25th Annual

New Directions Cello Festival

Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA.

June 21 – 23, 2019.It was destined to be an extra special festival in Boston.
A cause for celebration, lots of new directions cello energy and a dose of melancholy at the prospect that this could be the last New Directions Cello Festival of all.

New Directions Cello Festival Photos

2019 Festival

Helen Gillet playing at bar with singer songwriter

Rufus Cappadocia workshop w. Jeremy Harmon, Anne Schwarz, Stephan Braun & Gunther Tiedemann

Stijn Kuppens workshop with Liz Davis Maxfield

Chris White & his wife Marce Little dancing

Chris White in Gunther Tiedemann's workshop

Helen Gillet, Carolina Borja & Barry Kornhauser

Eugene, Corbin & Coman Fevrier () (volunteer) in a workshop

New Directions Cello Festival Video

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