Over the past few weeks I’ve been rethinking how this community should work, and how I can make it genuinely useful for cellists who want to grow their playing. Up until now, the group has been a bit of a mix — tutorials here, sheet music there, the odd bit of coaching scattered around. So I’ve decided to reshape it into something much clearer. Welcome to The Cello Playground! The Playground is now becoming a dedicated learning space for cellists who want to: • play the music they love to listen to • build confidence on the cello • develop their sound in a relaxed but focused way Inside you'll find structured mini-courses, tutorials, and coaching resources designed to help you grow steadily as a player. Because of this shift, the Playground will now be moving to a paid membership model. You're already here, so nothing changes immediately for you. You’ll continue to have access for the next 30 days, so you can explore the new structure and decide whether you'd like to stay! After that, the Playground will become a members-only learning space. No pressure! If it’s not for you, that’s totally fine of course. But if you’ve been enjoying the tutorials and want to go deeper with your playing, I’d love to have you stay. You currently have access to the 5 Min Cello Cover Tutorials, which are now being organised into a Classroom space for easier learning and navigation. The 7 Day Goal mini course is also available as a taster if you'd like to explore that. Over the next few days you'll see another course appear: How To Play Cello, which will bring together short tutorials to help you build skills and confidence step by step. You'll also soon see the option to book cello lessons if you'd like more personalised guidance. As for sheet music, that will now be available on request. If you're looking for a specific piece or a bundle of music, just let me know and I can arrange it for you. More details about how everything works will follow shortly. And in the meantime… keep playing and having fun!

Here's this month's free sheet music drop! It's a VEEEERY simplified version for you to play, but it's so lovely and easy to learn. No complicated key signatures, all in first position, and the timing is very straightforward. This one makes for a great little showpiece if you're entertaining friends and demonstrating what you know! Tell me - do you prefer the Edith Piaf version, or the Louis Armstrong/Wall-E version?

Everything has a learning curve, and every day is a “Skool” day! 😅 You lovely cellists are my first community on this platform, so I’m also learning how Skool works. I’ve realised that you don’t see the main group rules when you join, so I’ve now pinned a guidelines post for full clarity (in Chit and Chat). I’ve also created a new category where you should (hopefully?!) be able to directly upload your own videos of what you’re learning, to share your progress! Please don’t embed links from other platforms. Please do check out the guidelines, and remember that engagement in the group means you get access to more things! Any questions, don’t hesitate to give me a shout. (And let me know what you’re currently working on!)

Happy Friyay everyone! I just wanted to let you know I've been uploading some mini courses to the Classroom space - it's a series of 7 Day Goals to help and support you with confidence performance, technique, skill, and remembering to enjoy playing! 😅 All of these mini courses are available on the Premium tier. HOWEVER, just like you get to see my sheet music before upgrading via the monthly featured drop, I've added one of the 7 Day Goal Series courses as an unlockable freebie for you! As part of the Skool platform, every time you engage in a post, you receive "points" and begin to level up (I think at the time of posting this, I'm Level 2?). The more you engage, the faster you unlock the freebies. :D So, the mini course "Relax, Breathe, Perform" is now available at level 2, which means you get to see more of what's available for you. And if there's anything you'd like me to address in this mini series, please do let me know and I'll see if I can create a PDF course for you to use whenever you wish! Happy playing... 😁✨