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Summer Cello Boot Camp
Ages: 12+
Session Length: Three Days
Skill Level: Intermediate and Up
Boots optional, cello required!
Want to advance your cello skills quickly? Want to make cello playing easier, increase your abilities, and refine your technique? Want to meet other cellists? Then our intensive three-day Summer Cello Boot Camp is for you!
Sessions will rotate through technique drills of all sorts: scales, arpeggios, 3rds, 6ths, as well as left hand, bowing, and vibrato exercises. Basics will be reviewed and advanced techniques will be tackled!
In addition to games and other opportunities for cello fun, each day will conclude with a cello choir reading session. Summer Cello Boot Camp, while challenging, will offer everyone opportunities to improve and to bond with fellow cello enthusiasts in a friendly and supportive environment.
For cellists ages 12 and up. (Adults are strongly encouraged!)
Skill Level: Intermediate and above, able to play several two-octave scales and be acquainted with thumb position.
Register
| Session | Day | Time | Campus | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 05, 2023 - July 07, 2023 Jul 05, 2023 - Jul 07, 2023 | Wednesday - Friday | 10:00am - 4:00pm | Ohio City | $250 | Enroll |
Faculty
Jeff Singler
Instructor, Cello
Cellist Jeff Singler is a performer and private cello instructor based in the Cleveland area. He has taught at both Youngstown State University and Ohio University, and is an active lecturer and clinician across the region. Mr. Singler regularly performs with the Columbus Symphony and the Erie Philh... Expand
Cellist Jeff Singler is a performer and private cello instructor based in the Cleveland area. He has taught at both Youngstown State University and Ohio University, and is an active lecturer and clinician across the region. Mr. Singler regularly performs with the Columbus Symphony and the Erie Philharmonic, and has performed with Akron, Canton, Youngstown, and West Virginia Symphonies, as well as Blossom Festival Orchestra, and Blue Water Chamber Orchestra, among others. Mr. Singler also performs regularly as a chamber musician, recitalist, and soloist, and with the local jazz group Prism.