Make your way to the mountains near Granada for an unforgettable week of music-making in the company of other cellists. Your tutors will be Bernard Gregor Smith, founder member of the Lindsay String Quartet, and co-teacher Helen Downham. This week will be ideal for you if you play the cello to Grade 8 + standard, and would like to work on technique, specific repertoire and interpretation in an inspiring environment. The week’s programme will include individual tuition, masterclasses, practice time, cello ensemble playing, rehearsing with an accompanist and even music-making in the local bar. And of course, a concert by students and teachers with a party on the final evening. In addition there will be time to explore the Alpujarra and to visit the historic city of Granada. The Cello School is based at Casa Ana, a guest house and creative retreat centre in the peaceful Alpujarra village of Ferreirola. Casa Ana is known for its stylish and comfortable accommodation, fabulous cooking and stunning views of the Trevelez river gorge and the mountains beyond.

Jenny Curtis once again introduces cellists to works transcribed or originally written for cellos in anything from three to eight parts. There’ll be the usual gentle encouragement and enjoyment, and we’ll work hard together in order to improve technique and gain insight into issues of interpretation. Jenny will specify the music and allocate the parts - suitable to your level of playing - well in advance, so we advise you to apply as early as possible so that you arrive well prepared. Resident: £420 Non-Resident: £320

Jenny will lead the course in such a way as to encourage cellists to gain confidence in performing in front of the other members of the course. We will explore technical issues together with appropriate exercises and we will practise strategies and techniques of performance with an accompanist. The atmosphere of the course will be one of support and encouragement. It will be a great opportunity to spend more time on the demands of solo performing, how to prepare for exams and how to manage the psychology of performing. Resident: £420 Non-Resident: £320

"All Things Cello", in association with The David Ferguson Memorial Prize, are holding TWO VIRTUAL SUMMER COURSES FOR CELLISTS from the 10th - 12th (Pre Grade 1 - 5) and the 16th - 18th August (Grades 6 - 8+)! The courses will involve masterclasses, group talks/classes about posture/technique/breathing/nerves etc and learning cello ensemble pieces! Course C also involves two exciting talks from Maria Zachariadou (Assistant Principal BBC Philharmonic) and Christian Elliott (Principal Irish Chamber Orchestra/cellist of Zehetmair Quartet)! Students are also invited to submit a recording of them playing their part for a final recording showing everyone performing together!

The 2nd WALTHAM FOREST CELLO FEST 2020 in London invites you to the CELLO ACADEMY - Online Summer Cello Master Classes via Zoom / Skype. Individual Online Cello Lessons will take place daily from Monday 3rd August till Sunday 9th August 2020 @ cca 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (cca 55 minutes slots), online via Zoom or Skype. FRANTIŠEK BRIKCIUS - CELLO, CHAMBER MUSIC ANNA BRIKCIUSOVÁ - CELLO Book your One-to-One Cello OnLine Summer Course now (limited number of accepted students). It includes FINAL online performance meeting. > Book it Today< https://CelloAcademyOnLineSummerCelloMasterClassesViaZoom.eventbrite.co.uk All ages (4-99), levels (Initial Grade, Grades 1-8) and abilities (beginner, student, advanced) are welcome! For more details visit https://WalthamForestCelloFest.eventbrite.com and https://www.Brikcius.com/WalthamForestCelloFest/ . https://www.YouTube.com/WalthamForestCelloFest | https://Twitter.com/WFCelloFest https://www.FaceBook.com/WalthamForestCelloFest | https://Instagram.com/WalthamForestCelloFest HELP US: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/WalthamForestCelloFest SUBSCRIBE: https://eepurl.com/dJgp89 SUPPORT: https://www.paypal.me/WFCelloFest/20 BOOK: https://WalthamForestCelloFest.eventbrite.com #WalthamForestCelloFest #WFCF20

WALTHAM FOREST CELLO FEST needs your help As you can imagine the Covid-19 epidemic already affected our festival. Similarly as millions of people everywhere. Out of concern for the safety of our public and musicians, and in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), we have decided to postpone some of our concerts for a later dates and to introduce various cello projects online. Please consider supporting the 2nd WALTHAM FOREST CELLO FEST 2020 in London. To help us to resume our cello concert and recitals, to support our cellists affected by COVID-19 and to bring our cello activities online to you. > Donate Today < https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/WalthamForestCelloFest Thank you for helping us to survive this difficult time. For more details visit https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/WalthamForestCelloFest and http://WalthamForestCelloFest.Brikcius.com .

The final week is now ahead for applications to the Suzuki Cello Experience - booking closes 10th July.  A wonderful course running 27th July - 2nd August online for cello students from around the world working in Suzuki books 7-9+.  Classes are also open to cello students from any educational system and former Suzuki cello students up to age 18 who know the set repertoire for the group classes, detailed below. Course fees €285. Students will receive a daily group cello class, a daily individual lesson and a daily enrichment activity including Baroque workshops with Roel Dieltens; Improvisation sessions with Marta Roma and Yoga and Mindfulness with Laurent Roure. Group cello classes will be given by Carey Beth Hockett, Pamela Devenport and Brendan Conroy - all highly experienced teachers. Set repertoire for group classes - to be prepared in advance: Book 7: Popper Gavotte and Von Paradis Sicilienne Book 8: Sammartini Sonata (2nd and 3rd movements) and Saint-Saenz Allegro Appassionato Book (: Haydn C Major Concert (1st movement) Read more about our fantastic faculty and apply via our website.  Apply soon to guarantee a place!  Small course, only accepting 16 students in total, so students will receive close attention in group sessions. Group classes also open to teacher observers.  Visit our website to register. https://suzukicelloexp.wixsite.com/mysite

Usually at this time of year Raphael Wallfisch and Sebastian Comberti are running the increasingly popular Cello Classsics Summer Course in Tereglio, Tuscany. This year, with the course cancelled, we have decided to bring a little of our collaboration home to Bishopstone, East Sussex, with a short programme of Duos, in a Zoomed concert, hosted by Seaford Music Society. More details here:- https://zmurl.com/SMSCellos

Calling string players of all ages! Come along and spend a day playing multiple-part cello ensemble music exploring different aspects of cello technique with Jenny Curtis, of the Tedesca Quartet. Jenny hopes to encourage the confidence to have a go at playing in a group. The day will offer the possibility to stretch your playing ability. To be able to keep going when it feels a little beyond one’s capability is an important skill to practise. The course is about encouraging participants to play as well as they can in a safe and supportive environment. There will be opportunities to ask questions about technique and any cello playing issues you wish to discuss. Jenny will specify the music in advance, allocate parts and electronic copies of the music will be sent to participants around a month before the course. We’re looking for participants of Grade 4 and above and we’re sure to find a part to suit your level.

Steven Isserlis discusses some recordings of Bach's Cello suites, touching on matters of interpretation including approach to the baroque style, choice of articulations and feeling for dance-forms. The discussion panel will be made up of ChamberStudio musicians, but everyone is welcome to join the audience where you will be ‘muted’ but given the opportunity to submit questions. Visit chamberstudio.org for more information.

This trio sonatas course with Da Camera will look at baroque trio sonatas for combinations of baroque instruments: recorders, violins, oboes, flutes, viols, gamba, baroque cello, bassoon and harpsichord. Any type of genre can be looked at: French, German, Italian and English. We are delighted to welcome back Da Camera to once again lead this popular baroque trio sonata course for pre-formed groups (Grade 6 and above please). Every session will be different with an exciting new piece, and new groups will be formed for a couple of the sessions during the course to provide variety and camaraderie. Instruments welcomed are: recorder, oboe, flute, violin, viols, cello, bassoon, harpsichord. Each group will be proactively coached by every tutor during the course on works students may bring themselves, as well as music provided by the tutors. Technical and musical aspects will be looked at in works by composers such as Telemann, Schickhardt, Loeillet, Scarlatti, Sammartini, Bach, Purcell and others. We will be playing at A=415. Resident: £295 Non-Resident: £215

A unique opportunity to spend a weekend playing the cello ensemble music with others in an encouraging and supportive environment. Jenny Curtis once again introduces cellists to works transcribed or originally written for cellos in anything from three to eight parts. There’ll be the usual gentle encouragement and enjoyment, and we’ll work hard together in order to improve technique and gain insight into issues of interpretation. Jenny will specify the music and allocate the parts - suitable to your level of playing - well in advance, so we advise you to apply as early as possible so that you arrive well prepared. Resident: £295 Non-Resident: £215