Online Performances
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Below are upcoming, online events. Be sure to click on the source link for exact details of times, time zones, and ticket prices.
26 March 12:15 PM EDT
Memorial Presbyterian Church to host Lenten concert series – Daniel Tressel, cello
Daniel Tressel
The annual tradition of Lenten concerts will continue this year at Memorial Presbyterian Church. This year the concerts will be virtual. They will be livestreamed via Facebook, @MPCmidland and the church’s website, mempres.org. The concerts will occur at the traditional time of 12:15 p.m. on each Friday in Lent.
26 March 6 PM EDT (available through 29 March 7 PM EDT)
Jason Vieaux, guitar & Clancy Newman, cello
Jason Vieaux & Clancy Newman
Making his eighth appearance on the PCMS stage, Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux has been lauded as “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation” (NPR). For his return to Benjamin Franklin Hall, he teams up with Clancy Newman, a cellist whose musical acumen and superb technique have been praised time and again. “Newman’s exceptional technique seeks not to scintillate but integrate” (Philadelphia Inquirer).
This concert will be livestreamed for all to enjoy on a pay what you wish basis.
Gnattali: Sonata for Guitar and Cello
De Falla: Canciones Populares Españolas [Arr.] Barrios: Waltz in G Major, Op. 8, No. 4 [Vieaux Solo] Bellafronte: Suite No. 1 for Guitar and Cello
View the performance here.
27 March 2:45 PM EDT
Judy and Howard Levin Master Class Series – Timothy Eddy, cello
Timothy Eddy
Register to view.
27 March 7:30 PM AEDT
Firsts and Lasts – Featuring Lianah Jaensch cello
Hills Shire Symphony Orchestra
ROSSINI Overture to “Thieving Magpie”
ELGAR Cello Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 in E Minor
Lianah Jaensch cello
Chris Upton conductor
TICKETS
$20 live-streamed ticket
Purchase tickets here.
28 March 2 PM GMT
Cello Sonatas by Debussy and Enescu
Cornelius Zirbo
Cellist Cornelius Zirbo and pianist Gabriel Gitan give a duo recital of cello sonatas by Debussy and Enescu. John Shea presents.
Listen here.
28 March 2 PM PDT
RVCC Virtual Benefit Concert On March 28 to Feature Cello, Piano Performances
Jonathan Spitz and Anna Keiserman
“Songs Without Words” will feature Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58by Felix Mendelssohn and John Sichel’s 2nd Sonata for Cello and Piano. The performance will be shown on their Facebook page.
28 March 2 PM EDT
Erie Philharmonic “It Takes Two to Tango” Featuring Pianist Michael Brown, Cellist Nicholas Canellakis
Cellist Nicholas Canellakis and Pianist Michael Brown
The episode, which is titled “It Takes Two to Tango,” will be the second-to-last “In Your Home” series of concerts performed by the philharmonic.
A rebroadcast will air on Sunday, March 28 at 2 p.m.
View the broadcast here.
28 March 3 PM PDT
SRS @ Home with Zuill Bailey
Zuill Bailey
CONCERT PROGRAM
JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Starburst for String Orchestra
BARBER: Adagio for Strings
ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
CHARLES IVES: The Unanswered Question for Chamber Orchestra
BRAHMS: Serenade No. 2
Subscribe to watch.
3 April 4 PM EDT
Recital: Sally Jung Eun Kim ’21 MM, Cello
NEC’s students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It’s your first look at the artists of tomorrow.
Sally Jung Eun Kim ’21 MM studies Cello with Paul Katz.
The program includes works by Beethoven, Lutoslawski, Bridge, and Strauss. View the free performance here.
5 April 7 PM PDT
Cello Jam
Cello Jam – Deborah Shutser and Quinn Liu
Center For The Arts Foundation, partnering with the Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra will kick off the month April with Cello Jam at First Mondays-Music and More!, the FREE virtual concert series. View the show 7:00-8:00pm at Facebook.com/GCFTA or on the Center for the Arts YouTube channel.
Cello Jam is a cello duo in the Portland area. Its members consist of cellists Quinn Liu and Deborah Shutser.
5 April 8 PM EDT
The Schwob School of Music Cello Studio – with Wendy Warner
The Schwob School of Music Cello Studio with Wendy Warner
The Schwob School of Music Cello Studio under the direction of Professor Wendy Warner, The Leah D Hamer Distinguished Chair in Cello, presents a recital of cello solos accompanied by cello choir. The music is arranged by Michael Knowles and Jonathan Simmons. View the free concert on the Schwob School of Music Facebook and YouTube pages. Like the Schwob School of Music Cello Studio on Facebook to learn about future concerts.
Online Programs and Events
28 March 2 PM PDT
Cello Book Club Meeting via Zoom
For March, which is both Women’s History Month and Irish-American Heritage Month in the USA, we chose a book that our curators love: Maureen O’Carroll: A Musical Memoir of an Irish Immigrant Childhood by a mother-daughter team, Maureen and Leora O’Carroll.
We are excited to announce that Leora O’Carroll has agreed to talk with our book club online on 28 March 2021 at 2 PM PDT. Join our mailing list (at the bottom of our Cello Book Club page) to get Zoom details.
Read our review here.
Link to the discussion page for Maureen O’Carroll: A Musical Memoir of an Irish Immigrant Childhood.
31 March
~Cellissimo~ A Cello Festival Reawakens
Cellissimo 2021
The second annual Cellissimo Festival includes a talk on the life of Rostropovich (3 PM GMT), a showing of the film The Cellist on the life of Piatagorsky (4 PM GMT), and a recital by Mischa and Lilly Maisky (7:30 PM GMT). Click on the links for prices and details.
Win a Year of Free Lessons!
ArtistWorks
Enter a drawing for a year of free lessons via video exchange with cellist Mike Block. Click here to enter.
Saturdays 9:30-10:45 AM EDT
The Cello Camerata
The Cello Camerata
The Cello Camerata is an online, international weekly masterclass, organized in four-week sessions, for students of advanced repertoire. Our core team of three established teachers (Wendy Warner, Jonathan Kramer, and Lisa Liske), with two monthly additional expert guest teachers from around the world, presents a learning community online for the collegial exchange of insights and inspiration about the art of cello playing and musicianship…The Camerata masterclasses feature concerto-level players from pre-teen through graduate school. Students of all ages (including adult amateurs)…are invited to audit the masterclasses….Please visit The Cello Camerata website for more information.
March guest artists are Stephanie Vial of Red Priest and Brent Wissick of UNC-Chapel Hill. Teachers may observe for free. All others may audit for one week for free before registering for a four-week session. Visit The Cello Camerata website for registration and tuition information. Scholarships are available.
Saturdays 11 AM – 12 PM EST
The Junior Cello Camerata
The Cello Camerata
The Junior Cello Camerata offers intermediate cellists of all ages (including adult amateurs) masterclass lessons, or the opportunity to observe rather than perform solos, as well as a twenty-minute weekly technique class for all with cellos in hand. It is an online, international weekly gather taught by Wendy Warner, Jonathan Kramer, and Lisa Liske.
March guest artists are Stephanie Vial of Red Priest and Brent Wissick of UNC-Chapel Hill.
Teachers may observe for free. All others may audit for one week for free before registering for a four-week session. Visit The Cello Camerata website for registration and tuition information. Scholarships are available.
6 March – 17 April
The First Hour Online Journey with Amit Peled
CTM Classics
Play along with Maestro Peled once a week, covering his entire book and method via Zoom.
Learn and master the unique cello emoji language, Peled’s scale system and how to wisely practice your first hour of the day in the most beneficial way!
Classes are one hour and will take place on Saturdays at 10:00am EST on the following dates:
March 6, 13, 20, 27
April 3, 10, 17
We highly recommend purchasing a copy of The First Hour book in advance of the course via CTM Classics, or a digital copy on Google Play Books.
8-26 March
Guided Practice Sessions — Mike Block
Mike Block
Each daily session will feature 60 minutes of guided practice, followed by 30 minutes of Q&A and follow-up. $100 per week or $250 total for all 3 weeks. For more information and to register, click here.
27 June – 16 July (Performer Application Due 1 April. Auditor Registration Due 17 May.)
Eastman Virtual Summer Cello Workshop
Eastman Virtual Summer Cello Workshop
Cora Swenson Lee, coordinator
Faculty: Alan Harris, Eastman School of Music; Kathleen Kemp, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; Cora Swenson Lee, Illinois State and Illinois Wesleyan Universities; Lisa Caravan, Eastman School of Music; Daniel Ketter, Missouri State University
Guest faculty: David Ying, Eastman School of Music; Rosemary Elliott, Eastman School of Music; John Delmonico, Delmonico and Dugdale Strings
A three-week intensive course designed to help students develop strategies for learning and mastering the cello. Group classes will focus on techniques for healthy playing and longevity at the instrument, as well as techniques specific to solo and orchestral repertoire. Students will receive lessons with faculty members, perform in masterclasses for Eastman School of Music faculty, and participate in classes and topical workshops such as: “Developing Efficiency in Practice,” “Understanding the Bach Cello Suites,” “Audition Preparation,” and “Wellness for Cellists.”
Repertoire covered during the Institute will include Bach Cello Suites and other works for unaccompanied cello, standard concertos and etudes, and orchestral excerpts; specific pieces will be determined upon acceptance to the program. Students will be working from the Eastman Cello Institute Technique Book (free with registration).
To apply and for more information, click here.
5 April – 13 May
COAP Intensive – with Detroit Symphony assistant principal cellist Abraham Feder
Abraham Feder
Along with Chicago Symphony cellist Brant Taylor, Abraham Feder will host the Comprehensive Orchestral Audition Preparation (COAP) Intensive. Visit the website for details and registration.
12 July – 1 August (Registration deadline 31 March)
International Cello Institute
International Cello Institute
14-18 June (Application deadline 1 April.)
Cincinnati Young Artists Virtual Cello Academy: Session I
Cincinnati Young Artists Virtual Cello Academy: Session I
CYA Directors Dr. Sarah Kim and Alan Rafferty are thrilled to announce that Richard Aaron (University of Michigan & the Juilliard School) Hans Jensen (Northwestern University & the Glenn Gould School), Melissa Kraut (Cleveland Institute of Music) & Tom Landschoot (Arizona State) will join them on the faculty for Session I!
For a full list of events and audition details, click here.
5 April 7 PM EST
The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts will offer a series of Audition Workshops from February 21 through April 30, including Do You Know Your Scales & Arpeggios?, Tips for Making a Great Audition Video, and New Jersey Youth Symphony Audition Preparation Excerpt Workshops. Instrumentalists entering grades 3-12 from anywhere in the world are invited to take advantage of this series of virtual workshops to hone skills and prepare for orchestral auditions.
The Audition Workshop series is free and open to the public. To register to attend, visit WhartonArts.org. For New Jersey Youth Symphony 2021-22 season auditions, visit NJYS.org.
The registration for the April 5 workshop can be found here.
6 April 10 AM GMT
VaCO Cello Masterclass with Stephen Orton, Principal Cellist of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Cost: £60 Participants (limited to six places) & £15 Observers
Register here.
15-18 April
Fiddle Hell Online
Fiddle Hell
The Fiddle Hell Massachusetts Festival has been a yearly gathering of fiddlers, cellists, mandolin/guitar/old-time banjo players, and singers to meet, jam, learn, listen, and have fun. It’s both friendly and diverse, crossing all ages and including many traditional musical styles. This is our 16th annual Festival, and the first to be online. Typically, there are about 10% beginners, 25% low intermediates, 35% high intermediates, and 30% advanced players, with many workshop and jam session choices at each level. Roughly 15% of the attendees are kids, and in the past we’ve had some sessions just for them.
For more information and to register, click here.
23 April 4 PM EST
The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts will offer a series of Audition Workshops from February 21 through April 30, including Do You Know Your Scales & Arpeggios?, Tips for Making a Great Audition Video, and New Jersey Youth Symphony Audition Preparation Excerpt Workshops. Instrumentalists entering grades 3-12 from anywhere in the world are invited to take advantage of this series of virtual workshops to hone skills and prepare for orchestral auditions.
The Audition Workshop series is free and open to the public. To register to attend, visit WhartonArts.org. For New Jersey Youth Symphony 2021-22 season auditions, visit NJYS.org.
The registration for the April 5 workshop can be found here.
24 April
University of Wyoming Cello Festival
UW Cello Festival
With distinguished guests
Rick Mooney and Natalie Haas and Soeyoen MinPlus! Special Extra Day April 25, 2021 with Rick Mooney
21 June – 16 July
VIRTUAL SUMMER CELLO FESTIVAL
Virtual Summer Cello Festival
Click here for more information on the inaugural year of this festival.
12-18 July
Chosen Vale International Virtual Cello Seminar
Chosen Vale International Cello Seminar
Offering a high-calibre educational and mentorship structure for exceptionally gifted artists, the seminar participants will have access to daily cello lessons, masterclasses, workshops in performance practice (baroque, classical, contemporary, and electroacoustic musics), corporeal wellness and individualized career development; as well as solo and chamber music instruction. With the ever-changing landscape of the music field, The Chosen Vale International Cello Seminar is here to support a community of cellists ready to jump head-first into their artistry, bound with hope. The Chosen Vale International Cello Seminar will provide daily lessons, ensemble coaching, masterclasses and workshops over the two-week course period. Led by Seth Parker Woods, the world-renowned artist faculty include:Anthony Arnone – Elinor Frey – Katinka Kleijn – Nick Photinos – Rhonda Rider – Seth Parker Woods
For more information, and to apply, visit the Chosen Vale website.
Previous Concerts Still Available
Available through 1 April
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, and Inon Barnatan, piano
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, and Inon Barnatan, piano
Concert stream available for one week from date of broadcast.
Tickets $20.
Available through 6 April
ZLATOMIR FUNG, cello
Zlatomir Fung
Sensational Gold Medalist of the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition, 2019
Dina Vainshtein, piano
CONCERT & INTERVIEW
Donizetti, Verdi, Rossini, Wagner
opera arrangements & fantasies for cello & piano
PREMIERE Tuesday, March 23, 7 pm CT
VIEW ON-DEMAND through Tuesday, April 6
Register to view here.
Available through 8 April
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Plays Dvořák
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Former BBC Young Musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in Glasgow.
Please note, the BBC player is available only in the UK.
Your Turn
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