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15,000 hours of playtesting informed every page of this curriculum. The music isn't cobbled together for toddlers from archaic folk songs they will no longer recognize. It is selected from real compositions by the greatest minds in an art form that is still evolving. It ranges from Hildegard von Bingen to works commissioned specifically for this method to address the challenges the next generation of cellists will actually face.
Cellosophy doesn't use a factory-style classroom approach. It encourages exploration and fluency through breadth of repertoire and genres. Creativity through guided improvisation and composition. Precision through rigorous sequential scaffolding. Designed by a specialist in contemporary cello repertoire, for students ages 9 and up, including adults.
Cellosophy — the modern method for every level.
Find a Cellosophy teacher and enroll in the video method.
Learn and refine the skill of practicing in practice courses.
From a free 7-day reset to a full year with all 40 Popper Etudes.
Students who show up prepared.
Who can read, improvise, and compose.
A curriculum with music worth teaching.
Free listing, training, and certification.
15 volumes.
35 composers, 9 centuries, women throughout.
Backwards-designed from the Saint-Saëns Concerto.
Every piece chosen to scaffold to the next.
1,400 theory problems in Volume One alone.
Composition, improvisation, and lead sheet training.
Cello accompaniments for every piece at every level.
Guided practice for students throughout the method.
Designed by Eric Moore
University of Michigan - summa cum laude - Triple Major
Cello Performance | Music Theory | Music History
Co-creator of the Aaron-Moore Popper Etudes Edition,
required at Juilliard & University of Michigan since 2012.
"The 30-Day Practice Challenge was just the reset I needed to supercharge my practice.
The techniques I learned helped me to be more happy, effective, and focused in my daily time with my cello.
Eric's warmth and encouragement kept me coming back every day with consistency and determination."
Susan D. | Professional Cellist
30-Day Practice Challenge
"Just want to say... I consider this course so far to be some of the best money I've ever spent,
it's had a huge impact on my practice and teaching, and I find I'm able to learn things much faster...
Thanks for all the work you're putting into this, and knowledge you're sharing with us."
Ethan W. | Professional Cellist
Proper Popper Practice Project
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