Cello

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Welcome to the cello studio at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music!

An integral part of the College of Music, our studio comprises undergraduate and graduate cello students who intensively study the art of cello performance and pedagogy. The focus of the studio is primarily on private lessons, studio classes and technique classes, as well as outreach projects and cello ensemble opportunities. Most of our cello studio members are also active in the College of Music chamber music program. All performance majors are members of the University Symphony Orchestra.

David Requiro

First-prize winner of the 2008 Naumburg International Violoncello Competition, the Washington International and Irving M. Klein International String Competitions and the Gaspar Cassadó International Violoncello Competition in Hachioji, Japan—coupled with the prize for the best performances of works by Cassadó—David Requiro (pronounced re-KEER-oh) has emerged as one of today’s finest American cellists. Requiro has made concerto appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic and several orchestras from California—including the Marin, Oakland East Bay, Peninsula, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and Stockton symphonies. Prior to joining the University of Colorado Boulder in 2015, Requiro served as artist-in-residence at the University of Puget Sound and as a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan. His artist faculty appointments include the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival, Giverny Chamber Music Festival, Innsbrook Music Festival and Institute, Maui Classical Music Festival and Olympic Music Festival. As a member of the Baumer String Quartet, he co-founded the annual Monterey Chamber Music Workshop. MORE

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Recent appointments


Roberto Arundale (DMA ’23)–Aspen Music Festival and School’s Strings ArtistYear Teaching Fellow
Chas Barnard (AD ’25)–Section cello, Boulder Philharmonic; appointed to The Orchestra Now (Bard College)
Ethan Blake (BM ’22)–Section cello, Alabama Symphony Orchestra; assistant principal cello, Boulder Philharmonic​
Dakota Cotugno (BM ’19)–Section cello, Colorado Symphony
Kamila Dotta (BM ’20)–Appointed to The New World Symphony
Jacob Saunders (DMA ’21)–Associate principal cello, Boise Philharmonic; artistic director of 208 Ensemble
Matthew Wiest (BM ’23)–Section cello, Boulder Philharmonic

Recent summer festival fellowships

CU Boulder cellists have been awarded full-tuition fellowships to the following prestigious festivals: Music Academy of the West’s Summer School and Festival, Aspen Music Festival and School, Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival and Institute, Banff Centre for the Arts, National Repertory Orchestra Festival and Bowdoin International Music Festival.

Recent awards


Roberto Arundale (DMA ’23)–Awarded M-Power Artist Grant from the Sphinx Organization
Andrew Brown (DMA)–First prize + audience prize, College of Music Bruce Ekstrand Memorial Competition
Dakota Cotugno (BM ’18)–Second prize (Silver Medal) + Pablo Casals Bach Prize at the Irving M. Klein International String Competition; undergraduate winner, CU Boulder Honors Concerto Competition (performing Elgar Cello Concerto with the University Symphony Orchestra 2016-2017)
Peyton Magalhaes (MM ’23)–First prize, College of Music Bruce Ekstrand Memorial Competition
Jacob Saunders (DMA ‘21)–First prize, College of Music Bruce Ekstrand Memorial Competition as member of Saunders/Mientka Duo
Ethan Blake (BM ’22)–Undergraduate division, College of Music Honors Concerto Competition (performed Dvořák Cello Concerto with the University Symphony Orchestra, 2021-2022); first prize, Arapahoe Philharmonic Young Artist Concerto Competition; performed Elgar Cello Concerto with the CU Boulder University Symphony Orchestra, 2016-2017

Contact

David Requiro, Chair
Associate Professor of Cello
david.requiro@colorado.edu
Imig Music Building, N175

 

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