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upgrading your rig, part 1

by Emily Wright | Dec 21, 2017 | Misc, Teaching & Learning, Uncategorized | 2 |

There are a million ways to spend money on cello stuff: cases, stands, stand lights, strings,...

yay adult students!

by Emily Wright | Dec 16, 2017 | Uncategorized | 1 |

I originally didn’t want to play the cello: as a young girl, I dreamed of the linear...

December= 1 post (at least) every. dang. day!

by Emily Wright | Dec 1, 2017 | Uncategorized | 3 |

To celebrate my second favorite month, I’m going to post every single day in December (giant...

bolstering your shift practice, part 3

by Emily Wright | Oct 18, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 |

The previous posts were designed to provide conceptual and technical underpinnings of a solid...

Fundraiser kick off!

by Emily Wright | Jun 14, 2013 | Cello Illustrated, Uncategorized | 2 |

Go here if you’d like to contribute to the cello fund. I’ll try to keep it as...

Memorial Day.

by Emily Wright | May 31, 2011 | Being, Uncategorized | 0 |

EW: I posted this last year but thought it was worth revisiting. Have a wonderful Memorial Day, lovely readers. Someone whom I respect and care very much for said about Memorial Day, “It really has no meaning...

tick tock

by Emily Wright | Mar 28, 2009 | Uncategorized | 0 |

Contest ends Monday! So far, 10...

when photo shoots go awry

by Emily Wright | Feb 18, 2009 | Cello Illustrated, Humor, Uncategorized | 5 |

It always starts out well. Big hair, fun lighting. This is what always ends up happening. Would you trust this woman with your cello lessons? Another shoot is scheduled for when I get back from the trip. Many thanks to Gillian...

getting ready for a master class or one-off

by Emily Wright | Jan 28, 2009 | Uncategorized | 5 |

I don’t know that I ever really got the most out of the master classes I participated in. I might have gotten marginally more out of the one or two-off lessons I had with visiting artists, but as I frequently point out: I...

take one!

by Emily Wright | Oct 5, 2008 | Uncategorized | 10 |

What a learning curve this week has been with Final Cut Express. I’m posting this as an exercise in humility as much as a beneficial lesson for students. Clearly, I got the compression wrong…I recorded this in HD...

good times

by Emily Wright | Jun 23, 2008 | Misc, Uncategorized | 3 |

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new podcast thingy

by Emily Wright | Nov 17, 2007 | On the Docket, Teaching & Learning, Uncategorized | 17 |

I am going to do a series of play-along podcasts, and I would love some suggestions for which pieces to play. I am going to choose a movement of a concerto, sonata, or maybe something like Sicilienne or Elegie, and play it at a...