examiners for the Royal Conservatory of Music, offering instruction in cello and double bass, theory and harmony, and history of music. Dr. Stellings has also been a faculty member in the Music Departments at the University of Toronto and McMaster University. Dr. Stellings maintains an active teaching studio in Toronto and in Guelph, where he lives with his wife Jennifer, a watercolour artist and their beautiful black cat, Smudge.