The Cello Class

The cello class usually consists of 13 - 14 cellists in the following programs: DMA, MM, MMusEd, BM, BME, and BA double majors.
Marcelo Sanchez, DMA from Sao Paulo, Brazil, is our Teaching Assistant in 2006-07. Marcelo received his Bachelor's of Music in cello performance from the Oberlin Conservatory and his MM from CU.
Cellists are placed in chamber ensembles if they desire - currently we have several piano trios and quartets, several string quartets and string trios. We have a cello class every Tuesday, an opportunity to perform for colleagues and to receive feedback. In addition, there is a string performance class every Thursday, an opportunity to perform for all string majors.
Guests are often invited to the cello class and to give master classes. Artist-teachers have included: Bernard Greenhouse, Janos Starker, Ann Marie Morgan, of Olde Friends Artists and formerly of the Peabody Conservatory, Yo-Yo Ma, Jeffrey Solow (Temple University), Timothy Eddy (the Juilliard School), Jesus Castro-Balbi, and Torlief Thedeen and Alban Gerhardt (two of Europe's premiere cellists.
In 2003, the cello class pioneered a new "institution" at the College of Music. We "adopted a composer," senior, Alex Miller, who visited cello class each week to learn the compositional techniques regarding our instrument. This culminated in a recording of his work, Triple Sonata, performed by all cellists in the studio.

In 2004, Professor Glyde gave a recital with Robert Spillman, piano, and Andras Fejer, cellist (Takacs Quartet) in Grusin Hall at the College of Music. First on the program was Pablo Casals' Sardana for Cello Orchestra, featuring the entire cello studio. Ensemble cello performances are enjoyed by all of the students in the cello class!
Andras Feyer and I have also instituted the concept of team-teaching – every year, two graduate students are selected to be team-taught by the two teachers.
We hope that you will join us at the College of Music!