2023 New Directions Cello Festival

2023 NEW DIRECTIONS CELLO FESTIVAL- IN PERSON

JUNE 23-25

SMITH COLLEGE AND THE BOMBYX CENTER FOR ARTS AND EQUITY

NORTHAMTON, MA

Concerts: Fri 6/23 and Sat 6/24 @ BOMBYX

*All in person participants will have full access to the Online Festival on April 22nd, including replay access through the end of the year

GUEST ARTISTS:

-Vincent Courtois (France)

-Mia Pixley (US)

-Kelly Pinheiro (Brazil)

-George Crotty (Canada)

-Patricia Santos (US)

-Agustin Uruburu (Argentina)

2023 NEW DIRECTIONS CELLO FESTIVAL- ONLINE

APRIL 22ND ON ZOOM

*All online participants will be able to livestream both concerts of the in person festival on Friday 6/23 and Sat 6/24

GUEST ARTISTS:

-Mia Pixley (US)

-Jeremy Harman (US)

-George Crotty (Canada)

-Patricia Santos (US)

-Agustin Uruburu (Argentina)

+ 1 TBD

Since 1995, the New Directions Cello Festival has provided an international forum for the exchange of music and ideas for creative and alternative cellists of all ages, levels and backgrounds. With a “big tent” ethos, New Directions embraces all styles of music, particularly those not commonly taught at conservatories and music schools and especially those that incorporate improvisation. Cellist participants come from all over the US and abroad for a weekend of workshops, concerts, panels and jam sessions with some of the most innovative cellists working today.

Since its inception at New York City’s Knitting Factory, the annual festival has presented a veritable who’s who of creative cellists in New York City, Boston, Connecticut, Wisconsin, California, Cologne, Germany, Ithaca, NY, and now Northampton, MA. Over 100 cellists and their groups have graced the stages of the festival over the years including David Darling, Eugene Friesen, David Baker, Mark Summer, Tomeka Reid, Zoë Keating, Vincent Courtois, Mike Block, Leyla McCalla, Seth Parker Woods, Stephan Braun, Nathalie Haas, Andrew Yee, Zachary Brown, Ben Sollee, Vincent Segal, Jaques Morelenbaum, Stephen Katz, Ernst Reijseger, David Eyges, Akua Dixon, Rushad Eggleston, Rufus Cappodocia, Jane Scarpantoni, Chris White, Erik Friedlander, Jake Charkey, Jeremy Harman, Dawn Avery and Robert Een and many others.