Minnesota Wedding & Event Cellist, Cello Lessons
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
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
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
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
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!
English composer (1659–1695)
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
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
This weekend we have such great music to play for you! The Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra will be performing music from English composers the 29th and 30th of March in Northfield and Cannon Falls, MN.
One of my favorite is the suite Four Centuries by Eric Coates. Written in the darkest days of War in 1940-41, it was inspired by the bombing of London as seen from the Coates’ Baker Street flat.
In the work, he depicts dancing in the twentieth and previous three centuries: the seventeenth century, depicted by a Prelude and Hornpipe; the eighteenth, a Pavane and Tambourin; the nineteenth, a Valse (french version of Waltz); while the twentieth, ‘Rhythm’ is an affectionate tribute to the dance bands.
Come hear us play live!
I’m performing with the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra at the end of March! The theme is English Gardens with music from English composers Holst, Handel, Coates, Elgar, & Purcell. Paul Niemisto is conducting and we have a guest soloist and organist.
We have two shows and tickets are $15 at the door:
Saturday March 29th, 3pm, @ Bethel Lutheran Church in Northfield, MN
Sunday March 30th, 3pm @ St. Ansgar’s Lutheran Church in Cannon Falls, MN
The music is so gorgeous, come join us!
What a great time last Sunday was! We had a wonderful music selection with pieces from popular movies and musicals as well as guest tango dancers, a banjo player, and a powerful vocalist, Tesfa.
The Grand is such a nice space to perform at. Even with a balcony it’s still an intimate venue with a rich history. Looking forward to the next Bows Strings & Contentment Orchestra concert on June 15th, 2025!
Cello by Triana – Minnesota Wedding Cellist, Cello Lessons, Wedding Ceremony Musician
I had an audition the other day and had to find a piece to play. I was scanning through my sheet music and decided on this piece: Bach Suite No.3 Gigue.
I really like how the video turned out. The sun was setting and there was just enough light left to film. It’s shot on my phone so of course the audio isn’t perfect but I thought it still sounded good!
I love this piece so much, it has so much movement and chaos and beauty.. it really matched my mood that day.. 🙂
Cello by Triana – Minnesota Wedding Cellist, Cello Lessons, Wedding Ceremony Musician