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Instrument(s): Cello
City: Orlando
About Alexandra Valerio
Alexandra Valerio is from Rockledge, FL and graduated from the University of Central Florida. She was introduced to music at age 11, attending an elementary school focused on the arts where she played cello in the school orchestra, bells in the band, and sang in the show choir. She continued...
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Instrument(s): Bass Guitar, Cello, Guitar, Piano, Violin, Voice, Ukulele
City: Miami/South Florida
About Silvana Mantilla
Silvana Mantilla is a professional songwriter, artist and music producer that has dedicated her life to music and the arts, she grew up with strong family influences towards music and from a young age she began to study cello and piano and she received her bachelor's degree as a Music...
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Instrument(s): Cello, Piano, Voice
City: Washington, DC
About Olivia Heaner
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, soprano Olivia Heaner graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Vanderbilt University, where she studied with tenor Dr. Tyler Nelson. Currently, Ms. Heaner is studying at The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University under the tutelage of internationally renowned...
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Instrument(s): Bass, Cello, Piano
City: Miami/South Florida
About Philip Capuzzi
Philip Capuzzi is a cellist, bassist, pianist, and composer, living in Miami, studying at the Frost School of Music. He has been heavily involved in both the jazz and classical traditions and has gleaned a lot of wisdom that he hopes to impart on the next generation.
Philip has...
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Instrument(s): Cello
City: Houston
About Hannah Deplazes
Originally from North Dakota, Hannah graduated from Minot State University in 2021 with a degree in Cello Performance. She has studied cello since the age of 8 with multiple teachers in the United States and Germany. Hannah has attended summer festivals including the Eastman Cello Institute, Dakota Chamber Music, University...
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Instrument(s): Cello
City: Seattle
About Benjamin Shmidt
Benjamin Shmidt has loved the cello since he was six years old, and has developed into a passionate performer under teacher Mara Finkelstein. At the age of thirteen, he won the prestigious David Tonkonogui Memorial Award, and fulfilled a unique cultural role in the Seattle area by performing music from...
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Instrument(s): Cello, Viola, Violin
City: Denver
About Sami Steidl
Sami Steidl is a versatile player and teacher specializing in Violin, Viola and Cello across many genres. Sam began playing the Viola and Violin in her hometown of Alexandria, MN at age 11. Discovering a passion for the fiddle, Sam started performing with Irish and Country bands throughout...
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Instrument(s): Cello, Drums, Guitar, Piano, Viola, Violin, Mandolin, Ukulele, Music Production
City: Orlando
About Daryll Dobson
Daryll Dobson is an accomplished guitarist, violinist, percussionist and educator.
He began his studies in jazz and classical music In New York at SUNY College at Old Westbury. The school was renowned for its incredible jazz faculty along with many additional guest professors. The program was founded by jazz and classical...
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Instrument(s): Cello, Piano, Viola, Violin, Voice, Music Theory
City: Washington, DC
About Samantha Tippen
Samantha Tippen is a viola and violin specialist who instructs all ages from elementary through adult in the D.C. area. She also teaches cello, piano, and voice. Throughout her life, Samantha has fallen in love with music and has learned to appreciate every opportunity to evolve not only...
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Instrument(s): Cello, Piano
City: Orlando
About Jomar Cruz
Jomar Cruz is a classically trained and stylistically exposed cellist, collaborator, and teacher. He is a 2022 Master of Arts graduate of UCF, and now teaches cello as well as beginning piano. He studied cello performance with David Bjella, Laurel Stanton, and Si-Yan Li. He also learned and practiced performing...
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Instrument(s): Cello, Guitar
City: Denver
About Lief Sjostrom
After a show with a local rock band, a friend of Lief's asked him for cello lessons. That was in 2014, and he's been giving lessons ever since. Lief began playing cello at 10 and guitar at 11. He played other instruments as a child, but cello...
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Instrument(s): Cello, Piano, Violin
City: Seattle
About Brooke Scholl
Washington state-born cellist Brooke Scholl completed her bachelor's degree in performance from Central Washington University with John Michel, also spending a quarter abroad in Vienna studying with Josef Luitz. She just completed her post-graduate studies earning an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music...
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