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#meetourstudents Gerard Flotats is a 19-year-old cellist from Catalonia, Spain, and is currently studying with Hannah Roberts at the Royal Academy of Music in London on full scholarship. He performed at Queen Elizabeth Hall with Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Guy...

#meetourstudents Ari Freed, age 15, is currently a sophomore at Hunter College High School in Manhattan and attends the Juilliard Pre-College Program, where he studies with Natasha Brofsky. He performed at Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Concert Hall after...

#meetourstudents Mary Brook Hartman is a 14-year-old cellist from Houston, Texas, and currently studies with Wendy Smith-Butler and Max Giessler. She is in the Michael P. Hammond Preparatory Program at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and will attend...

#meetourstudents Lila Holyoke is a 16-year-old cellist at the Juilliard Pre-College Program under the instruction of Natasha Brofsky. She won first prize in the Inter School Orchestra’s Concerto Competition, became the youngest player to join the New York Youth...

#meetourstudents Miruana Eynon, age 16, is from Illinois and is currently a student of Daniel McDonough and Amy Catron. She is the grand prize winner of the Peoria Symphony Guild Young Artists Competition and the first prize winner of the Young Baroque Artists...

#meetourstudents Daniel Dorsey, age 17, is from Cincinnati, Ohio, is currently a senior at St. Xavier High School, and studies with Sarah Kim. He was the winner of the David Pierson Concerto Competition where he made his solo debut with the Dayton Philharmonic...

#letsgetcreative Introducing the Vivace Challenge!  Join us in our virtual photo challenge starting on August 16th.  Here is how to participate in the Vivace Challenge: 1. Look for our instagram, facebook or story post that has the #vivacechallenge  2. Recreate...

#discoveringourcourses #happeningtoday The 21st Century Cellist @alisaweilerstein and Osvaldo Golijov August 14, 2020 - 6PM MacArthur Fellow and champion of new music, cellist Alisa Weilerstein joins grammy award-winning composer Osvaldo Golijov to discuss...

#meetourstudents Yunwen Chen is a 25-year-old cellist from Nanjin, China. She is currently pursuing a graduate diploma from New England Conservatory with Paul Katz. Her chamber group, Y Trio, won a silver medal at the 2012 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition...

#meetourstudents Blair Cheng is a 22-year-old cellist from Taiwan and is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Music in cello performance at the Peabody Institute with Alan Stepansky. She appeared in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York City, and has a...