Blog - Cello by Triana

Summer Sounds Outdoor Concert

We had such a lovely outdoor concert last night! The Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra performed at Oddfellows Park in Northfield. The weather was perfect, everyone sounded great, even the birds chirped at just the right moments 🙂

Our next one is scheduled for early September during the Jesse James Days celebrations.. Not being from Minnesota I didn’t know much about this event, but basically in 1876 Jesse James, a notorious bank robber, came into town and was thwarted by the citizens of Northfield!

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

Father’s Day Concert!

I’ll be performing with the Bows, Strings and Contentment Orchestra Sunday, June 15th 7pm at The Grand in Northfield! We’ve been working hard on putting this program together.

In addition to the string orchestra I am part of a Dvorak Quartet.. We are playing The American, movement 1, which was written in Spillville, Iowa in 1893. It’s about 3 hours away which is really cool to think about how Dvorak wound up in this part of the country and how he was so moved by it that he wrote this gorgeous quartet.

I am also part of a group performing Shenandoah which I helped organize and was arranged by the amazing Laurie Stegner. It’s 4 cellos, 1 bass, and singer Barb Piper.. Perhaps the first time this piece has been done with this arrangement of instruments! It’s going to be a lovely Sunday, come join us!

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

Concert Friday May 30!

I’m performing Friday May 30th, 2025 with the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra at Oddfellows Park in Northfield, MN.

We’ve got a whole bunch of great music! Bring some chairs, snacks, and spend a beautiful evening with us 🙂

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

Dvorak – American Quartet, Mvt I

So excited to be playing this piece at the Bows Strings and Contentment Orchestra’s concert Sunday June 15th at The Grand Theatre in Northfield, MN!

Dvorak wrote this in 1893 while visiting Spillville, Iowa, about 3 hours away from where I live. Such a gorgeous piece.. when you read the history of his time in the US it really adds to the beauty 🙂

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

Dog Mom Life!

Trying to practice.. My giant puppy thinks I’m calling him lol.. I actually had the door closed and he somehow got it open!

Smokey is a 1.5 year old Akita. He loves walks around the neighborhood, roughhousing with his husky friends, eating snow, and trying to befriend our cat, Prince Stanley 🙂

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

Sparkles for a Snowstorm

At the very end of March we got one final mini snowstorm. I was performing in a small town that took 45 minutes on a two lane road with parts of it being dirt. Leaving the venue, the snow was blowing with 40mph winds, visibility was very low, and the dirt had turned to snowy mushy mud! It was worth it though, what a beautiful way to end winter 🙂

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

California <3

About 3 years ago I moved to Minnesota from California (with a brief stint in Idaho where I met my husband!). A little bit before my move I recorded this video with a classical guitarist. My friend had a new drone and we shot it in the hills of the San Fernando Valley on a beautiful SoCal afternoon. It was a fun project!

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

Awesome App for Practicing!

Just found out about this awesome app called Tomplay that let’s you play along with real musicians. Lately I’ve been practicing with Youtube videos or tracks on Apple Classical. I’ll put my headphones in and play lightly, trying to listen to my part of the piece as well as everyone else. It’s an okay strategy but when a friend told me about this app, I was like wow this is what I needed all along!

You can mute your part, raise or lower other parts, slow them down, add a metronome, etc. It’s pretty genius and the best part is that it’s all real musicians playing, not some awful sounding MIDI or computer generated sound.

Check it out! Tomplay Sheet Music

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

Purcell: Dido’s Lament – Canon Valley Regional Orchestra

This past weekend we performed Purcell: Dido’s Lament with vocalist Deesa Staats. It was dedicated in honor of Clark Ohnesorge, the CVRO president and violinist who recently passed.

It was a beautiful and somber piece and it made me tear up every time we rehearsed and performed it!

Henry Purcell

English composer (1659–1695)

henrypurcell.org.uk

Henry Purcell was an English composer of Baroque music, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, Dido and Aeneas; and his incidental music to a version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream called The Fairy Queen. Purcell’s musical style was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements.

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

English Garden Program Notes

I always like to read the concert program notes front to back and usually save them. The info from our last Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra concert was really interesting.

There is a list of musicians, bios on our conductor and guest soloists, as well as info on all the composers.. Check it out!

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