NDCA Store
Welcome to the NDCA's Cello City Store
Our festival store is a great place to get those incredibly hard to find New Directions Cello materials. Now you can also get these items through our newsletter and secure e-commerce web site. Every purchase helps the artist who created the work you buy and a portion of the proceeds also benefits the New Directions Cello Association & Festival.
NDCA members get a 10% discount on all purchases!
Mission Statement: The goals of the New Directions Cello Association & Festival are to promote awareness and interaction in the field of nonclassical cello, which encompasses all styles of music not commonly taught at music schools, especially those styles which incorporate improvisation.
CDs | Click for more
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In the Shade of Angels New compositions for cello alone and with other instruments. Recorded in a stone church in Vermont, In the Shade of Angels, explores the full range of Friesen's original music - inventive improv's, dark rhapsodies, swinging pizzicato, songful melodies, pulsing rhythm - and includes a captivating duet with the song of a humpback whale. Guest musicians include Tim Ray from Lyle Lovett's band adding sparkle and sweep on piano; Jamey Haddad, percussionist with Paul Simon, in a duet for handdrum and cello; and Jody Elff on electric guitars and laptop. |
Eugene Friesen | $6.99 |
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Earthdance The music of cellist Stephen Katz fuses the kinetic energy of contemporary dance grooves with an unerring instinct for the listener's yearning to be transported beyond the concert hall. One of the new breed of solo performers who uses live looping electronics to generate full ensemble textures from a single instrument, Katz has distinguished himself as a composer of seamlessly integrated pieces that unfold layer-by-layer in concert. |
Stephen Katz | $16.00 |
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Conversations in Waves Tom and Sera spent the spring and summer of 2001 in the Electric Wilburland Studio recording a "duo" album of original compositions, called "Conversations in Waves". The CD was officially released in November of 2001 and included 11 new compositions - six written by Tom, two written by Sera, one written by Tom and Ithacan Annie Burns, and two composed together by Tom and Sera. |
Tom Mank and Sera Smolen | $10.99 |
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Paper Kisses Tom Mank, a self-taught singer-songwriter, and Sera Smolen, a conservatory trained cellist, blend their musical languages into an eclectic style. This is their 5th Album recorded together - with well known musicians and singers from Woodstock and Ithaca. See: Press and Reviews of Paper Kisses. |
Tom Mank and Sera Smolen | $14.99 |
Books | Click for more
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Crossing To Scotland-Celtic Music For cello Crossing to Scotland by Abby Newton. For Cello. Transcribed Solos. Scottish. Beginning-Intermediate. Book. 32 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.98011). ISBN 9780786644520. Scottish. 8.75x11.75 inches. |
Abby Newton | $17.00 |
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Castles, Kirks and Caves Castles, Kirks and Caves. (Traditional Tunes From Scotland and Ireland). By Abby Newton. For Cello. Solos. Celtic/Irish. Beginning-Intermediate. Book. 64 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.21291). ISBN 9780786675876. Celtic/Irish. 8.75x11.75 inches. This is the second popular book of beautiful Celtic tunes compiled and arranged for the cello by Abby Newton. Most of the tunes in this collection are from her recent recordings, Castles Kirks and Caves and Ferintosh. |
Abby Newton | $12.00 |
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New Directions in Cello Playing How to Make Cello Playing Easier and Play Without Pain. New Directions in Cello Playing introduces natural, tension-free ways of playing and anatomically improved techniques that prevent performance-related injury. Its innovative approach to body use increases efficiency and improves performance. This revised and expanded edition also includes new strategies for teaching beginners. |
Victor Sazer | $28.95 |
Sheet Music | Click for more
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Cellophants A cello ensemble piece with four different parts plus score. A romp, a stomp, with "extended techniques", and a show-stopping climax. Beginner/early-intermediate quartet that works as well for duo or trio. (4 parts plus score.) |
Stephen Katz | $14.95 |
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Violinjazzedition- Blue Rondo A La Turk | String Quartet Dave Brubeck |
Jeremy Cohen | $12.00 |
