You Had Me At Cello

Niall O'Loughlin studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music for four years and then participated in the Honor String Quartet scholarship at the University of Western Michigan. He then joined the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland and continued masterclasses. He has always enjoyed learning and teaching the cello.

Dr. Christine Renée Kralik is the Assistant Professor of Cello at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. She was previously the Instructor of Cello at Middle Tennessee State University (2023 – 2024) in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the University of Mississippi (2019 – 2023) in Oxford, Mississippi, and Angelo State University (2017 – 2019) in San Angelo, Texas. Dr. Kralik is a thriving young profes...

Educator and musician Daniel Hoppe has been engaged with the art of teaching for over a decade. Steeped in the traditions of Suzuki Talent Education and The Alexander Technique (AT), his pedagogy emphasizes the inherent potential of every individual to learn and grow. He studied at Carleton College and the Boston Conservatory, and completed a masters in orchestral conducting and a doctorate in cel...

Jean-Michel Fonteneau is a distinguished Franco-American cellist and educator currently serving as Artist-Teacher at the Longy School of Music of Bard College. As a founding member of the acclaimed Quatuor Ravel, he performed at prestigious venues including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo, garnering prizes at the Evian International St...

Diane Chaplin is a world-class cellist and nurturing music educator who lives in Portland, Oregon. She appears often as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber music artist, and tours around the US as a featured member of the  Portland Cello Project . For the 2024-25 season she is the Cello Professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara; she also has a large class of private cello s...

Alicia Randisi-Hooker  has been active as a cellist and Suzuki teacher for more than 30 years. She completed long term Suzuki training with Annette Costanzi (UK), and has taken many additional units of teacher training including ECC, ECM, Practicum and Group Class Techniques. She served as ensembles coordinator at the 2004 SAA conference in Minneapolis and as president of the Greater Knoxville Suz...

Zachary Sweet is a dedicated cellist, committed educator. Offering high quality performance and education to Ithaca, NY, the U.S. and abroad.

Dr. Yang studied at Arizona State University earning a Doctor of Musical Arts and a Master of Music as well as Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University earning a Bachelor’s in Music. For over five years, he was the Cello Instructor at the Easy Valley School of Music in Phoenix, Arizona. Today he is a Cello Teacher with Elliot Yang Cello Studio and a Substitute Cellist with the Phoenix...

For our 100th episode of Cello Chat,I am excited to chat with the incomparable Mark Summer. Widely regarded as one of the outstanding cellists of our time, Mark is known worldwide for his phenomenal percussion and pizzicato techniques combined with bowed jazz and fiddle phrasing. Mark is a co-founder of the two-time Grammy®-winning Turtle Island Quartet, and was the quartet's cellist for 30 ye...

This week, my guest on Cello Chat is Dr. Lisa Caravan. Dr. Caravan is is an Assistant Professor of Music Teaching and Learning at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, supervises student teachers, and advises graduate research.#CelloChat #youhadmeatcello

This weeks guest is Jennifer Bayerl, a cellist with the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra as well as a local strings and music school teacher. #cellochat #youhadmeatcello

This week I chat with Angie Schmidt, a multi talented musician as well as a strings and general music teacher for Middle and High Schoolers here in Wisconsin. Links to things talked about: 101 Cello Tips Book: https://www.halleonard.com/product/149094/101-cello-tips--updated-edition 101 Violin Tips Book (Jerry Loughney played on the recording): https://www.halleonard.com/product/842672/101-violin-...

Happy Friday, this week I have a chat with Organist, Cellist, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire: Paul Kosower. #CelloChat #YouHadMeAtCello

After a small hiatus, cello chat is back with a new episode featuring Suzuki cello instructor George Teague. You can view his bio at: https://suzukiassociation.org/people/george-teague/

Happy Friday! This week I'm chatting with Matthew Wiest, fresh from his senior recital.

Happy Friday! We have entered Spring, and I hope this new episode of Cello Chat will keep you motivated. My guest this week will is a multi-talented musician and composer, who will also be at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Cello Day shorturl.at/afrI0 on April 22nd: Arianna Wegley. Links to mentioned items: https://spaceport.bandcamp.com/album/window-seat   www.spaceport.band   Instagram:...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We have a special new Cello Chat featuring Cellist and Pedagogue at John Hopkins Peabody Preparatory: Daniel Levitov. Some links for mentions in this episode: https://peabody.jhu.edu/preparatory/faculty/daniel-levitov/ https://www.himafestivalusa.org/ https://peabody.jhu.edu/preparatory/ways-to-study/departments/strings/pedagogymc/ Also shout out to our sponsor this month...

We are Marching right along this Friday for a new Cello Chat! This week we have Martha Vallon, a cellist in Madison WI that has performed all around the world. She shares some of the things she has picked up in her journeys. Also shout out to our sponsor this month https://knaptonmusikknotes.com/

Happy Friday Everyone! This week we have the second part to our journey with Robert deMaine, Principal Cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This week we get into the a few more topics like playing styles. For more information about him go to https://www.robertdemaine.com/ Also shout out to our sponsor this month codabow.com

Happy Friday Everyone! This week’s episode is a two-part episode because it’s around two hours. It is because we get very personal with cellist Robert deMaine, the Principal Cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In his week’s episode deMaine talks about his journey, his inspirations, and what gets him through auditions. Next week we will get into the playing styles. For more information about h...

Happy Friday Everyone! It’s time for another new episode of Cello Chat, this week my guest is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Arizona, Theodore Buchholz. For more information about him go to https://cfa.arizona.edu/profile/buchholz. Also shout out to our sponsor this month codabow.com

Happy Friday, this week my guest is a virtual cello teacher at cellodiscovery.com, Carolyn Hagler.

Patricia Ryan is a Twin Cities based chamber musician that has toured the nation with some of the worlds most influential musicians. Currently she is the newest member of the Delphia Cello Quartet  and some of her cello quartet  arrangements are featured with the ensemble. Delphia was selected to be a part of MPR's Class Notes in 2022-2023 year.

This week I chat with Karl Knapp, a Suzuki cello instructor among many other things. We chat about motivations from modern music and how it can inspire students take their learning to the next level. View his website at: http://knappcellostudio.com/ View his quartet work: https://youtu.be/c6WO4h-uypA

Kicking off 2023 with a chat with the curators of the Cello Museum. Brenda Neece and Erica Lessie join me as we talk about music trends, cello types, the gambit of everything cello. Strap in, this is the longest episode to date at over an hour long.