Chamber Music ~ Improvisation ~ Performing
A Cello Retreat in Vermont
Kevin Flynn is pursuing his Doctor of Music at Indiana University as the Eva Heinitz Memorial Scholar and assistant to his teacher, Emilio Colón. He received his Master of Music from Indiana University, and a double Bachelor of Arts in Cello and Philosophy from Grand Valley State University, studying under Pablo Mahave- Veglia. He has played in other eclectic venues including Constellation Chicago, Yellowstone National Park, and Old San Juan's Castillo San Cristobal. He has been a guest on American Public Media’s Performance Today in I CARE IF YOU LISTEN. Previous engagements include concerts across Canada with The Magisterra Soloists, GVSU New Music Ensemble’s 2016 National Parks Tour, Bloomington Indiana Early Music Festival, Fresh inc. festival with Fifth House
Ensemble, & Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute. He made his first commercial recording as a member of the Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, a CD of newly-commissioned works celebrating the centennial of the National Parks Service - released in April 2020 through Innova Recordings.
Kevin has served as an adjunct lecturer in music theory in the GVSU music department, and as a teaching assistant in the GVSU Philosophy department. rHis hobbies include cooking with cast iron, taking pictures of his cat, and losing at chess.
Ensemble, & Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute. He made his first commercial recording as a member of the Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, a CD of newly-commissioned works celebrating the centennial of the National Parks Service - released in April 2020 through Innova Recordings.
Kevin has served as an adjunct lecturer in music theory in the GVSU music department, and as a teaching assistant in the GVSU Philosophy department. rHis hobbies include cooking with cast iron, taking pictures of his cat, and losing at chess.
Ethan Young is a dedicated performer and teacher of the cello. In addition to being an active chamber musician, he is a substitute cellist with the Dayton Philharmonic and Lexington Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as the cello instructor for the University of Kentucky String Project and is on the faculty of the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra’s MusicWorks program.
From 2015-19 he was the cellist of the Rockefeller String Quartet and a member of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. He performed regularly throughout the state of Arkansas with his quartet and other chamber ensembles, including the Platypus Players of whom he is a founding member. He held teaching positions as the cello instructor for the Sturgis Music Academy and as Adjunct Cello Instructor at Hendrix University and Henderson State University.
He has served as principal cellist of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, the Kent Blossom Chamber Orchestra, and the Indiana University Baroque Orchestra where he has studied baroque cello under renowned early music specialist Stanley Ritchie. Other orchestral positions have been with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, and as a substitute with the New World Symphony.
He has worked under the baton of numerous conductors including Charles Dutoit, David Zinman, Leonard Slatkin, Alan Gilbert, Christoph Eschenbach, Andris Nelsons, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Ludovic Morlot
He has played chamber music at the Tanglewood Music Center and Schleswig-Holstein festivals, and has performed on numerous chamber concerts throughout Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Ann Arbor, MI and Bloomington, IN, where he performed in the world premiere of Brian Newbould’s transcription of Schubert’s D. 385 violin sonatina for clarinet and string quartet, featuring James Campbell on clarinet.
Ethan holds a bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan where he studied with Anthony Elliott, and a Master’s Degree from Indiana University under Peter Stumpf.
From 2015-19 he was the cellist of the Rockefeller String Quartet and a member of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. He performed regularly throughout the state of Arkansas with his quartet and other chamber ensembles, including the Platypus Players of whom he is a founding member. He held teaching positions as the cello instructor for the Sturgis Music Academy and as Adjunct Cello Instructor at Hendrix University and Henderson State University.
He has served as principal cellist of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, the Kent Blossom Chamber Orchestra, and the Indiana University Baroque Orchestra where he has studied baroque cello under renowned early music specialist Stanley Ritchie. Other orchestral positions have been with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, and as a substitute with the New World Symphony.
He has worked under the baton of numerous conductors including Charles Dutoit, David Zinman, Leonard Slatkin, Alan Gilbert, Christoph Eschenbach, Andris Nelsons, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Ludovic Morlot
He has played chamber music at the Tanglewood Music Center and Schleswig-Holstein festivals, and has performed on numerous chamber concerts throughout Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Ann Arbor, MI and Bloomington, IN, where he performed in the world premiere of Brian Newbould’s transcription of Schubert’s D. 385 violin sonatina for clarinet and string quartet, featuring James Campbell on clarinet.
Ethan holds a bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan where he studied with Anthony Elliott, and a Master’s Degree from Indiana University under Peter Stumpf.
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Jason Gong is an international pianist and cellist from Michigan. He received his Masters of Piano Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, UK studying under Prof. Noriko Ogawa and Prof. Paul Roberts and his Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Michigan studying under Dr. Louis Nagel.
Although his foundations are in classical music, Jason loves to explore the connections between all creative disciplines. Within music, how do things like genres relate to each other and socially how might things such as politics, traditions, and cultures inform those relations? As musicians, can our work elucidate something about ourselves? Outside of music, how can other mediums of expression such as movement or visual arts relate and connect with sound? In times of crisis, or when physical needs are in jeopardy, what is the role of art? These questions drive his love for improvisation and passion for collaboration, both with other musicians as well as other disciplines. Currently, Jason is based in Ypsilanti, Michigan where he performs around SE Michigan, arranges chamber music, and maintains a teaching studio for both piano and cello. Jason is very excited to be returning to CelloChanWoods. He greatly values the environment that the retreat fosters--one of intense focus, unbridled joy, and nourishing support. CelloChanWoods is a place where real growth happens and “unlikely connections” are commonly found. In his spare time, Jason enjoys cooking for others, listening to podcasts, and swing dancing! |
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449 Moretown Common Rd., Moretown, VT. 05660
cellochan3b@gmail.com ~ 802.496.5273
COPYRIGHT 2003