Tonight Cel-Tar played a concert for the Professional Performing Arts School in New York City. We played a Dead tune and a guy walked by and said, "Jerry would be proud". Later he walked over again and mentioned that he used to be the Grateful Dead's stage manager!

Yes, it's true. Jeffrey Solow will be performing my "Dead Cello" suite in Juneau in May! Check it out:

http://www.jazzandclassics.org/artists.php?band=jeffrey_solow

http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/215069/e6486e94e5/

Sit back and listen to this great Mahler song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTqbTP5qy7k

http://mac.nysut.org/tide

We lost Davy Jones this week. I think somewhere he must smile when he watches us watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nViC0K-zifk

I loved Whitney Houston's voice from the first time I heard her sing on the radio. I told people that she was special and was going to make it big. It is very sad that she, like so many others, had to leave this earth so early. Talent is definitely a blessing and a curse.

Perhaps her biggest hit was "The Greatest Love of All". I wrote my own answer to that song. It is called "Show Me the Way". Here it is performed on the Sid Bernstien Show by Tonya Carmen and my 80's band Smooth Groove:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bshUHYdKQnI

RIP Whitney

This video finally hit 3000 hits. Not bad for a video of a cellist performing his original music along with a ballet troupe!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeHXzAzn6dk

My latest You Tube video is about the the similarities between Judaism and Zionism. Now that I have been given the ability to post videos beyond 10 minutes, this is my first video where I can really get into detail. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPxNTc0INiY

http://robertsonvillagemusicsociety.blogspot.com/2011/06/bach-in-dark-concert-2.html

Check out the 2nd half of the program:

A. Minsky
Three American Cello Duets
Cello Blues – The Good High Alaska Boogie – Way Out West

Béla Bartók
Teasing Song – Dance - Cushion Dance – Wedding Song

J.S. Bach (arr. L.Varga)
Aria (BWV 988)
from the Goldberg Variations

This American cello etude that started them all now has exactly 6000 hits!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YcLu8yNng4

A nine year old posts a video playing my cello etude "October Waltz"! And she does a great job too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiYWjlWWGEk

Here's a video of a South Korean cellist playing my "Cello Blues" with a jazz quintet!

http://pann.nate.com/video/212964353

Very cool

Hey, how nice to have a guest after such a long time! Thanks for the link. I checked out your site and it's pretty interesting. Hopefully you'll bring many new people into the world of cello playing.

This is too Funny
http://www.youtube.com/user/dokuztaneprogramla#p/u/0/Y0z_7bKm258

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c7d_1211674902

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfF2x5f5qxw

A young English cellist wins the Rugby Rotary Title playing a "tricky and lively piece by Aaron Minsky".

http://www.rugbyadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/musicians_battling_it_out_for_glory_of_young_rotary_title_1_3284835

Von Cello Band live in NYC!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJK0lKTQIQ0

Heres's a playlist of various artists playing Aaron Minsky's American Cello Duets:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn0IiZiC0ys&list=PL55BD45EC63C0F3A8

So cool you have to wear shades:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn0IiZiC0ys

A blog on non-Western cello techniques sites Aaron Minsky among others.

http://silpayamanant.wordpress.com/tag/non-western-cello-techniques/

An interesting article about making a cello career in today's market.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_itfDBALEA

A couple of young female cellists do a great job with my cello duets along with a guitarist who created his own part! A great example of cross-cultural fertilization.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPqQn7TKBd8

Von Cello, live, at Yankee Stadium!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UKrWOyVvoY