New year, new challenge right? Even as a professional cello player if I don't keep challenging myself to improve or learn new things then my own playing gets stale, weak, and overall just "bleh" feeling. I may be late to the game, but I am super excited to have ordered a whole bunch of Cassia Harvey books. So I decided to create it into a challenge. That anyone can join me in. This first book of Finger Exercises for the…
Happy New Year everyone! It is CRAZY to think how it is 2021 and we are off to start a new year! In a way nothing much has changed, but perhaps it is more our MINDSET has reset to start the year fresh. I have learned over the years to NOT set resolutions. In a way I always seem to fail with them well before the year ends. But I AM a goal setter. Someone who likes to strive to…
Ok, so it's about a week before Christmas. (whaa?!?!) And you may be wondering~ what can I get my music friend, child, spouse, partner, that will be a neato Christmas gift? Enter my KIT where I put lots of various things on there that would be awesome gifts. (Some are affiliate links which means that I make a small commission at no cost to you). I particularly love my wristies for cold weather, and all the electronic gadgets!! If only…
Today's the day! I'm opening up Cellomoji Holiday Magic for enrollment. This week until November 30th is the SPECIAL price of only $67. (The course will be released 12/7/2020) Go NOW to secure your spot! What you'll get: PDFs and fingerings of all musicstep by step videos on how to play the musicaccompaniment tracksSlow play throughs so you know EXACTLY how to do everything Come join in the holiday fun! Remember this price only runs until Novemeber 30th and then…
Hi Cello friends! So as I am compiling a list of all great Black Friday goodies you should take a look at I wanted to put my own Black Friday special out there! Get on the waitlist for my Cellomoji Holiday Magic course where I'll be going over some holiday music greats on the cello! This will cover: how to play the songspdfs of the songs with fingeringsaccompaniments to all the songs!slow play throughs so you can see and hear…
Are you considering starting to learn the cello? There is SO MUCH stuff out there and plenty of opinions on what you "need" in order to get started on cello. I'm here to tell you: Keep.It.Simple. You don't need fancy things or gadgets etc to get started. You really need a cello, a few tools, and motivation to keep going. Ok so I am assuming you HAVE a cello. I highly recommend you DON'T get one from Amazon and opt…
Most of the time if you are planning a trip you will sort out the details: destination, transportation, packing, eating places, and the all important what TO DO when you get there. These days traveling seems very far from happening, but one can always plan ahead and perhaps put together a potential dream vacay? I'm getting somewhere with this I promise. Learning cello is a journey. At the beginning you think if you can just "make it" that you will…
So one of my viewers on my Youtube channel requested a tutorial to help her learn the e melodic minor scale. Without getting into too much nitty gritty about all the different minor scales (or modes if you want to get really technical about it) I show how to play the 2 octave melodic minor scale in my latest video. Melodic minor is a little tricky to learn because it is different going up than going down the scale. However,…
It has come to that time of year again where the All State/All Region etudes have been released and there is the struggle to learn the etudes. So I came up with a solution~ a step by step process of learning them. First off is the Popper #7! CHECK IT OUT: COURSE: https://bit.ly/popper7 https://youtu.be/bp6Y01EkyHc I hope you will check out this course to help you learn Popper #7. For LESS THAN THE COST OF 2 LESSONS you can get unlimited…
Super excited to announce my new series that will play on SUNDAYS. It is called Slow Play Sundays where I play through cello music slowly. The purpose is so that cello students trying to learn these songs can actually hear what is going on and also play alongside the video. Too often I hear that when students listen to recordings it is hard to follow along because they go by so fast. This video series is meant to help with…