November 2020

Invitation to Participate in a Virtual Cello Choir Concert!

Please join us in creating a virtual Cellospeak Choir video of an original seasonal piece: "Cello Carol Medley"!

All are invited to participate! As our year-end member “gift” this year, we are excited to invite everyone to to participate in a Virtual Cello Choir Concert video of a special all-cello arrangement called "Cello Carol Medley." The piece is a lovely combination of Greensleeves and Carol of the Bells specially arranged for Cellospeak by Gary Fitzgerald. The piece has five cello parts in levels of decreasing difficulty from Cello 1 (advanced) to Cello 5 (beginner). This is a very accessible project for the upcoming holiday season that everyone can enjoy participating in. The final video, which will be compiled from your submissions by Marion Baker, will be posted on our YouTube channel and linked to our website and Facebook page. We are aiming to have the final product completed before the end of the year! Members can participate for free. If you are not yet a member, please just join to participate. It's easy - just click below.

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Easy instructions are on our website! A new "Virtual Cello Choir Concerts" page on our website (under the Events and Outreach) has all the information you need to select your part and record your video. There are links to downloadable sheet music as well as audio backtracks of each part that you can listen to right from the web page as you record yourself. Just click the link below to go right to the page.

Go to Our VIRTUAL CELLO CHOIR CONCERTS Web Page

Application Form. After you review all of the instructions on our website and choose your part, please fill out and submit a short Virtual Choir Application Form. A link to the Application Form is on the web page as well as at the button below.

Complete VIRTUAL CHOIR APPLICATION FORM Here

Deadlines: Submit Application Form by: November 23, 2020. Upload Video Recording by:  November 30, 2020. We are aiming to release the final video on or before December 31, 2020!

Join Us for Another Cellospeakeasy - November 11 Mark your calendars!! We are hosting another Cellospeakeasy on Veterans Day via Zoom to catch up, have a social hour, and answer any questions about our Cello Carol Medley project! The particulars are below. We hope to see you there! Date: November 11, 2020 Time: 7:30 - 8:30 pm Eastern Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81433152804 or click the button below:

Click here for Zoom link for Cellospeakeasy on November 11

2021 Workshops !! We are working hard to finalize plans to move our summer workshop venue from Bryn Mawr, PA to a wonderful and convenient new location in Virginia. Subject to Covid developments, we hope to have a new home and be able to hold in person workshops in 2021! Watch this space for more details soon!

Spotlight on Faculty Marion Baker and Kris Gilbert New Videos on YouTube Please enjoy several new performance videos featuring Marion and Kris recently posted on our YouTube channel. These performances were originally recorded as part of a Music for Friends Concert organized by Brian Ganz in August 2020.

Bach Suite V (C minor) arranged by Laszlo Vargas and performed by Marion Baker and Kris Gilbert

Scherzo for Viola and Cello by Paul Hindemith performed by Osmond Kivak and Marion Baker

Julie-O by Mark Summer performed by Marion Baker

Cello in the Time of Covid-19 In September, Marion and Kris held a student concert performance on their deck. In the photo, Marion is conducting. Kris is playing, unseen, inside. The concert was a big success for the students and their families, notwithstanding competing noise from helicopters, cars and leaf blowers!

Please send us a photo of how YOU and your cello are coping during Covid-19!

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