Student Events
2019 What a weekend for our local Cello Community! First of all Caroline Stinson's outstanding recital on Saturday at Duke (see below) and on Sunday the UNC Cello Choir directed by Brent Wissick. Their program ranged from Bach to Mark Summers and a composition, Baccanale, by one of the cellists, James Larkin. Contemporary solo pieces by George Crumb, Reinhold Gliere, Luciano Berio, Zoltan Kodaly and Mark Summers were well performed by all the soloists. The two finale pieces with the Choir were Ad Pacem (In Memorium Rostropovich 2007 by John Fitz Rogers and Tango (2001) by Martha Bishop, who went to Women's College, now UNC-G, and UNC-CH for cello before going to play for many years in the Atlanta Symphony.
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MYCO - Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra - Cellists needed!
This program, directed by UNC's violin professor, Mimi Solomon, and coached by members of the Ciompi String Quartet, is currently looking for good cellists to register. For more information, here is their website: http://www.mycomusic.org/
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This program, directed by UNC's violin professor, Mimi Solomon, and coached by members of the Ciompi String Quartet, is currently looking for good cellists to register. For more information, here is their website: http://www.mycomusic.org/
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Feb. 26-27, 2016 - A very productive and fun weekend.
Suzuki Cello Workshop
Epworth United Methodist Church, Durham
Leslie Alperin and Scott Walker, guest teachers
The Chapel Hill Cooperative String Project sponsored this annual event as they have done for years, and this year was again a very positive experience for all students and teachers alike.
Leslie Alperin lives in New Mexico. She taught cello many years in Chapel Hill, performed widely, and conducted the Piedmont Youth Orchestra. Scott Walker teaches cello and fiddling in Greensboro, and has a week-long “fiddling” camp in the NC mountains each summer. We are lucky to have them!
Phil Warren coordinated the workshop events, a big task dealing with 2 locations and all the classes.
Friday's event was for masterclasses, and after dinner, a short performance of cello trios by Leslie, and local teachers Phil and Jane together with selections by students from their masterclass pieces.
Saturday's events started with a rehearsal for the Vivaldi Concerto for 2 cellos, with soloists Sarah on First cello and Joe and Robert on Second cello. Other local teachers - Mary Frances Boyce (violin and cello), Yolana Murrell (violin) and Jane Salemson (cello) together with Phil and Scott, were the orchestra players in the Vivaldi conducted by Leslie. The three soloists performed the first movement at the concert at the end of the day. It was a very positive first experience for the soloists and enjoyable for everyone.
After the rehearsal, there were classes for the various levels of the Suzuki books, and pieces from these were chosen to be performed in the concert, accompanied by ensemble parts played by the teachers and advanced students.
A first for this workshop was a Cello Fiddling class at the end of the morning's activities! Scott's cello fiddle book which we used, gives all levels of players the opportunity to join in, and soon after his explanation of getting started on fiddling, we were off! Carefully going through each line of music for rhythm and bowing, each player was able to choose the part they felt most comfortable with. There was the melody, a harmony part and chord letters for a guitar or a player not yet reading music, and there was also a drone for open strings. So something for everyone. It was a fun class with everyone playing and 2 selections made for an exciting finish at the concert.
Feb. 26-27, 2016 - A very productive and fun weekend.
Suzuki Cello Workshop
Epworth United Methodist Church, Durham
Leslie Alperin and Scott Walker, guest teachers
The Chapel Hill Cooperative String Project sponsored this annual event as they have done for years, and this year was again a very positive experience for all students and teachers alike.
Leslie Alperin lives in New Mexico. She taught cello many years in Chapel Hill, performed widely, and conducted the Piedmont Youth Orchestra. Scott Walker teaches cello and fiddling in Greensboro, and has a week-long “fiddling” camp in the NC mountains each summer. We are lucky to have them!
Phil Warren coordinated the workshop events, a big task dealing with 2 locations and all the classes.
Friday's event was for masterclasses, and after dinner, a short performance of cello trios by Leslie, and local teachers Phil and Jane together with selections by students from their masterclass pieces.
Saturday's events started with a rehearsal for the Vivaldi Concerto for 2 cellos, with soloists Sarah on First cello and Joe and Robert on Second cello. Other local teachers - Mary Frances Boyce (violin and cello), Yolana Murrell (violin) and Jane Salemson (cello) together with Phil and Scott, were the orchestra players in the Vivaldi conducted by Leslie. The three soloists performed the first movement at the concert at the end of the day. It was a very positive first experience for the soloists and enjoyable for everyone.
After the rehearsal, there were classes for the various levels of the Suzuki books, and pieces from these were chosen to be performed in the concert, accompanied by ensemble parts played by the teachers and advanced students.
A first for this workshop was a Cello Fiddling class at the end of the morning's activities! Scott's cello fiddle book which we used, gives all levels of players the opportunity to join in, and soon after his explanation of getting started on fiddling, we were off! Carefully going through each line of music for rhythm and bowing, each player was able to choose the part they felt most comfortable with. There was the melody, a harmony part and chord letters for a guitar or a player not yet reading music, and there was also a drone for open strings. So something for everyone. It was a fun class with everyone playing and 2 selections made for an exciting finish at the concert.