Kansas City Cello Clinic
THE KANSAS CITY CELLO CLINIC FOR 2009 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Kansas City Cello Clinic 2009 Downloadable Brochure
Faculty: Carter Enyeart, Mike Block, Douglas Moore, Daniel Saenz
Come to Kansas City for the thirteenth Cello Clinic under the direction of Carter Enyeart, Distinguished Professor of Cello at UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. This popular 10-day session brings together 30 serious young cellists, ages 14 - 22, from across the country and around the world, accepted by audition only. Participants will learn how to improve their basic skills, organize and better understand their technique, and grow in musical expression as they have fun with the cello. The busy schedule provides ample time for small ensembles, cello orchestra, recitals, seminars, practice and recreation. Private lessons will be available.
Kansas City Cello Clinic Highlights include Daily master class+ small ensembles + cello orchestra+ your own practice room and cello locker+ opportunity to study improvisation or alternative styles with Mike Block+ recitals by Cello Clinic Alumni and guest artists+ souvenir T-shirt and Guide to Technique and Practice+ Soloists Recital with professional accompanist for selected players+ Grand Finale Concert with all cellists participating in small and large cello ensembles.
Scroll down for information about the Kansas City Cello Clinic Composition Competition.
Click the links below to hear excerpts from the 2008 Kansas City Cello Clinic's Grand Finale Concert, June 21, 2008. Live recordings in White Recital Hall, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center.
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Kansas City Cello Clinic Sample Daily Schedule
7:30 - 8:30 am: Breakfast
8:30 - 10:30 am: Individual practice time, cello ensembles, and/or orchestra
10:30 am - 12:30 pm: Masterclass for all participants
12:30 - 2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 - 5:00 pm: Cello ensembles and/or orchestra
5:00 - 7:00 pm: Dinner and rest
7:00 - 8:00 pm: Seminar or guest artist recital
8:00 - 9:45 pm: Individual practice and/or private lessons*
*Private lessons available with Kansas City Cello Clinic faculty at additional cost.
Kansas City Cello Clinic Faculty Biographies
CARTER ENYEART Since graduation from the Eastman School of Music "with distinction", Carter Enyeart has enjoyed has enjoyed a distinguished and varied musical career as teacher, soloist, principal cellist and chamber musician. He was cellist of the world renowned Philadelphia String Quartet, the American Piano Trio, Quartet Chicago, the Rasumovsky Piano Trio and was for many years cellist and Associate Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth. Faculty positions at Ball State University, Northwestern University and the University of North Texas preceded his current appointment as the Rose Ann Carr Millsap/Missouri Distinguished Professor of Cello at the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he teaches cello, coordinates the string chamber music program and directs the annual Kansas City Cello Clinic each June. Mr. Enyeart has achieved an enviable record of success as a teacher of fine young cellists, having sent students on to Cleveland Institute, Manhattan, Eastman, Rice, Juilliard, New England Conservatory and Boston University. They are praised for their musicality, sound production and solid technical foundation. Mr. Enyeart has presented recitals and master classes at the major conservatories of China during three invited visits there in 1991, 1999 and 2007. He returned to Asia in November 2005 to teach and perform at the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, and to perform as guest artist with the T’ang Quartet in Singapore. During a five week stay in China in May and June of 2007, he served as guest professor of chamber music and cello at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, Xinghai Conservatory in Guangzhou, Shanghai Conservatory and the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts presenting a solo recital at each school. Past master classes have been presented at The University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), Indiana Cello Day, Roosevelt University (Chicago), University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Taiwan’s Tung-Hai and Soochow Universities. He has also presented sessions and master classes at the 2006 American String Teachers National Conference, at the Texas Music Educators Conference and Missouri Music Educators Conferences.Two world premiere CDs on the Centaur label have received critical acclaim. His performance of the Muczynski Cello Sonata was described by Walter Simmons in Fanfare Magazine as "...an extraordinary performance…a reading of unerring precision and blistering intensity."
MIKE BLOCK, cellist and composer, performs regularly with Grammy Award-winning fiddler and composer Mark O'Connor in his Appalachia Waltz Trio (classical/folk crossover). Mike is also a member of Kristjan Jarvi's Absolute Ensemble (jazz/world/classical crossover), he performs regularly with Yo-Yo Ma as second cellist in his Silk Road Ensemble (East-meets-West fusion), as well as the Flux Quartet (Avante-Gaurde art music). In New York, Mike performs with ACTION JACKSON (jazz string trio), the Knights Chamber Ensemble, Argento New Music Ensemble, and the Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York. He also toured the U.S. West Coast with Celtic Fiddler Hanneke Cassel, and Germany with the Sirius Quartet (modern/jazz). In December of 2005, Mike released his debut album of all original material, The Agony of Modern Music, which you should buy for $10. He has also recorded on albums for Lenny Kravitz, Joe Zawinul, The Working Title, Jaymay, and has performed on CBS and VH1 with Teddy Geiger, as well as NPR's St. Paul Sunday Morning with the Appalachia Waltz Trio. A graduate of the Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music, Mike's former cello teachers include Carter Enyeart, Richard Aaron, Joel Krosnick, and Darrett Adkins. Mike also trained with Pamela Devenport to become a Suzuki teacher. In the summers, Mike regularly teaches and performs at Mark O'Connor's String Conference in San Diego and the Kansas City Cello Clinic.
DOUGLAS MOORE is Professor of Music Emeritus at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts and was cellist with the Williams Chamber Players and Williams Trio. He holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University and the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Catholic University of America. He has appeared with orchestras and in recital throughout the United States and Canada, and has been principal cellist with the Berkshire Symphony, Albany Symphony, Lake George Opera Festival and Great Music West Festival. His edition of the cello/piano music by Arthur Foote was published by A-R Editions, and he has recordings on the Musical Heritage, Grand Prix and Liscio labels. Moore has made numerous arrangements for multiple celli, including the Stars and Stripes Forever for four celli (published by Presser). He plays a cello made in 1997 by Lawrence Wilke of Clinton CT. He retired in 2007 after 37 years at Williams College.
DANIEL SAENZ has played concerts throughout the United States, Japan, and France. He recently relocated to Houston from Paris, where he toured as a member of the string octet Les Violins Virtuouses. Mr. Saenz currently performs as a member of the Maggini String Orchestra. He has performed concerts at the Aspen and Texas music festivals and future engagements include a tour of Japan in the summer of 2007. A native of Texas from the Rio Grande valley, Mr. Saenz teaches cello in the Houston area and is currently on the faculty at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. Past teachers have included Desmond Hoebig, Pamela Frame, Alan Harris, Richard Clark, and Carter Enyeart. Mr. Saenz hold degrees in cello performance from Rice University and the Eastman School of Music.
