January 2021- Let's hope it will be a better New Year!
Jan.1 Getting ready to make the video for #12 of the Covid Cello Project was Corelli's Christmas Concerto Grosso. With great technical help from Dan - he set up the iPad in a good place and I was able to play the entire piece without stopping. That's the hard part. If there is a wrong note, it's back to the beginning to start over. For me, that makes it worse, so I try to do it in one shot. That 12 minutes was nerve-racking, but it worked. 463 cellists from all over the world premiered on January 23. https://youtu.be/mhrm5d0CjkY Jan.2 Sadly Elisa and Zoe went back to New Jersey. On-line school was starting on the 4th, and Zoe was missing her longtime "bubble" friend. Lockdown continues only allows a few "bubbles". Zoe is an outstanding student with all A's. I'm thankful for that as so many students find it difficult to keep up their standards when constantly at home. In the afternoon, I had the opportunity to play Be...