by Scarlett Arts | Apr 30, 2020 | Cello music, Tips UK
1. “Playing the cello should start young.” Nope. Really. I started when I was 19 and became a professional cellist, and I have pupils who started after the age of 45 and now effortlessly change positions and enjoy Bach: fable! 2. “Playing the cello...
by Scarlett Arts | Apr 30, 2020 | Cello music, Collaboration, Workshop UK
UPDATE 23 MONTH: This workshop is now offered online because of the measures taken around the Corona virus! Last year I received an email from filmmaker Maarten Roos with the nice news that Ilse de Ziah, Irish cellist and completely at home in Irish music, would give...
by Scarlett Arts | Apr 30, 2020 | Cello music, Uncategorized
If you have (recently) decided to learn to play the cello, you have made the right choice ? The cello produces warm, rich tones that are very closely related to the range of the human voice, and it doesn’t surprise me that it has been a beloved instrument for...
by Scarlett Arts | Apr 30, 2020 | Cello music, Uncategorized
Never! So often I hear from people that they think they are too old to learn to play the cello. And that’s such a shame, because it’s really not true. Maybe it is true that children learn faster, but I have never had a child with whom I could pick a scale...
by Scarlett Arts | Apr 30, 2020 | Cello music, Uncategorized, Workshop UK
I have been giving cello lessons since 1995 and I still enjoy this to the fullest. This is partly due to the enormous variety and quantity of cello books I have in the studio. All pupils are different; one goes left (with the left hand technique) very fast and the...
by Scarlett Arts | Apr 30, 2020 | Cello music, Uncategorized
Did you have that too, that when you started playing the cello you had a piece in your head that you hoped you would play someday? With me, it was Bach’s first cello suite, as with so many. But over the years I got to know more and more pieces. When I was 19 I...
