Tag: cello
By Selma Gokcen February 18, 2013
Subjects Playing Healthy
Tags Alexander Technique, associations, balance, bowing, calm breathing, cello, cellobello, contraction, engage in conversation, exploration, Gokcen, Habits, head-neck-back relationship, ischial tuberosities, natural, natural movement, negative associations, one-sided instrument, opposition, pelvic rocker bones, positive associations, posture, power, practicing, quiet practice, receive the cello, relationships, rotation of the spine, Selma, shifting weight, simple activities, sitting, Six Part Series, Spine, tension, tension in shoulders and back, thinking in new ways, torso, understanding, value
By Paul Katz February 17, 2013
Subjects Travel
Tags air travel, aircraft, airport customs, Amtrack Regulation, Amtrak, baggage, buying a second seat, cabins, cabins of aircraft, cello, cellobello, customer service, documents, extra charges, FAA, having the proper documents, international customs, Katz, Medium-Sized Musical Instrument, musical tours, passport, Paul, purchasing extra seats, regulations, rules, service, special items, tickets, touring careers, train travel, Travel, travel officials, travel with instruments
By Paul Katz February 12, 2013
Subjects Travel
Tags air security staff, air travel, Alban Gerhardt, bow snapped over bridge, broken cello bow, brutal, careless, cellist, cello, cello bow, cello bridge, cellobello, damaged bow, damaged instrument, forced the case shut, handling instruments, Heinrich Knopf, Katz, O’Hare International Airport, outrage, Paul, plane, rare cello bow, security, security check, security officers, snapped cello bow, Transportation Security Administration workers, Travel, TSA, US Airways, varnish
By Selma Gokcen February 11, 2013
Subjects Playing Healthy
Tags ability, Alexander Technique, attention to detail, bow arm, cellists, cello, cellobello, creating balance, cultivate awareness, energy flowing through the body, Gokcen, Habits, instrumentalists, Listening, music, musicians, opposition, Part II, powerful force of energy, proper weight transfer, quietness, relationship of the head back and spine, Selma, sharpening the senses, Six Part Series, tension in the neck, the back, Thinking in a new way, top level performing, trying, well-coordinated body, willing
By Mark Summer February 6, 2013
Subjects Artistic Vision
Tags action, adventures, aspirations, Berklee School of Music, cello, cellobello, contemplate, decisive action, Development, dreams, educator, embarrassment, gauge progress, gifts, goals, hero, improvising, jazz, Mark, meditation, mentors, mindfulness meditation, musical hero, musical journey, musicians, New Year, New Year's Goals, possibility, practicing, recording, recording artists, respect, sessions, specific dreams, string quartets, Summer, taking advantage of opportunities, The Secret, travel with instruments, trips, Turtle Island String Quartet, Utah, Zion National Park
By Selma Gokcen February 3, 2013
Subjects Playing Healthy
Tags Alexander Technique, animate, arms, attention, automatic movement, back, behave, brain, cello, cellobello, collapse, doing, exploration, feet, fingers, force, Gokcen, Habits, hands, laying on the floor, learning, legs, manifest, mental messages, music, music-making, nature, neck, Observation, overcome deeply ingrained habits, Pablo Casals, Patrick Macdonald, perceive, powerful expressiveness, pressure, primary information, process, pushing, re-education, react, rediscovering, Selma, shortcuts, shoulders, strain, stretching, the value of quietness, thinking
By Blaise Dejardin February 2, 2013
Subjects Artists
Tags arrangements, backstage, Blaise, Boston, Boston Cello Quartet, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, BSO, cello, cellobello, change of concept, classical music, comedy, compositions, concert, Dejardin, fun classical music, generations, jazz, making a living, musical comedy, musical styles, new arrangements, orchestra playing, orchestral musicians, Ozawa Hall, quartets, repertoire, rotating chairs, skype, strange concepts, structure, success, Tanglewood, Tanglewood Cello Ensemble, Tanglewood on Parade, Tanglewood Shed, tango, virtuosic music, virtuoso
By Martha Baldwin January 27, 2013
Subjects Orchestra
Tags Baldwin, cello, cellobello, challenges, chamber music, choices, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland Orchestra, colleagues, concert halls, concerts, direction, establish a career, family time, focus, happiness, inspiration, lifestyle, Martha, mom-friendly schedule, money, musical talents, orchestra, orchestral jobs, personal ideas, predictability, rehearsals, routine, short attention span, social outlets, soloist, stability, status, Teaching, Touring, Travel, variety, working full time
By Wayne Burak January 21, 2013
Subjects Instrument Care
Tags accessories, attention, bow, bow grip, bow rehair, Brazilwood, Burak, cello, cello bow, cello cases, cello strings, cellobello, computer back up, computers, fresh bow rehair, frog, frog position, humidity, instrument cases, latches, music, New Year's resolutions, organization, organization of sheet music, pearl eye, pernambuco, rock stops, rosin, sheet music, strings, tension, warp, Wayne
By Robert Battey January 16, 2013
Subjects Repertoire
Tags accuracy, ambiguity, Anna Magdalena, Anner Bylsma, artistic, autograph, Bach, Bach Cello Suites, Bach Suites, Bach's original intentions, Bach’s precise intentions, Barenreiter, Battey, careless, cello, cellobello, challenges, colors, complexities, conclusions, curiosity, dilemma, Editions, editors, enjoyment, experimentation, flawed, genius, historical, inconsistent copies, instrument control, Instruments, interpretive creativity, interpretive ideas, Janos Starker, judgment, liberation, lute, lute arrangement, meaningful interpretations, monochromatic, normal teaching model, Pablo Casals, painting, parameters, paris, personal research, personality, phrasing, Pierre Fournier, printing, publications, rainbows, recordings, repertoire, response, Rhythm, robert, sloppy, slurs, study, Teaching, text booklet, textual, The Fencing Master, transcribing, uncertainties, virtuosity
By Jonathan Pegis January 9, 2013
Subjects Orchestra, Repertoire
Tags audition excerpt, Auditions, Beethoven, Beethoven Symphonies, Beethoven's 5th Symphony, bow control, bowings, breathing, cello, cello excerpt, cellobello, control, effortless, experiment, experimentation, fingerings, intonation, Jonathan, Northwestern, pacing, Pegis, phrasing, slow breathing, string crossings, Symphony, tempo, variations, variations on a theme, vibrato
By Jonathan Pegis December 11, 2012
Subjects Orchestra, Repertoire
Tags attention to detail, Beethoven, Beethoven Symphonies, Beethoven's 5th Symphony, bow control, bow technique, cello, cello excerpt, cellobello, continuous vibrato, details, dynamics, Excerpts, intonation, Jonathan, legato, melody, musicality, Pegis, phrasing, practice tips, Preparation, Rhythm, shifting, singing, Sound, sound production, technical challenges, tempo, vibrato
By Brant Taylor December 4, 2012
Subjects Practicing, Technique
Tags Bach, bow, bow strokes, Brant, Brant Taylor, cellists, cello, cellobello, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Concerto, contact point, CSO, frog, Pinchas, Shostakovich, success, Taylor, Technique, variables, weight, Zukerman
By Brant Taylor November 28, 2012
Subjects Practicing, Technique
Tags bow speed, bow technique, Brant, bridge, cello, cellobello, contact point, control, pressure, relaxation, struggle, Taylor, tone, variables, variation, Vibrations, weight
By Mark Summer November 16, 2012
Subjects Playing Healthy, Travel
Tags blogs, cello, cellobello, concerts, environment, exercise, exhaustion, flights, flu relief, Habits, Healthy, illness, Mark, performances, pressure, Rest, string quartet, suggestions, Summer, swimming