Cello lessons, Practice guidance, Music Theory, Improvising

From 58 € /h

I am happy to offer cello lessons (online or in person) to musicians of any age and experience level. I have been teaching for over 15 years and enjoy students of all types- whether you are learning just for fun or would like to train seriously. I adjust my teaching style to match your individual needs. I have a very flexible schedule, so we can easily find lesson times that are best for you.

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Around The Hague, Netherlands

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Nuffic, Kortenaerkade, The Hague, Netherlands

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About Me

Leah is an unusual and well travelled American artist. Unable to refuse any genre besides country western, she edges past the traditional role of a cellist, performing not only classical repertoire but jazz, contemporary, experimental, non-western, and early music. She frequently works with living composers and enjoys interdisciplinary, cross-cultural projects. Leah has lived and toured extensively across Canada, China, Europe, and the USA as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborator.

Leah is a founding member of many chamber ensembles and can be heard performing in spaces ranging from posh concert halls to scuzzy bars and candle lit living rooms. Before an untimely deportation from Canada, she served as Artistic Director and cellist of the Montréal Music Collective, for which she programmed and performed chamber and solo works by excellent yet under-represented composers. Based in the Netherlands since 2020, Leah has performed with award winning ensembles such as Z4 Piano Quartet, Lincoln Center Stage piano quintet, Linen of Words, Trio Alora, Vratsa Symphony Orchestra (BG), Theresia Orchestra (IT), Jeune Orchestre Rameau (FR), and Vermont Symphony Orchestra (USA). She has worked with many acclaimed composers of our time such as Zosha Di Castri, David Braid, Michael Harrison, and Amy Brandon.

An outspoken advocate for inclusive programming, Leah was a featured guest speaker for Australia's Curve Magazine Festival, the Berkshire High Peaks Music Festival, and a performer at festivals such as FIMU (Belfort), Thy Chamber Music Festival, The Banff Centre, Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance, Garth Newel Music Centre, and Manchester Music Festival. She recorded her debut album, Impressions: The Rediscovery of Henriette Bosmans, with duo partner Dr. Dan Sato. Praised “an absolute revelation” (Limelight), the album brings to life the complete works for cello and piano by this imaginative Dutch composer. It has been widely broadcast by stations such as Canada's CBC Radio, Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, BBC Radio 3, Maryland’s Classical Music Station, WCNY-TV, and Colorado Public Radio.

In 2023, Leah looks forward to recording a new album with pianist Tong Wang, featuring Fazil Say’s cello sonata, Four Cities, and a newly commissioned work by Alice Ping Yee Ho. This project is generously funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and includes a tour of Turkey and China. The recording and documentary footage will culminate in multimedia concerts showcasing both the music and the culture of eight featured regions.

Leah received her Bachelor of Music from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (USA), where she was fortunate to study with Yehuda Hanani. During this period, she also travelled to Hungary, performing actively as a chamber musician and earning a certificate from the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. In 2017, she moved to Canada, where she received a Master Degree from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. Her academic studies concluded in The Netherlands, where she earned a Master Degree in baroque cello performance and classical cello at the Royal Conservatoire Den Haag.

Education

Master of Music (baroque cello)- Den Haag Royal Conservatoire, 2020-2022
Master of Music- McGill University Schulich School of Music, 2017-2019
Bachelor of Music- Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, 2013-2017
Non-degree studies- Franz Liszt Academy of Music, 2015-2016

Experience / Qualifications

-Cellist with Vratsa Symphony Orchestra | 2021
Artistic Director, cellist of Montreal Music Collective | 2019-present
-Lincoln Center Stage Piano Quintet/RWS Studios | 2018- present
-Substitute cellist with Vermont Symphony Orchestra | 2017-present
-Private cello teacher | 2008-present

-Winner of Schulich Chamber Music Competition | 2018
-Schulich School of Music: Graduate Excellence Fellowship, Graduate Mobility Award
-Virtu Foundation Scholar | 2017-2019
-Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music: Summa Cum Laude Graduate, Merit Scholar, Board Honors, Dean’s List | 2013-2017

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

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Duration

45 minutes

60 minutes

90 minutes

120 minutes

The class is taught in

English

Skills

Cello

Music theory

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