By Selma Gokcen June 16, 2013
Subjects Playing Healthy
Tags about thumbs, advances, Arizona State University, brain, brain space, cello, cellobello, Changes in the ligament, Chimps and monkeys, closed fist position, conform the thumb, dexterity, discussion, Gokcen, grasp, highest levels, index finger, language, manipulate tools, Mary Marzke, middle finger, modern humans, modified design, neck of the cello, opening and closing the hand, palm, physical anthropologist, playing a musical instrument, potential, primates, professor, Selma, skill, talent, Thumbs, variation
By Blogmaster May 30, 2013
Subjects News
Tags 2012-2013, announcement, artists, Borromeo String Quartet, Boston, Brofsky, cello, cello faculty, cellobello, cellostream, Cleveland Quartet, Katz, Kim, Laurence, Lesser, live-stream, Master Class, Natasha, NEC, New England Conservatory, Paul, Peabody Trio, Pierce Hall, Streamed Artist Master Class, Taos School of Music, Tchaikovsky Competition, the Juilliard School, watch live, Yeesun, Yellow Barn Festival
By Gregory Beaver May 27, 2013
Subjects Playing Healthy, Practicing
Tags advanced breath control, aerobic exercise, Awareness, balance, Beaver, body, breath control, breathing, breathing with scales, CD player, cellists, cello, cellobello, chest, control, controlled frenzy, Coordination, diaphragm, emit sound, Gregory, heart rate, Improve your talent, improvement, light-headed, muscles, musicians, oxygen, practicing, relaxation, simple formula, skill, smoothness, stomach, strengthen the diaphragm, T’ai Chi, talent, Technique, trouble passages, unbalancing the body, weakness, yoga
By Gregory Beaver May 20, 2013
Subjects Playing Healthy, Practicing
By Blogmaster April 28, 2013
Tags a tough but dedicated teacher, An Organized Method of String Playing, anticipation in music, artists, Bloomington, born to teach, cello, Cello teacher, cellobello, child prodigy, civilized human existence, Dallas Symphony, dramatic success, from performance to teaching, Grammy Award-winning recording artist, great cello teachers, Indiana University, Indiana University Mourns Loss of Music Great, Jacobs School of Music, Janos, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, music's role in society, musician, performing artist, playing in public, Remembering Janos Starker, Starker, teacher, technical mastery, the Chicago Symphony, tremendous talent, true artistic giant
By Selma Gokcen April 18, 2013
Subjects Playing Healthy
Tags abdominal muscles, affect, Alexander principle, Alexander Technique, attention, automatic process, breathing, breathing apparatus, breathing free, cello, cello pressing on chest, cellobello, chest cavity, conditions, correct position, divine influence, downward force of gravity, drink, efficient breathing, energy, enlivening, enter and depart life, exalting emotion, exercise, exhale, existing tension, expiration, food, freedom, freedom of the thorax and ribs, gases, Gokcen, gravity, guide, health, inspire, lungs, muscles, muscles relax, re-education, reducing air pressure, Selma, sequence, shift weight, straining for breath, touch, use affects function
By Elana Katz March 26, 2013
Subjects Playing Healthy
Tags artistic clarity, balance, cellobello, clarity, comfortable position, concentrated creative expression, Cultivating softness, Elana Katz, elongation, energize, energy levels, exhale, heightened awareness, inhale, integrated into daily life, lungs, meditation, movement, muscular strength, nervous system, release, softness, strength, stretching, yoga
By Blogmaster March 20, 2013
Subjects Travel
Tags air travel, arguments, Benoît Machuel, campaign, cello, cellobello, draft amended regulation, EU Commission, EU Parliament, European employers, European managers, extra airline seats, fair treatment for musicians, General Secretary, International Federation of Musicians (FIM), Janne Schaffer, Katie Melua, liver performance sector, MEP, miles, Mr. George Bach, musical instruments carried on planes, petition, proposal, specific provisions for instruments on planes, success, support, Travel, victory
By Melissa Kraut March 14, 2013
Subjects Artistic Vision, Practicing
Tags achieve a common goal, athlete, bleachers, cello, cellobello, chamber music, Cleveland Institute of Music, competitions, discipline, early morning practice, eat well, exercise, frustration, getting enough sleep, high school orchestra assembly, increments, Interlochen Arts Academy, letter jacket, Melissa Kraut, orchestra, passion, pool, professor, progress, refine a skill, Reflections fro the bleachers, repetition, sick, sleep well, stretch, successful musicians, swimming, swimming mom, tempo, timing, training, unhealthy, Wenger chairs
