Thanks for all the love ! Valentine's Day is the perfect occasion to express our heartfelt appreciation to all who made financial contributions to Cellospeak in 2020. Your incredible support truly sustained us, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Click for an updated list of our 2020 Sponsors and Donors.

We are planning to honor Gary with special coffee table Tribute Book. We invite you to submit any photos, personal thoughts, memories and accolades for Gary and we will compile them into a single beautiful book that he can review at his leisure. Please send contributions by May 1, 2021 by card or letter to Cellospeak, Inc., P.O. 5232, Arlington, VA 22205 or by email to info@cellospeak.org.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8174428432

Our 2021 Workshops are tentatively scheduled for July 18-30, 2021 at Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia. However, we are acutely aware that the Covid emergency may not be completely resolved by then. To discuss the feasibility of holding our Workshops this year and the protections that will be needed to ensure everyone's health and safety we invite you to attend a Zoom Town Hall, open to all.

Speaking of Covid - For those of you who have suffered with it, or whose family members have been affected by it, we send you loving thoughts and best wishes.

A very special presentation by faculty member and former Artistic Director Ken Law, made at our 2020 Cellospeak Studio, "Composers of African American Descent" provides fascinating background information and performance clips of works by preeminent American Black composers including David Baker (1931-2016), William Grant Still (1895-1978), Howard Swanson (1907-1978), Dorothy Rudd Moore (1940-present), George Walker (1922-2018), Joseph Bologne (1745-1799) (Chevalier de Saint-Georges), and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004).

A Good Story

Read Cellospeak Member Brian Forst's account of how he started cello lessons as an adult with Cellospeak Founder Dorothy Amarandos - after purchasing his first cello - in this recent article in Strings Magazine: "Finding My Voice on Cello: From Las Vegas Lounge to Longhair Music".

The 2020 Studio Videos are now available exclusively to Members for free streaming via a new web page: Technique Classes. Check out our other Member Resources!

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Contact: info@cellospeak.org