Summer Jam 2021 Info!

We’re back! Join us at the Phinney Ridge Center (PNA Center) as we perform as part of their Food Truck Fridays Series! We perform on 7/16 at 6:00-8:00 and 7/30 at 4:00-6:00, and will play all of your favorite tunes from Beethoven to Lin-Manuel Miranda and from Harry Potter to Moana! Look for us under the performer’s tent and remember to sample the many wonderful eats from the Food Truck Vendors!  See you there!!

Student info

  • Rehearsals are at my house on the following dates. Please bring a stand and cello stool.
    • 7/15 at 5:00-7:00
    • 7/29 at 5:00-7:00
    • Note: Cello Jello members will be dismissed at 6:00.
  • Performance dates are:
    • 7/16 at 6:00-8:00 (5:40 arrival)
    • 7/30 at 4:00-6:00 (3:40 arrival)
  • Where: Phinney Ridge Center under the performer’s tent.
  • What students should bring: cello, stand, busking folder, clothespins, rockstop, chair or stool, water.
  • Parking will be limited, so please plan accordingly.

Cellopalooza in Cyberspace 2021 – info!

  • When: Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 2:00-3:00 (1:45 arrival).
  • Where: Your home.
  • Pre-concert tasks:
    1. Add the Vimeo app to your Smart TV. If you do not have a Smart TV, add the Vimeo app to your computer.
    2. Add the ‘Seattle Suzuki Cello‘ channel to your favorite channels on Vimeo. The concert will be debuted there. Note: the video won’t unlock until shortly before the concert.
    3. Tell you friends to tune in!
  • Day-of concert tasks:
    1. Log in to the Zoom Meeting at 1:45. The Zoom Meeting is for pre-and post-concert talk. It is NOT for watching the concert – you will do that on your television or computer through Vimeo.
    1. Please stay for the entire concert, and give each piece your full attention! The concert will last an hour.
    2. After the concert, please return to the Zoom Meeting for acclamations and congratulations!

Hybrid Groups!

Group Lessons will be in a hybrid model for the rest of the Academic Year. Please let me know whether you want to be in the Virtual Cohort or the In-person Cohort. Masks are required for in-person students, and there will be a distance of three-to-six-feet between them. Group Lessons will be at 4:00-4:50 for Cello Jellos and 4:50-4:50 for Cello Philharmonic.

Virtual Cohort

  • 4/5: Group Lesson on Upbeat
  • 4/26: Group Lesson on Upbeat
  • 5/10: Group Lesson on Upbeat
  • 5/24: Group Lesson on Upbeat: Recording Day!
  • 6/6: Cellopalooza Concert in Cyberspace!

In-person Cohort