Master Class and Workshop featuring Pedro de Alcantara
About
I grew up in Brazil, studied the cello in New York, spent seven years in London, and settled in Paris. This meant leaving home, passing between cultures, learning new languages . . . adapting and transforming myself. My professional life, too, has been one of transformation. I started my career as a classically trained musician, became a teacher and coach, and discovered a passion for writing.
Books, articles, and essays have propelled my exploration and contributed to the continuing transformation of my thinking.
After many years away from the concert stage, I started performing again—but this time not as a classically trained cellist but as an improviser, composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist.
My new music is the embodiment of transformation. The cello becomes a lute, a theorbo, or a percussion instrument. The voice becomes a trumpet, a herald, or the cry of a whale. Music itself is transformed: A song becomes a prayer, and a prayer becomes child’s play.
In my work as a teacher and coach, I help my clients achieve their own health-giving transformations. My work and my life, then, are one. I can barely wait to see what’ll be my next metamorphosis!
About Master Classes
A master class is a special opportunity for students and guests to watch and learn from a guest teacher and expert in their area. Guests work with students as a group or one at a time in front of an audience. The guest can engage with students and audiences in a variety of ways, often providing feedback on how to improve their technique, expression, and interpretation.
Guests may also share stories about their experiences such as their career, learning a piece, working with a composer, demonstrating how to play certain passages, and pointing out common issues and ways to improve.
All spectators and students can benefit from observing a master class and learning master’s teaching and listening to the different versions of the piece.
Questions About the Master Class or Workshop?
Contact: Third Street Music School
e-mail: [email protected]
Anna-Maria Kellen
Concert Hall
Workshop 1:30 — 3:00 pm (Appropriate for any musician of any age, beginners welcome.)
Masterclass 3:00 — 4:30 pm (Pedro will work with individual Third Street students in front of an audience. All are welcome to attend)
Free!
