Jon will be presenting a session with Daniel Ketter (Missouri State University) Lisa Caravan (Eastman School of Music), and Bianca D Avila do Prado (Music Institute of Chicago / University of Idaho Preparatory Division) titled “Creating New Works for Cello Students” at the ASTA National Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Friday, March 22, 2024.

What do we want the future of our Classical music performance tradition to look like? In fifty years, will every cello student still play the seemingly indefatigable “Swan” by Saint-Saëns? Join a panel of commissioned cello artist-teacher composers and experienced consortium leaders about providing support to cellist-composers shaping student repertoire for the future, featuring a short performance of new works.

Full Schedule of the ASTA 2024 conference may be found here: https://www.astastrings.org/site/2024-conference-schedules