The Complete Works for Cello and Piano - Parts 1 & 2

$25.00 (Includes shipping)

I lovingly call this album my ‘crazy covid project’.  At the beginning of the Covid shut down in 2020, I was looking for ways to keep playing, to keep motivated and to keep growing!  2020 was also Beethoven’s 250th birthday year, and I had planned a few concerts in the Fall of 2020 to celebrate his music, which were unfortunately all canceled due to the shut down.  

Instead, (insert long story here) Elizabeth Brown, Jessica McKee and I decided to live-stream a concert of all the works of Beethoven for cello and piano.  While it was not the original intention to perform them all in one long concert, due to covid restrictions and other extenuating circumstances, we did. We gave a performance in November of 2020 as a fundraiser for the Annapolis Symphony Academy. The recording project followed in the spring and summer of 2021, and we are thrilled to share with you the result!.

If you’re interested in purchasing a copy of our CD, please contact me at danshomper@me.com.

Listen to a Sample

 
7 Variations on Bei Mannern WO

Collaborators

  • Dr. Elizabeth Brown enjoys a diverse musical career as a teacher and collaborative pianist in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. After receiving her doctorate in piano from the University of Maryland, she served on UMD's faculty as lecturer for several years. Dr. Brown has over 15 years' experience teaching piano at every skill level.

    She helps beginners come to a love of music and enjoys working with more advanced students to polish their technique and develop their musicianship. Dr. Brown's studio also includes many adult piano students, from beginners to experienced pianists, all of whom enjoy continuous musical learning. Dr. Brown performs regularly as a chamber musician in the D.C. area and currently plays at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Cheverly, MD.

    Before her doctorate, Dr. Brown received her masters degree in collaborative piano from the University of Maryland. She previously graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University, where she received dual Bachelors Degrees in English Literature and Piano Performance and where she was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

  • Jessica McKee is an active collaborator throughout the D.C. metropolitan area. Passionate about chamber music, she is a founding member of the Iris Piano Trio, an outreach-based chamber group that began at Charles E. Smith Life Communities in Rockville, MD. She has held adjunct teaching positions at various local institutions including Montgomery Community College, The University of Maryland and Washington Adventist University. She is currently Staff Collaborative pianist at The University of Maryland, performing for recitals throughout the academic year. Outside the university, she is an extremely active performer, frequently collaborating with both students and professionals in recordings, recitals and chamber music concerts in the D.C. area as well as throughout the United States. Her playing can be heard on professional recordings Consonant Connections and A Winters Night.

    McKee holds both her Masters and Doctoral of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Maryland where she studied with Rita Sloan and worked closely with the Maryland Opera Studio as well as the brass, string and wind faculties. McKee also attended the University of Michigan where she studied piano with Logan Skelton and Douglas Humphreys and played violin in the Philharmonic Orchestra.

    McKee maintains a small private teaching studio at her home in Maryland where she lives with her husband, her two young daughters, her cat and her dog.