Cello Lessons
Empowering the minds and bodies of the future generations of musicians.
Cello Technique Resources
Crosmer's technique exercises are a hybrid of methodologies from his study at the University of Michigan with Richard Aaron and Anthony Elliott, and his teacher in Arkansas, Stephen Feldman. Developing a mastery of the cello requires a consistent focus on details, isolating each aspect of cello playing and working on it independently before eventually recombining it back with the whole.
Crosmer has developed numerous exercises for studying cello, including Left Hand technique, bow technique, and a book of scales and arpeggios that is ordered by difficulty rather than the Circle of Fifths. Head on over to the Resources page, where you can also find bowings and fingerings for the first three Bach Suites.
Teaching Highlights
Classes in music theory, precalculus, and cello at universities across Michigan, including GVSU, Oakland, EMU and UM.
Composition workshops, cello classes, and music clinics at high schools across Michigan, including Troy, EGR, GR Christian, Jenison, Skyline, and more.
Private cello instruction, including preparing orchestral excerpts, concertos for competitions, and technique-intensive study.
Summer camps for middle and high school students in Grand Rapids and Little Rock, including workshops in Audio/Video editing, theory and composition, and improvisation.
