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Registration is closedOpen to Cellists ages 14 and up.
Registration closes July 1st, or when all available slots are filled. Have you missed making music with others
(and don't want any of those pesky violinists or violists in the way)? Us too! Announcing Cello Day 2023!, a one day event for cellists featuring a cello orchestra and smaller cello ensembles. Open to only 20 cellists ages 14 and up, Cello Day 2023 will take place on July 8, 2023 in Kenmore WA (just outside of Seattle) on the beautiful campus of Church of the Redeemer (with plenty of parking). Director Nathan Whittaker is joined by coaches Miriam Shames, Michael King, and Virginia Dziekonski. During Cello Day 2023, participants will play in the large cello orchestra, break into sectional groups, and play one-on-a-part chamber music. It is an intense (and fun) day, concluding with a concert for your friends and family. |
The Venue
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Cello Day 2023 takes place at Church of the Redeemer in Kenmore WA.
It is a beautiful sanctuary with gigantic ceiling heights -supported by ancient trees - that makes it an ideal resonant space to make sumptuous music. |
The Music
Cello Day 2023 features two main elements, a Cello Orchestra and Cello Chamber Music.
The Cello Orchestra will involve everyone playing together, in four sections, the music of Mussorgsky, Barber, and others.
Each section will also have a sectional with their coach, who will be playing in the orchestra with you.
The Chamber Music will be one-on-a-part cello quartets, sextets, or octets (depending on enrollment). Each group will receive guidance from one of the coaches.
Cello Day 2023 concludes with an informal concert from each Chamber Group and the Cello Orchestra.
The Cello Orchestra will involve everyone playing together, in four sections, the music of Mussorgsky, Barber, and others.
Each section will also have a sectional with their coach, who will be playing in the orchestra with you.
The Chamber Music will be one-on-a-part cello quartets, sextets, or octets (depending on enrollment). Each group will receive guidance from one of the coaches.
Cello Day 2023 concludes with an informal concert from each Chamber Group and the Cello Orchestra.
The Coaches
Michael King
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Meg Brennand
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Virginia Dziekonski
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Nathan Whittaker
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Schedule /Safety Protocols
With the official end of the COVID-19 emergency, Cello Day has changed our policy from previous years. Masking is no longer required (although participants are welcome to do so if they wish). All participants must be fully vaccinated, although no proof is required (honor system). Cello Day 2023 encourages all participants to complete a rapid test the morning of July 8.
Tuition
Tuition for Cello Day 2021 is $95. No food or drink (per COVID protocols) will be provided.
(An invoice will be sent via email in the week prior to the event)
For those for which tuition is a hardship, there are limited scholarship funds available to be distributed on an anonymous first-come first-served basis. If you would like to donate into the scholarship fund, please indicate that you would like to donate on your registration form. Unused scholarship donations will be given to the Carlsen Cello Foundation.
(An invoice will be sent via email in the week prior to the event)
For those for which tuition is a hardship, there are limited scholarship funds available to be distributed on an anonymous first-come first-served basis. If you would like to donate into the scholarship fund, please indicate that you would like to donate on your registration form. Unused scholarship donations will be given to the Carlsen Cello Foundation.
