The Cleveland Cello Society - 2019-20 Season

12:30-1 pm – How to practice effectively and efficiently - presentation by Mark Kosower, The Cleveland Orchestra Principal Cellist and CCS President.

1:15-2:15 pm Strengthening & Stretching Exercises for Cellists - presentation by Kelly Fieseler, orthopedic physical therapist who has worked with countless musicians.

2:30-4:30 pm – Masterclass with Alan Harris, Eastman School of Music, Distinguished Professor Emeritus.  One of America’s most venerated cello pedagogues, Mr. Harris will coach four Cleveland-area high school students.

An evening of unaccompanied Bach: cello suites and violin sonatas and partitas (transcriptions by Kosower). Perhaps because it conveys both the human and divine so perfectly, Bach’s music has for centuries inspired people with its spirituality and ideals of love and compassion.  Bring family and friends to this program of universal appeal, performed in a beautiful and historic church.

Known for her keen and articulate skills as a teacher, you will want to be present as Ms. Schween coaches four Cleveland area cello students.  Her studies with Leonard Rose, Bernard Greenhouse, William Pleeth, and, as a very young cellist, Jacqueline DuPre, offer an entry point into the thinking of some of the finest 20^th-century cellists.   

Please join us for our popular annual cello ensemble extravaganza and fundraiser—i Cellisti!   This year’s program features cellist Kyle Price, who recently joined the Cavani Quartet, Artistic Ambassadors at The Music Settlement. Kyle will perform the George Crumb Solo Sonata as well as a set of cello quartet arrangements with members of the CCS.