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Considering Matthew Shepard

Honored and excited to perform selections from Considering Matthew Shepard at Trondjem Lutheran Church in Lonsdale, MN Sunday Oct. 12!

This is a beautiful work and a really rewarding project with 6 musicians and a 12 person choir. The total performance time is about 45 minutes and you’ll definitely want to bring some tissues!

Considering Matthew Shepard is a Grammy-nominated three-part oratorio composed by Craig Hella Johnson. The work is an evocative and compassionate musical response to the murder of University of Wyoming student, Matthew Shepard, on October 6, 1998.

I found it interesting that the composer is actually from Minnesota! Johnson’s choir group, Conspirare, has more info about the work here.

Cello by Triana – Minnesota Wedding Cellist, Cello Lessons, Minneapolis Wedding Ceremony Musician

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

I just joined the Dakota Valley Symphony and I’m so excited to be playing with them on Oct. 5th! I can’t help it but I’m also so so so excited to be playing the Sorcerer’s Apprentice written by Paul Dukas in 1897..

All three parts are on YouTube.. Of course all of Disney’s Fantasia is a must watch for all ages!! I remember falling in love with classical music as a kid watching this movie over and over again at my Grandma’s house..

Cello by Triana – Minnesota Wedding Cellist, Cello Lessons, Minneapolis Wedding Ceremony Musician

Family Halloween Concert with Dakota Valley Symphony!

So excited to be performing with the Dakota Valley Symphony on Sunday Oct. 5, 2025 at the Ames Center in Burnsville! The reherasals have been really fun and the concert is going to be awesome.

It’s a super kid friendly lineup with music from:

Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, with narration
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
John Williams: Superman Theme
Richard Audd: Concert Fanfare for Orchestra
James Newton Howard: Music from Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
John Powell: How to Train Your Dragon

Tickets are only $15 at the box office and kids are free! With costumes and games starting at 1pm, and the music starting at 2pm, this is going to be an awesome Sunday, a wonderful start to the Halloween season, and a fun family excursion that you will all remember!

Cello by Triana – Minnesota Wedding Cellist, Cello Lessons, Minneapolis Wedding Ceremony Musician

Duet for Cello + Dryer

Recorded this the other day and thought it turned out pretty good!

Things like this always take a lot longer to record than you’d think. First of all, the dryer isn’t a musical instrument so you can’t just hit “play”. It only sings when the laundry is done!

The shortest cycle is 4 minutes and you really don’t know exactly when it’s going to start singing… which means a lot of waiting around!

I ended up recording it on my Zoom h4 and then played along with that over and over.. and over again until the stars aligned and the laundry/music was done lol 🙂

Cello by Triana – Minnesota Wedding Cellist, Cello Lessons, Wedding Ceremony Musician

Accepting new students in New Prague and Northfield!

I just got my fall schedule pretty set with students at Downtown Sound in New Prague and at Hostpot Music in Northfield but I am always open to take a few more!

I don’t take that many students as I want to give each of them as much energy as I can, including an individualized lesson plan based on their unique interests and personality.

My goal is to teach them as much about classical music as I can, with a short term goal of getting them on stage as soloist and with an orchestra.. and with the long term goal of turning them into a music aficionado for life!

Cello by Triana – Minnesota Wedding Cellist, Cello Lessons, Wedding Ceremony Musician

Defeat of Jesse James Days Concert!

I’m performing with the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra Saturday Sept. 6th at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Northfield as part of the DJJD festival aka the Defeat of Jesse James Day!

Cello by Triana – Minnesota Wedding Cellist, Cello Lessons, Wedding Ceremony Musician

My dryer has a song!

We just got a new Samsung washer and dryer and I was pleasantly surprised when I first heard it go off.. because it sang me a song!

I was like OMG this is so long.. and kinda pretty! So I had to look it up: https://www.hunker.com/13771126/samsung-laundry-song/

Apparently, Samsung thought that “home appliances should blend naturally into consumers’ lifestyles, whereas the traditional, more industrial-sounding alerts from appliances can be unpleasant and distracting,”

I agree! The dryer song is Shubert’s 1817 piece Die Forelle, which translates to “the trout”.

And I also found some simple sheet music for it too!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pKjNOFcDX1o%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Cello by Triana – Minnesota Wedding Cellist, Cello Lessons, Wedding Ceremony Musician

Minnesota Shenandoah

I arranged this version of Shenandoah for 4 cellos, bass and voice a few months ago. A group of us got together and performed it at The Grand Theatre in Northfield in June. It was such a fun project!

Cello by Triana – Minnesota Wedding Cellist, Cello Lessons, Wedding Ceremony Musician

Northfield Porchfest!

I used to live in Portland, Oregon and there are so many things about Northfield that remind me of PDX.. including this upcoming event I saw via HotSpot music.

Northfield Porchfest! From their Facebook:

We envision music in various neighborhoods during the day, followed by a collective gathering at the end of the day. Much like a “pottery tour” or “studio tour” we will make a map and publicize the events as a whole for that day.

Cello by Triana – Minnesota Wedding Cellist, Cello Lessons, Wedding Ceremony Musician

September concert!

I’m excited to be playing again with the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra on Saturday Sept. 6th at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Northfield, MN at 7pm!

This is part of Northfields Jesse James Days and is going to be really fun Cowboy themed music.

And a photo from out last concert in March 2025 🙂

Cello by Triana – Minnesota Wedding Cellist, Cello Lessons, Wedding Ceremony Musician