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Online Performances
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Below are upcoming online events. Click on the source link for exact details of times, time zones, and ticket prices.
23 April 6:30 PM EST
Stéphane Tétreault: The Complete Bach Cello Suites – Free Online
Stéphane Tétreault, cello
Stéphane Tétreault is renowned as one of the world’s most passionate masters of the cello, garnering great praise from leading music critics, fellow musicians, and audiences alike. For this blockbuster concert, the virtuoso musician performs the complete Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suites on his priceless 1707 “Countess of Stainlein, Ex-Paganini” Stradivarius cello. Bach’s instrumental output encompasses a wide spectrum, but none so intimate as his suites for unaccompanied cello. Technically demanding, the suites are among the most profound of classical music works. Directed by Huei Lin, we filmed this performance in the Salle Bourgie within Montréal’s musée des beaux-arts. Presented as part of the 2022 Baroque Fest.
Register to watch for free at this link.
23 April 7:30 PM EST
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra: Sterling Elliott Plays Haydn
Sterling Elliott, the youngest Sphinx Competition Winner in history, is featured on Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major. New York Concert Review acclaims “(The) very fine young cellist Sterling Elliott played …with perfect intonation, style, and total involvement.” Inspired by two great works of art, living composer Anna Clyne’s Sound and Fury, sets the stage while Richard Strauss’ Metamorphosen powerfully concludes the evening.
Contact the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra at 317-940-9607 for personalized service with ticketing questions. In addition to attending live, an option to purchase a virtual On-Demand version of the performance will be available through ICO’s website at www.icomusic.org.
Program:
Clyne- Sound and Fury
Haydn- Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major
Sterling Elliott, Cello
Strauss- Metamorphosen
28 April 7 PM EST
University Symphony Orchestra: Revolutionary Romantics
Soloists Yuriy Leonovich (cello faculty) and Deanna Moore (piano faculty) join forces with the BJUSO for an evening of romantic greats featuring Camille Saint-Saëns’ Suite for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 16b and Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1. The concert opens with a world premiere of music theory faculty David Janssen’s Wilderness Overture.
Online Programs and Events
16 April 2 PM BST ( also 21 May, 18 June, 16 July 2 PM BST)
Opening the Practice Toolbox with Gisela Meyer
About this event
- Do you feel you are spending a lot of time practicing with little result?
- Are you stuck learning a particular piece or passage?
- Can you “sort of“ play – or sing – your repertoire, you feel that there is more to be discovered and want to know what to do next?
- Don’t wait until you are frustrated and ready to start a bonfire with your music –join this 2-hour online workshop instead!
- Suitable for all musicians who work from sheet music.
- Saturday, once monthly, 11.00-13.00* Online platform: Zoom
- Schedule:
- Introduction and presentation of general methods – the three stages of practice 10-15 mins
- Individual sessions masterclass style (active participants) 15 – 20 mins each
- Q&A 15 mins
Prices: Active participant** £15 Passive participant £ 5
*A minimum of three active participants is necessary to run the workshop. If no more than three sign up, the workshop will only run for approximately 1.5 hours.
**Active participants: Please be prepared to perform a piece or part of a piece, ca 2 mins in length (or shorter), and send me a scan of the sheet music – with bar numbers marked in – prior to the workshop, so I can share it with the group.
Click here to purchase tickets
25 April – 16 May
Indian Cello – Online Course by Jake Charkey
If you’ve ever wanted to know more about Indian music, are interested in expanding your range of extended techniques, are looking for new ways to think about improvising, want to work on your rhythm, or are just curious, please join me! (For Intermediate, Advanced, or Professional musicians)
Indian Cello: ONLINE GROUP CLASS
- MONDAY 4/25 – Intro to Indian cello left-hand techniques and exercises.
- MONDAY 5/02 – Intro to raga and alaap (unmetered improvisation) structure
- MONDAY 5/09 – Intro to composition in Hindustani music
- MONDAY 5/16 – Intro to working with cyclical time in Hindustani music.
If you have questions, please email Jake Charkey.
$100 for all four classes.
Register here.
28 April 9 PM EDT
Studio Ghibli Album Release Show by Cello Kat (Livestream)
Hey! I am CelloKat and I am so excited to invite you to my show! I will be playing my entire new Ghibli Collection album as well as some other video game and anime favorites from my YouTube Channel. This show will be full of nerdy jokes and references, audience participation, and performances of some of the most famous and beloved soundtrack music of all time.
Links to stream the album here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/kaitlinfindlay/ghibli-journey-a-cello-collection
Register for the Livestream here. Tickets range from $10-$35.
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.
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 and there are 15 places per class so we keep the lesson small, detailed and personal.
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.
1-7 August 2022
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.
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