Cello Teacher Database
North America
The Canadian listings and the Mexican listings follow the USA listings.
States and provinces are listed alphabetically.
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UNITED
STATES |
Alabama
Greta V. Champlin, 3117 Cloverdale Rd., Montgomery, AL 36106-2408
Email:GVChamp890@aol.com
Comments:Specializing in beginning and intermediate cello. Public School String teacher 20+ years.
Arkansas
Kristin Kuhlman Smith, Arkansas Tech University - Witherspoon Hall
Russellville, AR USA 72801
Email: kristim@cox-internet.com
Comments= B.M. St. Olaf College - studied with Janet Horvath M.M. Indiana University - studied with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. While at I.U. studied Suzuki Pedagogy with Nancy Snustad.
Currently play with the Arkansas Symphony in Little Rock and teach part-time at Arkansas Tech University. I have a private studio of 10 students.
California
- Trina Hodgson, 1180 Palm Terrace
Pasadena, CA USA 91104
Email: info@acellorondo.org Website: acellorondo.org
Comments=Teaching students of all ages. A program that incorporates individual cello lessons and group/ensemble/technique classes.
- Betty Wu, 59 Alvarado Rd., Berkeley CA USA
94705
Email: bettywu13@hotmail.com
- Dieter Wulfhorst, California State University, Fresno
Department of Music M/S 77
2380 E. Keats Ave.
Fresno, CA. 93740-8024
USA
email: dwulfhorst@csufresno.edu
Phone: (559) 278-7547 Fax (559) 278-6800
URL: www.csufresno.edu/music/Bios/Wulfhorst.html
- Maria Royce,8949 Herrick Avenue,
Sun Valley, CA 91352 USA
Email: MariaRoyce@aol.com
THE CELLO PATH is an original, as well as traditional, approach to learning
to play the cello. Students of all ages are welcome. Beginning adults, of
any age, are encouraged to enjoy the adventure of musical exploration through
the beauty of sound. Along with learning the basics of cello technique and
musicianship, there is also an emphasis on imagination development which then
allows direct creative expression on the instrument.
Maria is a concert and recording cellist. She is a recipient of a Coleman
Chamber Music Award and was a member of the Berkeley Master Class given by
Pablo Casals. She has performed solo, chamber, and new music concerts,
including her own music and original scores she created for theatical and dance
productions. Maria has performed with Ishtar and Buto, two
free-improvisational ensembles,as well as several world fusion groups. She
has done extensive recording for films, records and television and served for
four years on the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences (NARAS). Maria also plays a 5-string electric Cobra cello.
Her teaching career spans over thirty years.
- Annie Yeh, 1261 Broderick St. # 303, San Francisco, CA 94115
Email Address: annie@anniescellostudio.com
Website Url:http://www.anniescellostudio.com
- Heidi Larson, 6673 Sora Street, Ventura, CA 93003
Email: Heidi_49ers_rule@yahoo.com
- Robert Howard, 895 24th Ave Apt.4, San Francisco, CA 94121
Email: inglewilde1@aol.com
I am currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the SF Conservatory. I have
attended several festivals including, Tanglewood, Verbier, and the Machester
International Cello Congress. I have several years experience in private
teaching and chamber music coaching. And I am currently looking to develop a
studio in the Bay Area.
- Sandra Beane, 1730 N. Gramercy Place, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States
Email: Cello_77@yahoo.com, Website: http://www.angelfire.com/wi/pikaichi
Comments=I have been teaching for 6 years. I have taught 4th grade through adult. I have a degree from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. I have
played in many orchestras including the Spoleto Festival Orchestra in Charleston, SC.
- Paul Tseng, DMA, San Diego, CA 92128
Email: stradvcl@musician.org and website: http://paultseng.ontheweb.nu
Comments=Taking on a very limited amount of students for my class (by audition only).
- Jerry Pence, 3685 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501
Email: conservatoryofthearts@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.geocities.com/artsconservatory
I am a 'cellist and the director of the Conservatory of the Arts in Riverside. We offer classes for all of the stringed instruments - private lessons and ensemble.
- Victor Sazer, 2119 Glencoe Avenue, Venice California 90291
Email: vsazer@earthlink.net -- URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~vsazer/
Cellist/Teacher and author of New Directions in Cello Playing, subtitled: How to Make Cello Playing Easier and Play Without Pain
- Ruthann Sutton, 1618 S. Holly Canyon, Ridgecrest, CA
93555
Email: suttonr@ca.freei.net
- Michael Knapp, Bolinas/San Francisco
Email: Mrknapp@jps.net
Comments=M.M. (Cello Performance), S.F. State University; M.A. (Music Composition), Mills College. Studied cello with Lazslo Varga, Janos Starker and Ralph Kirschbaum. Composed and performed music for 3 CDs, in
collaboration with Silvia nakkac, "Seeker", "Poema Invisible" and most recently "Ah".
- Eric Gaenslen, 1422 6th street, Santa Monica,CA 90401
Email: egaenslen@aol.com
Comments=New to the Los Angeles area and accepting students. Yale, Juilliard graduate. Member of world-touring string quartet, soloist. Taught privately in NYC, and at the Mannes College. Former teachers include: Joel Krosnick, Aldo Parisot, Irene Sharp, and William Pleeth.
Colorado
- Gregory Marget, 1604 6th ave. Longmont, CO 80501
Email: gmarget@mac.com
Comments=Teaching beginning through advanced cellists in the Boulder/Longmont area since 1988.
- Tracie D. Price,1201 Kearney St., Denver, CO 80220, Phone: (720) 941-3804
Email: vcllist@hotmail.com
- Katherine Jetter Tischhauser, Fort Lewis College, Music Department, Durango, CO, USA 81301
Email: jetter_k@fortlewis.edu
I teach beginning through college level cello students and coach chamber ensembles.
Connecticut
Mary Lou Rylands, Department of Music, University of Connecticut, U-12, Storrs, Connecticut 06269
Email: MLRylands@finearts.sfa.uconn.edu
See the Uconn Cello Society Newsletter.
The University of Connecticut, Department of Music
has biographical information on the internet.
Florida
Angela Maleh -- Email: hhshirtfact@aol.com
Comments:I am new to the Plantation, Florida area. In 1998 I graduated from yale School of Music where I studied with Aldo Parisot. If anyone is looking for a
teacher in this area...I would love to get aquainted and start teaching again. I can be very flexible with hours and locations. Any age is welcome.
Illinois
- Karra Duchi, 1707 Melrose Village Circle #814, Urbana, IL 61801
Email: Celie_@yahoo.com
Comments=9 years teaching experience
Masters degree student and Teaching Assistant at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaigne--"I have a BM in cello performance from San Francisco State University and an Artist's Diploma from Brandeis University. I am also a graduate of the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, where I got a certificate in cello performance." --
All levels welcome
- Alyson Berger, 3834 N. Seeley Ave. #2, Chicago, IL 60618
Phone: 773 975-1927, Email: Alyson1bc @aol.com
- Andrei Pricope, PO Box 268604, Chicago, IL 60626
Email: amati@onebox.com
URL: amati.net
I earned degrees in England and the US, have played under such conductors as Barenboim, Solti, Mehta, Boulez, Eschenbach, and in many chamber groups. I
have been teaching since 1990 (from Twinkle-Twinkle to Dvorak Concerto and Rococo Variations). Students have recently won top places in Chicago-area competitions. I teach privately and in Chicagoland schools.
- Barbara Hedlund, 505 Eliot Drive, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
Tel/fax 217-384-0874, Email: vcello1@aol.com
WEB SITES
http://members.aol.com/vcello1/virtobbl.html
http://hometown.aol.com/vcello1/myhomepage/resume.html
Bio:
Featured in the 2001 PBS music video and recording on Carl Sandburg with
tenor Jerry Hadley, former cellist with the NY Philharmonic, Radio City Music
Hall, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fischer Hall, A & E Live, PBS
TV, Paramount Pictures (star Trek IV), Children's Television Network (Sesame
Street), the Phantom of the Opera Tour, & solo cello for 16 Broadway Shows.
Recorded for EMI , SONY, RCA Victor, Book of the Month, Sculpture Scope
Videos, and WILL-TV. Taught at Illinois Wesleyan, Wilkes College, University
of Illinois, Illinois State University, & Parkland College.
Principal Cello CU Symphony, Danville Symphony, Opera Illinois Orchestra, &
String Society Artists. Former Principal Cello New Jersey Symphony, NE PA
Phil., Westfield Symphony, Illinois Symphony/Chamber Orchestra, & Klassiches
Musik Festival in Vienna & Eisenstadt, Austria. Founding member Sinfonia Da
Camera and Founder of BACH. Publisher MusiCelli Publications for cello
ensemble and the Virtuoso Obbligato Aria Collection.
Listed in "Who's Who in America", "Who's Who in the Midwest", "Who's Who of
American Women", "Who's Who In American Universities", the International
"Who's Who in Music and Musicians Directory", "Who's Who in the World", and
the National Register's "Who's Who in Executives and Professionals".
Indiana
Emilio Colón, Indiana University School of Music 1201 E. 3rd St. Bloomington, IN USA 47405
Email: ecolon@indiana.edu
Website: http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/ejmccf/
Amanda J. Schwersky, 4736 Beckstein Drive, Fort Wayne Indiana 46815
Email: amandaschwersky@hotmail.com
Comments=Amanda has been teaching several years while finishing her degree at Ball State University (www.bsu.edu) in Music Education and Music Performance. She has a extensive background in orchestral performances as well as teaching experience. She is accepting students at all times of the year for private lessons or coaching opportunities.
Kentucky
Benjamin Karp, University of Kentucky
School of Music
105 Fine Arts Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0022
Email: bckarp00@uky.edu
Website:
http://www.uky.edu/FineArts/Music/Faculty/karp.html
Professor of Cello and Director of Chamber Music
Office: 859.257.8167
Fax: 859.257.9576
Maryland
Robert Battey, Washington D.C. Area
Email: rbattey@boo.net. Phone: 301-870-1528
Massachusetts
George Neikrug
Email: info@neikrug.org
Website: www.neikrug.org/
Comments: George Neikrug was a pupil of the legendary Emanuel Feuermann. In 1943, he met the well-known pedagogue D.C. Dounis, whose revolutionary approach to the problems of string playing and teaching influenced him to
completely revamp his playing and create the unique style he has retained to this day. This association lasted for a period of fifteen years, and Neikrug felt such a debt to Dounis for all the knowledge and skills he had learned
that he resolved to devote his life to teaching at schools, such as Boston University, and giving master classes all over the world. His www.neikrug.org site provides information about pain-free playing and offers
personalized answers to technical questions.
Michigan
- Neil J. Schwartz, Jr., 36155 Grand River, #104, Farmington, MI 48335
Email: neilschwartz@bwwonline.com
Website: http://www.schwartzassociatesonline.com/
Comments: For students inquiring about lessons they can feel free to contact me at 248-471-1764. In order to access the aforementioned website (It is not a music site, rather a business link.) you will need the password "q.future". Additional information regarding my music experience is located on http://www.musicstaff.com/.
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
- Sam Magill, 179 Oakdene Ave
Leonia, New Jersey 07605 USA
Email: vcsam@aol.com
Comments: A member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for 10 years, Sam Magill has also been a member of the Houston Symphony and the Pittsburgh Symphony. He has extensive teaching experience at all levels, including
serving on the faculty of the University of Arkansas. He is located only 2 miles from the G.W. bridge and Manhattan. Please call 201-461-3830 for more information
New York
- E. Scott Brady, 301 east 12 street #4 D
New York, New York America 10003
Email: scott@escottbrady.com Website: www.escottbrady.com
Comments=Member Amercan Symphony Orchestra.
- Kalin Ivanov, Brooklyn
Tel & Fax - 718-859-6399, E-mail: ivaniy@cs.com
Website with photo: http://www.celloheaven.com/bios/ivanov.htm
Comments: Mr. Ivanov is currently teaching cello and chamber music at the Brooklyn
Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn College Preparatory Center. Last summer Mr.
Ivanov tought cello and Chamber Music at the Manhattan School Summer Camp,
and led Cello Master classes with Marion Feldman and performed in recital
with her on broadcasts for Bulgarian National Radio and TV.
- James Kreger, New York, NY
E-Mail: info@jameskreger.com
Website URL: www.jameskreger.com
Comments:
Faculty member, The Juilliard School; Major teachers: Leonard Rose and
Harvey Shapiro; Also studied with Pablo Casals, André Navarra, Gregor
Piatigorsky, Gabor Rejto, and Channing Robbins; Major prizewinner,
International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow.
North Carolina
Chris Johns, 2620 Northchase PKWY SE APT #D-206, Wilmington, NC USA 28405
Email: CJOHNS1@ee.rr.com
Oregon
Charlene Wilson...Columbia Cello Studio
11140 SW Garrett, Tualatin, Oregon (Portland Suburb) USA 97062
Email: cwcello@teleport.com
Comments=Suzuki and integrated teaching, ensemble coaching. Registered Suzuki Cello Teacher Trainer. Author of "Sing a Song of Twinkle"--teaching songs for Pre-Twinkle and Suzuki Cello Book 1; "Key Papers"--music theory and technique, and preparation for cello syllabus exams levels 1-10; "[Ideas for] Teaching Suzuki Cello."
Pennsylvania
Deborah Davis, 1734 W. Union St.,Allentown, PA
18104
Email: debbiecello@earthlink.net
I had the honor of studying with Raya Garbousova and then Fritz Magg at Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington. When I graduated, I taught at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana and then
joined the Houston Symphony Orchestra. In the last twelve years, I've concentrated on private teaching - and enjoy it enormously.
Rhode Island
Audrey Cienniwa, 115 Pelham Street
Newport, Rhode Island USA 02840
Email: audreysabattier@hotmail.com, Website: www.listacademy.com
Comments:Andrey Cienniwa has performed in ensembles and orchestras in her native France, Belgium and New England. She taught cello at Chateau du Cauval, studied with Hidemi Suzuki in Brussels, and won cello first prize in the Concours National at Lempdes.
South Carolina
Robert Jesselson, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
Email: RJesselson@Mozart.sc.edu
Comments=Member of the American Arts Trio; national President of ASTA with NSOA, the American String Teacher Association (2000-2002); recipient of the 1989 Arts Commission Artist Fellowship, 1992 Verner Award,the 1995 Mungo Teaching Award; recently returned from a European tour in which he performed in Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig and Prague. Dr.Jesselson has performed in recital and with orchestras in Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States, and has participated in the Music Festivals at Nice, Granada, Santiago, Aspen, Spoleto and the Grand Tetons; cello faculty at S.C. Governor's School for the Arts; USC cello studio with 20 graduate and undergraduate cello majors.
Tennessee
Texas
Brian Towndrow, 2901 Sunset Dr. Apt 15A
San Angelo, Texas USA 76904
Email: towndrow@email.com
Utah
Katie Miller, 230 S. 300 E., Provo, UT USA 84606
Email: kos@byu.edu
LaReita L. Berky, 1462 E. Mtn View Dr., Spanish Fork UT 84660-2702
Email: lareita@berky.org
Comments=1998 Bachelor's of Music - San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Former Teachers:
Irene Sharp (formerly of SFCM),
David Kadarauch (Principal, San Francisco Opera),
Jamie Guy (Phoenix, AZ),
Taki Atsumi (Tempe, AZ)
Vermont
Bob Blais, Town Hill Road, Montpelier, VT
Email: boblyd@sover.net
Virginia
Michael Masters, 7244 Stover Dr. Alexandria, Virginia
Phone: 703.768.4225 Email: celofelo@aol.com
Comments: Bm and MM the Juilliard School
Colleen McGary-Smith, Northern Virginia, Virginia
Email: mcsmith42@earthlink.net, phone: 703-206-9896
More information:BM from Cleveland Institute of Music, MM from Boston University, Cello studies with Alan Harris, Andres Diaz and Richard Aaron.
Experience with teaching students ages 6 to adult
Washington, D.C.
Robert Battey, Washington D.C. Area
Email: rbattey@boo.net. Phone: 301-870-1528
Washington State
- Robin N. Boomer, 8349 Waddell Creek Rd. SW, Olympia, WA 98512
Email: RobinBoomer@hotmail.com
Studied under Cordelia Wikarski-Meidel.
Graduate Magna Cum Laude w/ honors from the University of Puget Sound with
a BA in cello performance with a music history and ethnomusicology emphasis.
- Kara Hunnicutt, 112 South Emerson,
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Email: alacello@aol.com
Masters in Music, (cello performance) Univ. of Southern Cal., 1979 Masters in Education, Master Teacher, Central Washington Univ. 2000; Suzuki teaching certification begun, 1998;
Washington State teaching certificate, 2000;
Principal cellist, Yakima Symphony Orchestra 1990-2000
- John Michel, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926
Email: michel@cello.org
Central is a four year, liberal arts public university with an outstanding music department known for its excellent performance ensembles, music education program and supportive learning environment.
Wisconsin
Janet Anthony, Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Appleton, Wisconsin USA
54912
Email: janet.anthony@lawrence.edu Website: http://www.lawrence.edu/conservatory/bios/anthony.shtml
BERMUDEZ, ANA RUTH.
Email: ruth40@hotmail.com
Comments: Cuban musician, cello performer and cello teacher. Now in Wisconsin, USA.
Ms. Bermudez has played in the International Chamber Orchestra on Moscow and in The Havana Chamber Orchestra, of which she became conductor in 1991. She taught cello at Havana’s National School of music and Higher Institute of Art, as well as at the Simon Bolivar Conservatory of Music, University Institute of Musical Studies in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1982 she participates in VII Tchaikovsky International Competition. In 1993 she moved to Venezuela where she developed many pedagogical programs throughout the country, and founded GMA Cello Ensemble, Arpeggione String Quartet, Santa Cecilia String Trio, and the Tabor Summer Course. In 1998, she joined the Caracas Municipal Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Bermudez has also performed as a soloist and in chamber groups in concerts in Cuba, Russia, Spain, Venezuela, and Brazil. She has recorded for television, radio and film in Cuba and Venezuela. Since October 2000 when she moved to the United States of America, she has been teaching at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and performing in several ensembles in Milwaukee and other cities of Wisconsin. Currently she is a member of the Waukesha Symphony Orchestra.
Heather Lewin-Tiarks , 10332 W. Bungalow Pkwy.
West Allis, WI 53214 USA
Phone: 414-643-1353, Email: heaterglop@hotmail.com
Styles: Suzuki, classical, Ethnic/world
All ages. Beginner & Intermediate
Private lessons at music stores & at home, Monday-Friday
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CANADA |
Ontario
- Leanne Korpan, R R 1, Chatham, Ontario Canada N7M 5J1
Email: anniefaith@hotmail.com
- Simon Fryer, 363 Howland Avenue, Toronto, ON
CANADA M5R 3C1
Email: sifryer@pathcom.com, Website: www.pathcom.com/~sifryer
Comments=Classes of advanced students at both the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto and the University of Toronto.
- Susan Millar, 947 Maitland St., London, Ontario
Canada N5Y 2X3
Email: cello123@rocketmail.com
I teach any age, any level. I am a student at Oberlin Conservatory in during the acedemic year. I have studied with George Neikrug and have attended Boston University Tanglewood Institute and Taught cello at Forest City Talent Education in London Ontario. My hope in teaching is not only to aid in the development of musicians but to teach the fun of cello as well.
- Susan Naccache, 2254 Urbandale Dr., Ottawa, Ontario
Phone: 613-523-2519
Email: cellosrus@yahoo.com
Website: www.cellosrus.homestead.com
Quebec
- Sylvia Szilbersztejn
Resume: Sylvia was born in Curitiba, Brazil, in 1966 and she has been a Canadian citizen since 1998. She began playing the cello at age 7. For five years she was a student of the State of Parana University, in Brazil. After that period, living and studying in Israel, she won the Suggian Prize, in Telaviv, and twice visited the summer courses at the Academie Maurice Ravel in St. Jean-de-Luz, France.
In 1992 she was a prize winner at the International
Tribune of Young Interpreters in Frankfurt, Germany,
and performed several times as a soloist in that
country. In 1997 she reached her PhD degree in
composition, cello, music interpretation and chamber
music from the Telaviv University. She moved to Montreal after her marriage, and gives recitals in Canada and the USA, as well as teaching master-classes in the Paris Festival of
String Instruments, France. She is a member
of the Fournier Quartet, and
performed with it throughout the Canadian East in
1999/2000. Sylvia has also studied cello with
Janos Starker in Bloomington, Indiana, and with Danise O'Neal in Ottawa. She plays regularly with several orchestras and emsembles, and tours Canada and Europe as a soloist. In June 2000, she
was appointed Artist-in-Residence at the Université de Lyon as well as music coordinator and Assistant
Professor.
Email: szilbersztejn@yahoo.com
Website:
http://www.geocities.com/szilbersztejn/Sylvia_Page.html
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MEXICO |
Fernando Herrera Arellano
Prol. Piña 391 Colonial Morelia
Morelia Michoacán México 58080
Email: puche@.prodigy.net.mx
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