CelloBello’s Audition Preparation Workshop is a virtual seminar designed to help prospective undergraduate and graduate students prepare for their school auditions, including the prescreening process. This two-week intensive features masterclasses, private lessons, and panel discussions, all centered around empowering students with the tools to succeed in their auditions.

Our stellar faculty demonstrate a broad and diverse range of careers as soloists, chamber musicians, and master teachers. All participants receive a mix of private
lesson and masterclass opportunities, in addition to engaging with the faculty in panel discussions. Come learn with the best!

audition preparation workshop 2024

November 9 – 23, 2024

Stay tuned for details or email us to be kept informed.

previous faculty

JULIE ALBERS
McDuffie Center for Strings, Mercer University; Principal, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

EDWARD ARRON
University of Massachusetts Amherst

NATASHA BROFSKY
The Juilliard School; The Peabody Trio

HORACIO CONTRERAS
University of North Texas; Strings of Latin America

JENNIFER CULP
San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Kronos Quartet

BLAISE DÉJARDIN
New England Conservatory; Principal, Boston Symphony

STEVEN DOANE
Eastman School of Music

AMIR ELDAN
University of Michigan

AMIT EVEN-TOV
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Univ. of Cincinnati; Ariel Quartet

NORMAN FISCHER
Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

BONNIE HAMPTON
San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Formerly of The Juilliard School

HANS JØRGEN JENSEN
Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University

GUY JOHNSTON
Eastman School of Music, Univ. of Rochester; Aronowitz Ensemble

PAUL KATZ
New England Conservatory;
Cleveland Quartet

KEE-HYUN KIM
Harvard University;
Parker Quartet

YEESUN KIM KITCHEN
New England Conservatory;
Borromeo String Quartet

JONATHAN KOH
University of California, Berkeley

LAURENCE LESSER
New England Conservatory

JULIA LICHTEN
Manhattan School of Music

ANTONIO LYSY
UCLA

DANIEL MCDONOUGH
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign;
Jupiter String Quartet

ASTRID SCHWEEN
The Juilliard School; Juilliard String Quartet

BRINTON AVERIL SMITH
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

EMILY TAUBL
Principal Cellist of the Springfield Symphony, University of Vermont, Founder and Director of the Conservatory Audition Workshop

BRANT TAYLOR
DePaul University; Chicago Symphony

BRANDON VAMOS
University of Indiana; Pacifica Quartet

SETH PARKER WOODS
University of Buffalo and the Kaufman Music Center in New York City

NATHANIEL YAFFE
Cellist of the North Carolina Symphony; professional recording engineer

DAVID YING
Eastman School of Music

JEFFREY ZEIGLER
Mannes School; former cellist of the Kronos Quartet