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I am an international concert cellist and recording artist, with a focus on chamber music. I'd love to help you with all of your cello needs!
I have 24 years of teaching experience, and I approach teaching with the specific needs of the student in mind. My style is friendly and supportive, and I engage with students as much as possible to understand what they hope to achieve and how I can help them. I am thankful to have had incredible mentors myself, including Ralph Kirshbaum and Timothy Eddy. Though international touring and giving masterclasses and workshops all over the world, I've learned to adapt and communicate with players of all levels, from beginner to advanced. I'm looking forward to connecting and working with you!
Here’s a little about me:
Cellist Laura Metcalf, renowned worldwide as a passionate solo and chamber musician and acclaimed for her “brilliant” playing (Gramophone Magazine) has performed throughout the US and on six continents, and recorded extensively for the Grammy-winning label Sono Luminus, reaching #3 on the Billboard Classical Charts and surpassing 4 million streams on Spotify. A “cellist whose passion for music is as evident as her artistry and talent” (I care if you listen), she tours with her duo Boyd Meets Girl (with whom she recently gave the world premiere of a cello-guitar double concerto by Clarice Assad with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra) and string quartet The Overlook, as well as collaborates regularly with four-time Grammy winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird (with whom she has appeared as chamber soloist in contemporary concerti with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Symphony and others). She has toured extensively worldwide with the popular ensembles Break of Reality and Sybarite5, and has worked with The Knights, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and ETHEL. She has performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Madison Square Garden and the Caramoor, Ravinia, Moab, Festival Napa Valley, Aspen and Newport Classical festivals, among countless others. Laura is also a curator and artistic director, having co-founded the concert series GatherNYC, as well as guest curating for the Museum of Arts and Design, Fotografiska, The Frick Collection, and Wave Hill. As an educator, she has given workshops, masterclasses and lectures at Juilliard, Curtis, New England Conservatory and many other conservatories, as well as played for tens of thousands of school-aged children across the globe from Dehra Dun, India to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and is on the prestigious teaching roster for the online platform ToneBase Cello.
Experience & Education
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Mannes School of Music 2004 – 2006
Master of Music Degree -
The Overlook 2020 – Present
cellistThe “breathtaking,” “paradigm-shifting” (New York Music Daily) quartet The Overlook is a unifying, community-building force, whose dedication to a more representative musical tradition reverberates throughout their industry. -
Break of Reality 2011 – Present
cellistBreak of Reality is a wildly popular quartet consisting of three cellos and percussion. The group's music has millions of online followers, and was selected for an ongoing world tour as musical ambassadors through the US State Department. -
Boyd Meets Girl 2014 – Present
cellistBoyd Meets Girl is a cello and guitar duo, which, in the 3 short years since its inception, has reached an international audience through extensive touring and a debut album that reached No. 3 on the Billboard Classical Charts.
Reviews
Marianne
November
I highly recommend learning from Laura. I have studied with Laura for several years. She provides wonderful insights about playing music on the cello through demonstration and discussion. She is infinitely patient and attentive, both important virtues for any age of student. Her professional music crosses many genres and time periods giving her many references, contexts and age groups from which to draw.
Pascala
November
“Laura has been my cello teacher since I was a complete beginner. She is detail-oriented, but at the same time very patient and encouraging. When I had trouble getting through a difficult passage, she always found a way to explain the steps to me until I was able to learn it. I had lessons with several substitute teachers while she was on tour, but I can confidently say that Laura is the best.”
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