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Cello lesson- Come and learn to play Jazz, folkmusic and classical music on the most beuteful instrument

"Come as you are and become what you want"

The cello is a wonderful instrument( the best) with a sound much like the human voice. You can play any genre and alone or in huge groups, only your imagination can set the limits.

As a cello teacher, my mission with my cello school is to create an interest in my students and give the knowledge of learning how to learn. I want every student that has a lesson with me get the value of learning and create lifelong interest for the cello. The cellist life is filled with community, friendship, history

Not only the skill to play but the interest to do so through the whole life. The skills you learn with your instrument is also transparent to other parts of your life.

Nobody ever said I regret that I learned to play the cello.

In the cello lessons we learn:

Study techniques: How to learn and practice
Goals: How to set goals and reach them
Memorizing: how to train the ability to memorise
Expression: How to express our feelings and tell stories
Stage performance: How to meet an audience (without stage anxiety ) how to perform our best at any given moment
Self-esteem and self-confidence: How to build up and discover who we are and what we can do

As a cellist, we need abilities as craftsmen, human and an artist. A cello player needs all three ingredients, that is why learning an instrument is a gift not only in music but for life.

Location

At teacher's location: Lage Kanaaldijk, Maastricht, Netherlands
Online via webcam

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General info

Age:
Infants (0-3 years old)
Preschool children (4-6 years old)
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration:
30 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes
90 minutes
The class is taught in:English, Dutch, Swedish, Danish

About Me

Petronella was raised in a very small village in one of the most beautiful areas of rural Sweden. She spent her early youth among wild animals in the big forest and all other kinds of animals she could possibly find and take home to the family farm. One day, Petronella suddenly decided that she wanted to become a fantastic cellist, not anymore a world-famous horse rider. It took everyone by surprise. Petronella studied a music program in Highschool, ‘Orkestermusikerprogramet’ in Vänersborg. Upon finishing her basic education, she went even deeper into the Swedish wilderness to the beautiful city of Arvika. Where she studied with the Lektor Lars-Inge Bjärlestam at Ingesund. Petronella started her conservatorium education in Odense, Denmark; the home of great artists such as H.C. Andersen and Carl Nielsen. Her professor for the three-year bachelor course was the great solo cellist of Malmö Symfoniorkestra, Professor Niels Ullner.

Then Petronella did an Erasmus year in Holland in the wonderful town of Maastricht. At the Maastricht Conservatorium, she worked with Ursula Smith (Professor at the Guildhall School of Music (London) and solo Cellist in Esbjerg Ensemble in Denmark).

Now Petronella just finished studying her master in music performance in Liège (Belgium) at the Royal Conservatorium of Liège with Professor Jean-Paul Zanutel.

In a letter of recommendation Professor Niels Ullner writes


It is with pleasure that I give the following statement about the young Swedish cellist, Petronella. She is a serious and hard working student. Petronella combines her fine musicality and sense of tone production with a strong ambition to constantly improve her playing which has really payed off during the last years.

2016 Petronella started her company “A Swedish cellist” and her project “Take Away Concerts – Feed your Ears”. Her idea is that you can order a concert to your home like take away food. Her mission is to spread the classical music and build bridges between people and music. She also did a project in Sweden called “the Christmas Present of the Year is a Cellist”. This was a big success with 19 concerts in two weeks.

Education

Schools/education

Orchestra Music, Highschool

The Conservatorium of Ingesund in Arvika, Sweden
studied with Lars inge Bjärlestam

Danish National Academy of Music
Bachelor degree studied with Professor and solo Cellist Niels Ullner

Maastricht Conservatorium in the Netherlands
Master Program, studied with Ursula Smith

Conservatoire Royale de Liège, Belgium
Master Program studied Jean-Paul Zannutel

Experience / Qualifications

Masterclasses and teachers

Aurora Masterclass Sweden

Masterclasses with:
Ursula Smith – Professor Guildhall London
Hanno Kirski – Professor Sebelius academy Finland
Torleif Thedeen – Professor in Edsberg Sweden
Michaela Fukacová Muriset – Solo cellist Odens Symphony Orchestra
Anna Dorothea Wolff – Second solo cellist Odense Symphony Orchestra
Robert Nagy – Solo cellist in the Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Mats Rondin – Professor in Malmö Academy Sweden
Maria Kliegel – Professor at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Cologne
Stephan Braun – Professor in the Jazz Department in Hannover & Berlin, Germany
Experience

Principal cellist in the DUEN, Danish Youth Ensemble.
It is the National youth orchestra of Denmark it is lead by Morten Rylund.
Petronella participated in the recording of “Nordic Light”, a CD featuring Scandinavian composers.

Odense Symphony orchestra: Mahler 2nd Symphony and The Bells by Rachmaninov

Esbjerg Ensemble: New Year concerts 2014 and 2015

Played and represented Sweden in orchestra festivals in France and Spain:
Festival Internacionale de Orquestas Jovenes

Opera “Dalslands Operan” 2004


Put music to the art

La Voix Humaine, Théâtre Royal de Liège, 2017

Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Belgium, 2017

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Excellent teacher, motivating, empathic, very skilled,
Miss music lessons for children: In a class with miss music, you get to enter the world of music together with her best friend Mr. Cello Bello. Together you go on musical adventures singing, moving, and playing. Some of the adventures are: Music mind games There have been several studies made on how humans learn best and if I look back on my own learning development and experience with students over the year there is one way that has proven itself over and over again, having FUN! Yes, good grades are often a great indicator of how interested you are in a subject because we learn more when we have fun. Memory also works after strong feelings, which means that when you experience strong happy feelings they become memories that stay with you through your life. I always try to play in information and work proactive with my students, I want it to be easy and like to prepare them to succeed with what they do no matter their age. By learning step by step music opens up a world for everyone that likes to, yes, play. Music mind games are a creative way of learning that Michiko Yurko the founder of the game created to learn music to children using the theoretical knowledge in a creative way with colors, memory games, dances, and every other imaginative way of making learning fun. I have a certified education in music mind games and like to use it in my lessons together with new games I developed. Examples of games that we like to play: Hide and seek the notes ( a game where you can hide different things that sound, anything can be a musical instrument, but also to hide actual instrument is fun) Dance and freeze: the game where you dance and have to freeze when the music stops Bubbles, balls, and other requisite: Soap bubbles are fascination and a perfect way to play with music and play with the things we sing about. Through human history, we have learned through singing songs and it is a great way of learning about things by singing about them and making different movements. Listening and hearing music It is important to get to know music and listen to it not only hearing it. I like to have a moment in every lesson where we listen to music. Studies have shown that listening to complex music as a toddler really helps with developing skills as cognitive abilities, language abilities, perfect pitch, and many more. Through human history, we have learned through singing songs and it is a great way of learning about things by singing about them. I like to work proactively towards that the children learn: How to listen and imitate notes, rhythm, melodies Learn note reading Learn how to make music by themself, express themself through music Move and listen to music Recognize notes and accords Learning how to learn, in a music lesson, you learn more than just the subject music you also get skills like learning how to learn, imitate, listen, concentrate, curiosity, creativity, and many more. Learning music will give you skills that are useful in your entire life.
Mini Strings cello is a musical course for young children. Teaching them in a playful way the basics of cello playing and general music theory. This course is a perfect way for your child to get introduced to the world of music in a fun way while playing an instrument: the cello. The curse contains music mind games, note reading, cello technique, singing, basic piano playing, composing music Genre: Classical, Folk, Jazz, Pop

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