All About Zack
Zack's favorite color
Dark Green
One extended technique cellos were required to do this year in IPO
What is circular bowing, playing on the bridge, false harmonics, etc?
Slide 1
What is the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto
Name that Piece No.1
What is Faure Elegie?
Who studied with Casals, Rostropovich and Pleeth, championed the Elgar Cello Concerto, and died early due to Multiple Sclerosis?
Who is Jacqueline du Pre?
Zack has been at Hartt for this many years
How long is 5 years?
Name one piece of orchestral/chamber repertoire that requires the cello/cello section to tune one of their strings down a half or whole step
What is the Rite of Spring (A-G), Pines of Rome (C - B), Schumann Piano Quartet (C-Bb), etc?
Slide 2
Name that Piece No.2
What is the Brahms F Major Sonata Mvt.1?
Who has played for 9 US presidents, plays on Jacqueline du Pre's Cello, and is a 20-time grammy winner?
Yo-Yo Ma
This is the anime on Zack's lanyard
What is My Hero Academia?
This cello concerto features a cello duet in the second movement (soloist and principal player)
What is the Schumann Cello Concerto?
Slide 3
What is the Elgar Cello Concerto?
Name that Piece No.3
Who studied with Rostropovich, was jailed for buying a tape recorder, and likes to play everything as romantically as possible
Who is Mischa Maisky?
Zack holds multiple cello performance degrees, but he also has this degree from UMass Amherst
What is a Bachelors in Economics
Shostakovich quotes his 1st cello concerto in this string quartet (bonus for movement)
What is Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 (2nd movement)
Slide 4
What is the Dvorak Cello Concerto?
Name that Piece No.4
What is the Kodaly Sonata Mvt.3?
Who taught at Indiana University, taught his first student at age 8, and recorded the first major recording of the Kodaly Cello Sonata?
This is the job Zack was working when he met Professor Tetel for the first time
What is Assistant Manager at Stop and Shop
This famous chamber piece includes an extra cello to make it a string quintet
What is the Schubert String Quintet in C Major Op.163
Slide 5
What is the Brahms Cello Sonata No.1 E Minor?
Name that Piece No.5
What is Bloch Schelomo?
Who is a Norwegian cellist, has multiple recordings of the Bach cello suites (each getting tuned lower and lower) and is Zack's favorite cellist