Congratulations Cellist’s Notebook Composition Contest Winners!
We love all things cello, including books and music, so we were thrilled to offer a composition contest to accompany our July Cello Book Club‘s discussion of The Cellist’s Notebook by Kittie Lambton. The following video includes highlights from the Cello Book Club meeting with Kittie Lambton, several excerpts read
The Enchanted Cello Case Discussion
November 2021 Cello Book Club This is the page for book club members to discuss this month’s title: Hilary Wang (author) and Julian Wang (illustrator): The Enchanted Cello Case We are thrilled to have the author and illustrator, mother-son team, Hilary and Julian Wang, join us via Zoom for an
House of Music – Celebrating One of the World’s Most Musical Families
Cello lovers are perhaps most familiar with the name Kanneh-Mason from star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who rose to global fame after playing at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. But did you know that Sheku is one of seven extraordinarily talented and hard-working musical siblings? Now fans can
Cello Birthdays – 3 September
1695 Pietro Locatelli (3 September 1695 – 30 March 1764) Italian composer and violinist – Here is his Sonata in D Major (a mix of two of Locatelli’s violin sonatas) performed by cellist Min Ji Kim and pianist Ofelia Montalvan: 1704 Giovanni Battista Costanzi (3 September 1704 – 5 March
Contest: Compose the Memorable Musical Fragment in The Cellist’s Notebook
We are pleased to announce a contest to accompany our upcoming Cello Book Club meeting with author Kittie Lambton to discuss her book, The Cellist’s Notebook. Contest The contest is to see who can compose the most fitting musical fragment of Leni’s cello and piano piece that Emily discovers in
House of Music Discussion
May 2021 Cello Book Club This is the page for book club members to discuss this month’s title: Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason: House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons As May is the month of Mother’s Day in the USA, we chose House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons. We are thrilled to have the author
The Cellist’s Notebook Discussion
July 2021 Cello Book Club This is the page for book club members to discuss this month’s title: Kittie Lambton: The Cellist’s Notebook We are thrilled that author Kittie Lambton has agreed to join us for our online book club meeting at 5 PM BST 18 July 2021. In conjunction
Life, Death and Cellos Discussion
January 2021 Cello Book Club This is the page for book club members to discuss this month’s title: Isabel Rogers: Life, Death and Cellos The title says it all – Life, Death and Cellos. This is the best title for any cello fiction we’ve ever read. This book made us laugh
Maureen O’Carroll: A Musical Memoir Discussion
March 2021 Cello Book Club This is the page for book club members to discuss this month’s title: Maureen O’Carroll: A Musical Memoir of an Irish Immigrant Childhood by Maureen O’Carroll and Leora O’Carroll We are thrilled that Leora O’Carroll has agreed to talk with our book club online on
Mellow Cello Review
Don’t overlook this wonderful collection of stories about the cello! A Collection of Short Stories for Cellists I must confess that I almost overlooked this wonderful book. Contrary to the old idiom, I did judge a book by its cover. The title, Mellow Cello, is non-descriptive, and I assumed, from
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