Carolyn Hagler - Instructor

About the Author: Carolyn Hagler is the founder and director of www.CelloDiscovery.com – “The Home for Beginning Adult Cello Students”. She is a tenured member of the Austin Symphony Orchestra and earned a Master of Music degree in cello performance from the University of Texas at Austin. She also holds a K-12 teaching certificate in the state of Texas. Carolyn has focused her pedagogy on teaching adults the joy of learning the cello through a natural, relaxed body, achievable goals and fun, engaging interactive music scores.

Carolyn spent decades honing her skills as an expert teacher of beginning students. Throughout her many years as a public school orchestra director, she was able to teach hundreds of students the skills necessary to win top honors in contests and festivals throughout the state of Texas

As a cellist, Carolyn has performed on numerous recordings and soundtracks, toured internationally and explored many different styles of music.

Though raised in Northern California, she currently lives in Austin, TX with her husband and their dog, Annie.

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Tarantella for Cello by W. H. Squire. Why YOU Should Learn this Piece!

The Tarantella by Squire is an exciting piece of music written for the intermediate level cellist. “Tarantella” is ridiculously fun, intermediate-level cello work by William Squire. In some ways, learning the Tarantella is a bit of a rite-of-passage for developing cellists of all ages. It is an exciting, intense and well-composed piece of music, and

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How to Clean Your Cello

  Neglected cellos: A couple years ago, I spent some time working with one of the central Texas high school orchestra programs. I was there to teach the students some regional music for an upcoming audition. At this particular school, there were a lot of cello students, and the cellos which were part of the

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