Join the Ukrainian National Anthem Cello Project – Deadline 4 April 8 AM EDT
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#cellistsforpeace
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We are calling all cellists to record themselves playing the Ukrainian national anthem to show our moral support of Ukraine. It is a beautiful piece, and our newest team member, Gill Tennant, who is spearheading this project, has made an arrangement that includes parts for cellists with a range of experience – even beginners can participate.
The great cellist and peacemaker Pau Casals once said,
“The cello is my only weapon.”
Let’s lift the voices of our cellos in a cry of solidarity with all who long for peace. #cellistsforpeace #celloforpeace
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Online Performances
Below are upcoming online events. Click on the source link for exact details of times, time zones, and ticket prices.
1 April 7:30 PDT
Jacobsen Series: Faculty Recital Featuring Alistair MacRae, Cello
Cellist Alistair MacRae is the Cordelia Wikarski-Miedel Artist in Residence at the University of Puget Sound School of Music and the cellist of the Puget Sound Piano Trio. His playing has been praised for its “rich sound and lyrical phrasing” (Palm Beach Daily News). Join us for this special recital presented by Professor MacRae as part of the Jacobsen Series Spring 2022.
2 April 7:30 PM CDT
Cellist Bryan Cheng – Dance Around, Around Livestream Concert
At our final Classical concert, listen to Mahler’s foot-stomping Symphony No. 1 and Rococo Variations featuring Bryan Cheng on the cello.
Online Programs and Events
5 – 12 April 5:30 PM PDT
Imagine: Six Suites in Six Weeks!
Listening doesn’t have to be a spectator sport: learn how to be an active listener!
Join us for six hour-long sessions to explore Bach’s beloved cello suites. Discover how six esteemed artists approach this iconic music.
Our featured artists are some of the most admired cellists in the SF area and beyond, and come from a wide range of styles and backgrounds. This series will illuminate each cello suite and invite online participants to experience Bach’s masterworks in a casual and intimate environment of music and conversation.
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Amateur Music Network, in partnership with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Continuing Education Division, presents a series of interactive listening sessions
To learn more about the workshop, visit the Workshop Information Page.
ATTEND ONLINE
Online participants will also be able to be part of the conversation, adding questions and comments.
$100 for six sessions, $20 for single sessions
DATES, TIMES, AND TOPICS
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 | 5:30 p.m. Pacific Suite no. 1 – Oliver Herbert
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | 5:30 p.m. Pacific Suite no. 5 – Robert Howard
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 | 5:30 p.m. Pacific Suite no. 2 – Jean-Michel Fontaneau
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | 5:30 p.m. Pacific Suite no. 6 – William Skeen
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 | 5:30 p.m. Pacific Suite no. 4 – Bonnie Hampton
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 | 5:30 p.m. Pacific Suite no. 3 – Stephen Harrison
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No one is turned away for lack of funds! Contact info@amateurmusic.org to request a reduction of the fee.
11 April 8 PM EDT
In the Practice Room
We are thrilled to invite your students to join us for Stetson Cello Studio’s “In the Practice Room” series!This is a collection of four virtual workshops for ALL MUSICIANS. Discussions will explore everything practicing from inspiration and mindset to goals and time management.Please join us and invite your students to participate in any or all of the following sessions with outstanding guest artists:
- Yeesun Kim (New England Conservatory) Monday, March 14, 7:30-8:30pm
- Brannon Cho (International Soloist) Saturday, March 26, 2:00-3:00pm
- David Ying (Eastman School of Music) Monday, March 28, 7:30-8:30pm
- Lluis Claret (New England Conservatory) Monday, April 11, 8:00-9:00pm
Register for Free Today at: https://forms.gle/3pW4ggp1Zcpcc5TM9
1-3 April 11:00-13:00 EDT
What Every Cellist Needs to Know About the Body
Body Mapping for Cellists!
This 6-hour course will explore the anatomy of movement as we play, particularly looking at balance, arm motion and breathing structures. Although presented from a cellist’s perspective, the material applies to all musicians and helps alleviate pain, avoid injury, and promote freer playing.For more information and to reserve a place, please email alisonwells455@gmail.com
7-10 April
Fiddle Hell
Hi Cello Players! **Natalie Haas, Abby Newton, Jordan Hamilton, Joy Adams, and Liz Davis Maxfield are teaching CELLO workshops at Fiddle Hell Online, April 7-10, 2022. There are both new directions and traditional styles on cello, and also on fiddle and mandolin. Plus lots of jams and concerts. **Other instructors include Darol Anger, April Verch, Alasdair Fraser, Brittany Haas, Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, Kevin Burke, Jeremy Kittel, Katie McNally, Andy Reiner, Belen Escobedo, Rev. Robert Jones, Judy Hyman, and Matt Flinner.**The extensive schedule for FHO **is at www.fiddlehell.org, with free replays for 4 months! Early bird registration is open through March 23rd (with add’l discounts for older & younger players), and early birds are entered in a giveaway drawing that includes a fine inlaid fiddle.
9 April, 25 June, 17 September, 10 December
Online Timeline Series – Cellist Catherine Black
We all want to be as rounded a musician as possible and that’s a pretty big ask. We all have our preferences, and the groups & orchestras we play in, take us down certain paths which enrich and educate us, but sometimes we find a hole in our knowledge!
The Online Time Line Series has really found a place in your lives. Join us to learn more about a remarkable piece of music, its composer, an era, its style that may otherwise have passed you by. Musical architecture, polyphony, phrasing, the place of music in society are all a part of this quest for a better understanding and roundedness.
We will play, discuss & explore from your – the player’s point of view – a particular piece of music from the wide library of Unsung Heroes Cello Ensemble scores. These now range from Josquin and John Taverner (1490–1545), through to Tchaikovsky & Elgar and far into the twentieth century.
Though there are some restrictions online, we can all play using the mute button, though not as a group. This is an exciting opportunity for players to have the chance to play as many parts as they wish as we play together.
You may want to bring a notebook too and I do send out further notes to help you continue the development after the class. I see this as a massive opportunity for us to do detailed work that really moves you on, because we have these apparent restrictions.
Just a thought: you may think a particular composer, (say Josquin for instance) isn’t for you. Don’t rule things out too easily as all these people, whose music I want to share with you, have so much light to shine for us. As cellists, there is so much music we miss because we have so much already written for us. This is an opportunity that I personally have loved developing.
Your score is sent to you on booking your place.
Do look at all the parts if you can, so you get under the skin of the music.
Venue: Zoom
Fee: £25 per class
Click here to register and get more information.
9 May – 4 June
Queen Elisabeth Competition (Cello)
Five years after the huge success of the very first Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition, we will hold a new session for cellists. The second cello competition will take place from 9 May to 4 June 2022. This session was originally planned for May 2021, but is postponed for a year due to the postponement of the piano competition.
Cellists interested in participating, can now consult the requested repertoire, the entry conditions and read more information about the competition rounds in the rules of the 2022 cello session.
Online application : opens in November 2021
Application deadline : Wednesday 8 December 2021 12:00 (noon) GMT
Age limit : In order not to disadvantage the young musicians preparing for this second edition, the age limit for candidates is raised by one year. Hence, candidates are aged at least 18 and have not yet reached the age of 31 (instead of 30) on 31 December 2021 (i.e. they must be born after 31 December 1990 and before 1 January 2004).The applications will be done entirely online, through the ‘APPLY’ section of our website.
If you have questions after having read the rules, please do not hesitate to send us an e-mail at application[a]queenelisabethcompetition.be.
21 May, 22 October, 3 December 2022 | 6:00 PM–8:15 PM GMT
All About My Bow – Cellist Catherine Black
Our bow is our voice. We want it to breathe, speak, dance, sing and emote. This is an infinite subject but we do need to start somewhere! I feel we learn best with clear explanation, demonstration, focus and experimentation.
We will explore in varied ways, how our bow use can become increasingly natural to us – to become truly, an extension of your arm and hand. In going slowly and in detail, you will more truly find your own voice and feel able to express yourself more fully and authentically as a cellist & musician.
This series will build your understanding in stages. Some classes may be repeated too.
The instrument we play is large and physical and we need to know how to use energy well and understand movement because sound follows the movement.
I will send you materials for the class ahead of the day and then afterwards I will send documents that help you consolidate and develop our work. The groups will be small enough that we will be able to work individually too to check things are understood.
Venue: Zoom (waiting room opens at 5.45 PM for tuning)
Fee: £30 per class
Click here to register and get more information.
27-28 May 2022
2022 Washington International Competition for Strings
We hope you will join the FMMC Foundation for the 2022 Washington International Competition for Violin, Viola, and Cello! In its 69th year, the WIC provides renowned jurors offering individual advice and feedback to all semifinalists. See below for important deadlines, details, and more.
To apply, visit app.getacceptd.com/wic.
Dates and Information
- Application Open: September 15, 2021
- Application Deadline: February 1, 2022
- Semifinalists Notified: March 1, 2022
Semifinals take place in-person at George Washington University in Washington, DC, on both Friday, May 27, and Saturday, May 28, 2022, from 9 AM to 5 PM.
Finals take place in the Terrace Theater of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on May 29, 2022, at 2 PM.
For more details and prize information, visit the FMMC website.
6-12 June 2022
Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute
The Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute (TBSI) is a world-renowned training program in Toronto for advanced students and professional musicians in instrumental and vocal baroque performance practice, led by some of the finest musicians in the field. Since its inception in 2002, TBSI has attracted talented musicians from far and wide.
Following the success of the virtual 2021 TBSI (with 80 participants from 5 continents), and given the ongoing uncertainties around COVID, the 2022 TBSI will once again be held virtually. The program will include daily masterclasses, workshops, lectures, and concerts, exploring the rich repertoire of the baroque, and the performance practices of then and now.
Cello Faculty: Keiran Campbell. Read an interview with him here.
WALTHAM FOREST CELLO FEST 2022
The 4th WALTHAM FOREST CELLO FEST 2022 in London invites you to the CELLO ACADEMY – Online Summer Cello Master Classes via Zoom / Skype.
Individual Online Cello Lessons will take place daily from Monday 1st August till Sunday 7th August 2022 @ cca 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (cca 55 minutes slots), online via Zoom or Skype.
FRANTIŠEK BRIKCIUS – CELLO, CHAMBER MUSIC
ANNA BRIKCIUSOVÁ – CELLO
Book your One-to-One Cello OnLine Summer Course now (limited number of accepted students). It includes FINAL online performance meeting.
All ages (4-99), levels (Initial Grade, Grades 1-8) and abilities (beginner, student, advanced) are welcome!
For more details follow #WFCF22 @WalhamForestCelloFest, book your course https://WalthamForestCelloFest.eventbrite.com and visit https://www.Brikcius.com/WalthamForestCelloFest/
Ongoing
Trad Cello – Tunes and Techniques with Natalie Haas
Natalie Haas
Let Natalie Haas teach you some tricks of the trade as well as some great melodies!
Natalie is one of the most sought after cellists playing traditional music today. She and Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser have toured as a duo for twenty years, wowing audiences at festivals and concerts worldwide with their unique sound.
In this series she will teach some bowing techniques when accompanying melody players before moving on to chords and arranging, finishing with some melodies that sit well on the cello.
Although this series is aimed at the cellist, many of the skills and techniques will sit as comfortably on any string instrument.
Click here to learn about membership options.
Win a Year of Free Lessons!
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Enter a drawing for a year of free lessons via video exchange with cellist Mike Block. Click here to enter.
Let us know about your favorite online events and concerts in the comments below. Have an event or concert you’d like listed? Please get in touch.
