Master Class in Cello
Sunday, April 17 at 3:00 p.m.
Pamela Kelly, CIM faculty in cello, will lead a master class performance this spring in the Heights Arts gallery. Master classes are free and open to the public for observation. Each features students who perform with excellence within various levels, and have been recommended by their teachers.
Students in grades 6-12 are welcome to apply for all master class sessions; applicants must be recommended by their music teacher and submit a performance video in addition to the online form below for consideration.
Participating students and one parent (if under 18) are given complimentary tickets to one of Heights Arts’ Close Encounters upcoming chamber music concerts..
MASTER CLASS APPLICATION
ABOUT MS. KELLY
Pamela Kelly earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with Alan Harris. She studied Suzuki pedagogy with Carol Tarr, Tanya Carey, Nell Novak, Gilda Barston and Rick Mooney and participated in Irene Sharp’s cello pedagogy seminar at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music and attended the Aspen Festival. She was appointed to the CIM faculty in 1995.
Ms. Kelly’s students have performed with many orchestras including The Cleveland Orchestra, Apollo’s Fire, The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, The Contemporary Youth Orchestra, the CIM Orchestra, Suburban Symphony, and The Firelands Symphony. Her students have won many competitions and honors and have been accepted into major schools of music including CIM, Northwestern University, The New England Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, The University of Michigan and Ithaca College.She was awarded the Excellence in Teaching award from CIM in 2013 and the Studio/Private Teacher of the Year award from the Ohio Orchestra and String Teachers Association in 2004.