2023 CO-COMMISSIONERS
Thank you to all of our supporters in 2023!
Support for the commission of Suíte Pequenina for solo cello or cello duet by Bianca d’Avila do Prado and Two Thai Tunes for solo cello by Jon Silpayamanant was provided by Summer@Eastman of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, and by Cello Teaching Repertoire Consortium, including:
Co-Directors: Lisa Caravan, Daniel Ketter
Lead Commissioners: Miranora Frisch, Kathleen Kemp, Laura Usiskin
Co-Commissioners: Hannah Collins, Rosemary Elliott, Hilary Glen, Cora Swenson Lee, James Nackley, Adriana Ransom, Jeffrey Solow, Caleb van der Swaagh, Benjamin Swartz, Zachary Sweet, James Waldo
Workshop Masterclass Experiences for Students (2023)
Every year students get to work directly with our commissioned composers to develop their interpretations and learn about the music while scores are edited for pedagogical effectiveness
Workshop Masterclass: Suíte Pequenina for cello solo - Bianca d'Avila do Prado (2023) https://youtu.be/6Mpv_vwwg0I
Workshop Masterclass: Two Thai Tunes for solo cello - Jon Silpayamanant (2023) https://youtu.be/hmsQmgDfZeM
2022 CO-COMMISSIONERS
Thank you to all of our supporters in 2022!
Support for our 2022 commission by Malcolm Parson was provided by Summer@Eastman of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, and by Cello Teaching Repertoire Consortium, including:
Co-Directors
Lisa Caravan, Daniel Ketter
Lead Commissioners
Hannah Collins, Kathleen Murphy Kemp, Elizabeth Lara
Co-Commissioners
AsheLee Bonham Gahagan, Christopher Hutton, Joan Kinsella, Cora Swenson Lee, Patricia Santos, Benjamin Swartz, James Waldo, and Katherine Weissman
OLE RIVER BLUE FOR CELLO AND PIANO (2022)
by Malcolm Parson
Commissioned by Cello Teaching Repertoire Consortium 2022. To purchase, contact the composer. https://www.malcolmparson.com/
2021 CO-COMMISSIONERS
Thank you to all who supported CTRC in its first year!
Support for our 2021 commissions by Andrea Casarrubios and Curtis Stewart was provided by Summer@Eastman of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, and by Cello Teaching Repertoire Consortium, including:
Co-Directors
Lisa Caravan, Daniel Ketter
Lead Commissioners
Hannah Collins, Kathleen Murphy Kemp, James Ketter
Co-Commissioners
Samuel Araya, Andrew Barnhart, Meghan Berindean, Jennifer Carpenter, Ismar Gomes, Christopher Gross, Armand Hall, Christopher Hutton, Michael Kaufman, Cora Swenson Lee, Dustin Seo, Jonathan Silpayamanant, Natalie Spehar, Sara Styles, Benjamin Swartz, Daria Van De Loo, Wendy Velasco, and Katherine Weissman
SUPPORTER TESTIMONIALS
"I have a student working on Silbo who came to me with serious gaps in their technique and musical knowledge. The piece was a big challenge, but they are so passionate about the music and so inspired to work hard, that they have really stepped up to meet that challenge in ways I wouldn't have expected. A big part of that excitement is being one of the first people to play the piece, and getting to see videos of the composer perform her own work. The piece is also incredibly well written, and helps make my student sound like a virtuoso even at this intermediate level. I am very impressed with the works! I hope to assign the Lament to another student after the holiday break."
CTRC Supporter
"I immediately began working on both pieces with students in my class. They have been very excited to work on music by people who they see actively performing and serving as leaders in our field."
CTRC Supporter
Silbo (2021), Andrea Casarrubios
Commissioned by Cello Teaching Repertoire Consortium 2021. Score available for purchase here: https://www.andreacasarrubios.com/scores.html
Silbo (piano part) to practice with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn2fvoYTipU
Workshop Premiere (Eastman Cello Institute) of Silbo with the composer:
https://youtu.be/tZxaYJtqKrE
Lament (2021), Curtis Stewart
Commissioned by Cello Teaching Repertoire Consortium 2021. To purchase score, contact composer: https://curtisjstewart.com/contact
Curtis Stewart, Lament Workshop Premiere (Eastman Cello Institute)
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDOuKc7wMPY
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyHH9Qn2fj0
Cello Solos Today
Don't miss out a project we admire by Chris Gross called Cello Solos Today, which includes a collection of 12 new works for cello students by some of today's leading composers: http://www.cellosolostoday.org/