Expert Cello Instruction for All Ages
The studio is dedicated to musical and personal development through the intensive study of the cello. Individual lessons form the core of studio activities. These are supplemented with a curriculum in theory and musicianship, group classes, chamber music, visits by guest teachers, and performance opportunities.
The cello studio is located in Cambridge, MA and serves students throughout the Greater Boston area.
Private Lessons
Students receive 13 to 15 lessons per semester. Beginner and intermediate level students take 30 or 45 minute lessons, while advanced intermediate and advanced students take 60 minute lessons. The private lesson provides time for individualized instruction on technique, tone production, style, musicality, and theory.
Lessons are structured around exercises, studies, and solo pieces that create and then build upon a solid physical and intellectual approach. They also involve intensive, interactive, age-appropriate problem solving.
Clear practice goals and guidance are provided to both student and parent to ensure success from week to week and consistent progress throughout the year.
Group Classes, Recitals, and Other Activities
Group classes occur throughout the semester. These classes foster a sense of community through informal group performances of solo and ensemble pieces.
Each semester concludes with a recital in which each student plays one or two pieces especially chosen and prepared for public performance.
Periodically, guest teachers are invited to work with the studio. There also may be opportunities for students to participate in chamber music ensembles with violin and viola students studying with other teachers in the area.
"The best method to follow in the study of technique is to trace a spiral, starting from a sound basis and ending at the extreme limit of physical possibility."
--Pablo Casals
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