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Young Performers
Jan. 29. Two parts - one player!
View Anna Dorr, a student of Philip Warren, and a sophomore in a Durham school, performs both parts of the first movement of the Vivaldi Concerto for Two Celli, RV 531. for her Upper School's annual open mic night, which was virtual this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrTaV1AlwT4 https://business.facebook.com/watch/?v=237611134494045
View Anna Dorr, a student of Philip Warren, and a sophomore in a Durham school, performs both parts of the first movement of the Vivaldi Concerto for Two Celli, RV 531. for her Upper School's annual open mic night, which was virtual this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrTaV1AlwT4 https://business.facebook.com/watch/?v=237611134494045
From Tim Holley
Elizabeth Beilman
https://www.wqxr.org/story/robert-sherman-award-2020-recipients-vision-collective/
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Elizabeth Beilman
https://www.wqxr.org/story/robert-sherman-award-2020-recipients-vision-collective/
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From Jonathan Kramer - FYI,
Nathaniel Hagen on Aug. 5th played in a virtual masterclass for Ralph Kirschbaum as part of the Colorado Bach Festival high school division. Go Nate!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3wyRseRJrxY&feature=youtu.be
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Nathaniel Hagen on Aug. 5th played in a virtual masterclass for Ralph Kirschbaum as part of the Colorado Bach Festival high school division. Go Nate!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3wyRseRJrxY&feature=youtu.be
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June 27, 2020
From Bonnie Thron.
Hi Cello People,
I don't know if any of you followed the Bader and Overton Canadian Cello Competition, June 24th, 2020, but there was some awesome playing and our own Jonah Krolik from Chapel Hill and a former student of mine was in the Semi Finals. He recorded live from John Q. Walker's hall and sounded absolutely amazing!
Day 1 - (Jonah starts at 1:48:20)
https://vimeo.com/431587413
Day 2 - (Bryan Cheng the winner starts at 1:44:15)
https://www.isabeldigitalconcerthall.queensu.ca/events/canadian-cello-competition-2020
Day 3 - (Bryan Cheng is at 1:30:49)
https://www.isabeldigitalconcerthall.queensu.ca/events/canadian-cello-competition-2020-0
It's a lot of music, but I know a few of you have played Schubert Arpeggione recently and the first player on Day 1, Leyland Ko (who goes to Princeton and made it to the finals) plays it.
I think the sonata playing with the Cheng brother and sister duo is riveting and definitely worth checking out. Bryan Cheng is playing on a Strad and he really knows how to use it! There is one piece which was commissioned for the competition, and if you feel cello geeky enough to listen to the whole competition it is fascinating what different people did with it. To me the most effective interpretation was by Andreas Schmalhofer who played first on Day 2 and also made it to the finals.
I highly recommend if you don't have much time, to treat yourself to Cheng"s Dvorak concerto in the finals. Even though I've heard that piece a gazillion times it was spellbinding - and again a tremendous collaboration between Bryan and his sister.
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From Bonnie Thron.
Hi Cello People,
I don't know if any of you followed the Bader and Overton Canadian Cello Competition, June 24th, 2020, but there was some awesome playing and our own Jonah Krolik from Chapel Hill and a former student of mine was in the Semi Finals. He recorded live from John Q. Walker's hall and sounded absolutely amazing!
Day 1 - (Jonah starts at 1:48:20)
https://vimeo.com/431587413
Day 2 - (Bryan Cheng the winner starts at 1:44:15)
https://www.isabeldigitalconcerthall.queensu.ca/events/canadian-cello-competition-2020
Day 3 - (Bryan Cheng is at 1:30:49)
https://www.isabeldigitalconcerthall.queensu.ca/events/canadian-cello-competition-2020-0
It's a lot of music, but I know a few of you have played Schubert Arpeggione recently and the first player on Day 1, Leyland Ko (who goes to Princeton and made it to the finals) plays it.
I think the sonata playing with the Cheng brother and sister duo is riveting and definitely worth checking out. Bryan Cheng is playing on a Strad and he really knows how to use it! There is one piece which was commissioned for the competition, and if you feel cello geeky enough to listen to the whole competition it is fascinating what different people did with it. To me the most effective interpretation was by Andreas Schmalhofer who played first on Day 2 and also made it to the finals.
I highly recommend if you don't have much time, to treat yourself to Cheng"s Dvorak concerto in the finals. Even though I've heard that piece a gazillion times it was spellbinding - and again a tremendous collaboration between Bryan and his sister.
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NCCello Society event. Sunday, Jan. 26. 2020
A Cello Master Class with Caroline Stinson who gave an excellent and informative afternoon for all players and audience.
Four students performed movements from the Schubert Arpeggione sonata, the Elgar Cello Concerto, the Dvorak Rondo and the Bach 2nd Suite in Bone Hall in the Biddle Music Building, Duke East Campus.
We are so fortunate to have such outstanding teachers and students in this area from the universities and community.
More photos of this event are posted on the Young Performers page under the Teachers tab.
A Cello Master Class with Caroline Stinson who gave an excellent and informative afternoon for all players and audience.
Four students performed movements from the Schubert Arpeggione sonata, the Elgar Cello Concerto, the Dvorak Rondo and the Bach 2nd Suite in Bone Hall in the Biddle Music Building, Duke East Campus.
We are so fortunate to have such outstanding teachers and students in this area from the universities and community.
More photos of this event are posted on the Young Performers page under the Teachers tab.
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3 to 5 pm Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020.
A Cello Master Class by Caroline Stinson gave an excellent and informative afternoon for all players and audience in Bone Hall, Biddle Music Building, Duke East Campus. Four students performed movements from the Schubert Arpeggione sonata, the Elgar Cello Concerto, the Dvorak Rondo and the Bach Sarabande from the 2nd Suite. We are so fortunate to have such outstanding teachers and students in this area from the universities and community. |
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Teachers/Coaches/Conductors - do you have a special cello student who is graduating this year?
Let's highlight them on our Young Performers' webpage, (under Teachers tab)
Send in their achievements/photos to website Contact page or [email protected]
We congratulate our 2019 High School Seniors
Spencer Adler, Duke University String School.
Matthew Atisa , East Chapel Hill High School
Maggie Shealy, East Chapel Hill High School
Teachers/Coaches/Conductors - do you have a special cello student who is graduating this year?
Let's highlight them on our Young Performers' webpage, (under Teachers tab)
Send in their achievements/photos to website Contact page or [email protected]
We congratulate our 2019 High School Seniors
Spencer Adler, Duke University String School.
Matthew Atisa , East Chapel Hill High School
Maggie Shealy, East Chapel Hill High School
Spencer Adler, 2019, a student of Nancy Green, has sent links to youtubes of his senior recital - admirable performances of the Brahms F Major Sonata and the 6th Bach Suite. Here are the links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMyrZ597qyg Brahms F Major sonata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQKogO_2rFk&feature=youtu.be Bach 6th Solo Suite
January 2020 - Spencer is now in college and is working on Haydn's D major Concerto, quite a handful set of notes! See/hear him on https://youtu.be/_GSbtNClr1I ******************************************************************************
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMyrZ597qyg Brahms F Major sonata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQKogO_2rFk&feature=youtu.be Bach 6th Solo Suite
January 2020 - Spencer is now in college and is working on Haydn's D major Concerto, quite a handful set of notes! See/hear him on https://youtu.be/_GSbtNClr1I ******************************************************************************
Maggie Shealy, 2019, a student of Jane Salemson, at her final concert of the East Chapel Hill High School Orchestra, Maggie was presented by conductor Ryan E. Ellefson, with two awards - the Tri-M Honor Cords (pink cord) for outstanding work in the society, and the National School Orchestra Award. Just in - Now a student at Brandeis University, Maggie has been accepted into the College Orchestra. You are on your way Maggie. Congratulations! Streaming concerts can be seen through Brandeis.
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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Here's a busy young lady - 2018 Catherine Yates, the winner of the Duke University String School concerto competition. performed the first movement of the Elgar Cello Concerto. (see below)
In 2019 she participated in Brooks Whitehouse's Masterclass Society event.
In 2019 she participated in Brooks Whitehouse's Masterclass Society event.
On March 9th, 2018, the NC Bach Festival Youth Concert featured Catherine Yates as Grand Prize Winner of the Annual NC Bach Festival E. Heilbig Memorial Award. The 12-year-old cellist from the studio of Elizabeth Beilman, received this award for her excellent appearance at the NCBF 2018 Youth Concert with a wonderful performance of Bach's Prelude from the Suite 2 in D minor, BWV 1008. Congratulations Catherine!
The CVNC review said "The evening began with Catherine Yates, 12, playing the Prelude to the second Cello Suite, S.1008. She was the grand prize winner at the NCBF's youth concert. With young artists like this, a solid future for this music is assured!
The CVNC review said "The evening began with Catherine Yates, 12, playing the Prelude to the second Cello Suite, S.1008. She was the grand prize winner at the NCBF's youth concert. With young artists like this, a solid future for this music is assured!
Aug. 31, 2016
Congratulations to Matthew, performing from memory, a beautiful rendition of Bach's Second Solo Cello Suite, for the September 2016 Board meeting of the Chapel Hill Public School Foundation, an organization that promotes outstanding student work.
Mar.13-2016. Congratulations to Spencer, conductor Shelley Livingston and the Duke String School Youth Orchestra for an outstanding performance by them all of the first movement of Shostakovitch's Cello Concerto #1. High school freshman, Spencer Adler, student of Nancy Green, was one of the winners of the Duke University String School Youth Symphony Concerto Competition.
March 13, 2016. SPENCER ADLER with the Duke University String School Youth Orchestra
Congratulations to Spencer, conductor Shelley Livingston and the Duke String School Youth Orchestra for an outstanding performance by them all of the first movement of Shostakovitch's Cello Concerto #1.
Spencer's performance was rock-solid, both in technique and rhythm, an incredible feat for such a young musician. Rostropovitch would have been proud. I remember the excitement Rostropovitch generated when arriving in London and performed this concerto, which was written for him. All the UK cello students (including me!) were mesmerised by his playing and listened to his recording of it for hours on end. I still have the original vinyl recording made in Philadelphia in 1959. We had never heard anything like it for cello.
It's wonderful that Spencer can set such a good example to fellow cellists, and to give an incentive to all those students who love their instruments, to reach their potential.
Shelley Livingston raised the bar with this piece. Her clear conducting and direction to all the orchestra members for whom I'm sure, was one of the most challenging pieces they have had to play, kept the momentum going throughout. She was a very busy lady, and showed the reason she was chosen to be the conductor of this orchestra following the retirement of Dorothy Kitchen. Outstanding solos in the horn, winds, brass and percussion. The accompanying strings kept up with the very tricky rhythms, following Shelley's directions meticulously. Bravo everyone.
Jane Salemson. March 13, 2016
Congratulations to Spencer, conductor Shelley Livingston and the Duke String School Youth Orchestra for an outstanding performance by them all of the first movement of Shostakovitch's Cello Concerto #1.
Spencer's performance was rock-solid, both in technique and rhythm, an incredible feat for such a young musician. Rostropovitch would have been proud. I remember the excitement Rostropovitch generated when arriving in London and performed this concerto, which was written for him. All the UK cello students (including me!) were mesmerised by his playing and listened to his recording of it for hours on end. I still have the original vinyl recording made in Philadelphia in 1959. We had never heard anything like it for cello.
It's wonderful that Spencer can set such a good example to fellow cellists, and to give an incentive to all those students who love their instruments, to reach their potential.
Shelley Livingston raised the bar with this piece. Her clear conducting and direction to all the orchestra members for whom I'm sure, was one of the most challenging pieces they have had to play, kept the momentum going throughout. She was a very busy lady, and showed the reason she was chosen to be the conductor of this orchestra following the retirement of Dorothy Kitchen. Outstanding solos in the horn, winds, brass and percussion. The accompanying strings kept up with the very tricky rhythms, following Shelley's directions meticulously. Bravo everyone.
Jane Salemson. March 13, 2016
2016. Spencer Adler, a high school freshman at Durham Academy, has been playing the cello for six years. Since moving to North Carolina two and a half years ago he has studied with cellist Nancy Green. Spencer is the principal cellist of the Duke University Strings School Youth Orchestra, and also participates in the Strings School’s chamber music program (his string quartet recently performed the first movement of the Beethoven string quartet in C minor, op. 16). He has attended the Chamber Music on the Hill summer program at UNCSA, and hopes to take part in another music program this summer. A two-time winner of the NC MTNA Junior Strings Competition, Spencer has also participated in a number of concerto competitions over the past year. He is currently playing the Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor, and the Shostakovich Cello Concerto in E-flat major, which he will perform with the DUSS Youth Symphony in March. In addition to music, he enjoys science, running cross-country and playing tennis.
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