What’s next?
How to follow up a post like the last one? While the subject matter might have taken a few regulars off guard, one thing I am consistent about is praxis. While it’s useful to identify an issue—whether the intricacies of…
Category on the docket
Pause
You may have noticed the April posts are not happening, and March was pretty sparse, too. I do have a lot written in drafts, but I’ve decided it’s probably time I stop giving my best work away for free. While…
Join the Spring Salon!
Attention musicians, actors, dancers, and other creatives! I am holding a salon later this year, date to be decided to best fit the participants’ schedules. Previous iterations were more like casual master classes with only string players, but this is…
reading not your thing? now playing: vlog and podcast editions now available!
Over the years, I’ve become sort of compartmentalized in the way I consume information. I no longer zone out on Insta (though I do post there with some regularity), and I only lasted about 3 months on TT. When I…
COMING fall 2025: Wednesday-themed intro to cello intensive
Already know you’re interested? Go to the bottom of the post and let me know! It’s been so much fun to see interest in the cello and playing pop/contemporary styles since Netflix’s Wednesday crashed into our hearts and minds in…
POSTPONED: Summer School 2: practice lab
This course has been postponed, please do not purchase it unless you are happy to have a credit for when it actually does run! Thank you for understanding ♥️ Summer School 1 was a real-time look at the way I…
unexpected road trip
After a long decline with COPD and two years of dementia, my mom passed away last week. Ours was a complicated and difficult relationship, and while there is a surreal quality to the days that have followed, the nature of…
Open call for requests!
“Don’t mistake yourself for your audience”. Just want to vote? Head to the bottom of the post! ⤵️ I know from too much experience that what people need is not always what they want: Tamarack folded in part due to…
Summer school, part 1
Don’t wanna read the whole post? Scroll to the end for the course description and details! Many of you know I stream my practice semi-regularly. Why? I suppose I’m trying to demystify the process a bit and build on one…
May practice stream
Hey friends! It’s time again— come join me for an unvarnished look at my practice and hang out for a while. 7pm Eastern May 23. Send an email, leave a comment, or text 323 657 9444 and I’ll get you…
whatever this is, is how I feel right now
It’s been super uphill the last two weeks: Spotify keeps taking down podcast episodes, the new MemberPress Course setup is more cumbersome than I anticipated (but ooooooweee do I have some killer classes coming), someone keeps trying to steal my…
Email list redux
Hi friends! I’m officially putting together a no-spam email list with the intent of sending a handful of alerts throughout the year when a new class or in-person teaching date is announced. Over the years, I’ve had a few list…
March practice stream!
This month’s practice stream will be a little different: the last one had one of the attendees a little mystified as to why I didn’t do anything involving scales. I’m working on some pretty wild repertoire these days, so it’s…
Upcoming Workshop Series!
For the first time since I shuttered Tamarack Arts (RIP, you were a good little org 🥹) I’d like to get a month-long focused class going. Please vote below to indicate interest. If you’d like to suggest a topic, you’re…
February practice stream!
The next practice stream/Q&A will take place on Tuesday, February 25 at 6pm eastern. Change of plans! Monday, February 24 at 6pm. You are welcome to join me—to observe, ask questions, do some of your own practicing, or hang out…
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It’s been quiet, but there are several monster posts in progress—the average working time on the larger technique-focused detailed piece is 10 hours from start to finish—and a video that follows the break-in process on a new set of Warchal…
Requests for merch!
I forget that I have a TeePublic store; or rather, I forget to tell people I have a Teepublic store. I add things throughout the year, and also am happy to take requests for artists and other personalities you’d like…
Lonely Cello voice inbox!
In the coming weeks, the podcast will surge back to life with new interviews and episodes focusing on every possible aspect of performance anxiety: what it’s like, how and why it manifests, strategies that help, strategies that…don’t help…As well as…
Practice streaming
Once a month, I’m going to stream a practice session on Zoom that is free to join, and afterwards, you can ask questions about anything you saw/heard or your own practice! The next practice stream will be on Tuesday, October…
Welcome!
Thank you for stopping by! The first iteration of this site was Stark Raving Cello: a Blogger site where I took turns opining, explaining, and ranting about whatever came into my 28-year-old brain. The name of the blog was accurate!…