ASTRID SCHWEEN
cellist
“…an emotional force…”
“…big tone and virtuosic brilliance…”
“…immediately cast a spell…”
2021 Virtual Guest Artist Appearances
January 3
Cello Master Class for Inaugural Sewanee WinterFest
University of the South
Sewanee, TN
January 25
Interview for “What Makes a Successful Audition?”
Jacqueline Jove
Former Educational Director, Sphinx Organization
January 30
Cello Master Class The Juilliard School
Music Advancement Program
New York, NY
February 1
Interview with Noa Kageyama for “The Bulletproof Musician”
Podcast date: March 7
February 26
Cello Master Class for the Royal Academy of Music
Paul Taylor Academy
Toronto, Ontario Canada
February 27
Cello Master Class for McGill University
Class of Matt Haimovitz
Montreal, Quebec Canada
February 28
Cello Master Class for CelloLab at New World School of the Arts
Miami, FL
February 28
Faculty Panelist for CelloLab at New World School of the Arts
With Brian Hayslett, Francesca McNealey and German Marcano
Miami, FL
February 28
Panelist for Bowdoin International Music Festival Alumni Event
With members of the Ying, Brentano and Miro quartets
March 5
Cello Master Class for University of Southern California
Class of Ralph Kirshbaum
Los Angeles, CA
March 7
“Bulletproof Musician” Podcast with Noa Kageyama
March 26
JSQ Concert Stream for Music at Amherst Chamber Series
Amherst College
Amherst, MA
March 27
JSQ Virtual Chamber Music Master Class for Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst, MA
April 25
Cello Master Class for Bridge Online Studio
Class of Kate Kayaian
May 2
JSQ Virtual Concert Stream for Peoples Symphony
New York, NY
May 16
"The Cellist as Interpreter: Exploring Technical and Artistic Solutions"
Guest Artist for “Cellobration”
Presentation and Conversation with ASTA MD/DC Chapter
May 23
Cello Master Class for Thurnauer School of Music
Kaplan JCC on the Palisades
Tenafly, NJ
June 13-17
Juilliard String Quartet Seminar
The Juilliard School
New York, NY
July 9
Cello Master Class for Summer Strings Intensive for Girls
July 11
JSQ Concert at Music Mountain
Falls Village, CT
July 13
JSQ Concert at Colorado Music Festival
Boulder, CO
July 17
Cello Master Class for the International Cello Institute Summer Program: 2021 Virtual Edition
with Pablo Ferrández, Jens Peter Mainz, Johannes Moser, Clive Greensmith
August 2-22
Cello Faculty for Perlman Music Program
Shelter Island, NY
Week of August 1: Date TBD
Cello Master Class for Cincinnati Young Artists Virtual Cello Academy
August 7-8
Cello Master Class for Vivace! Summer Music Festival
August 14
Cello Master Class for The Cello Camerata
August 15
Cello Master Class for Emerald Coast Chamber Music Festival
Fall 2020 Virtual Guest Artist Appearances
September 17
Chamber Music Master Class for Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
September 19 & 26
Panel Discussion on The Walker Sonata for CelloBello
October 1
Cello Master Class for The University of Memphis
Class of Dr. Kimberly Patterson
Memphis, TN
October 5
Guest Artist Lecture for Smith College - Wind Ensemble
Northampton, MA
October 25 & 31
Cello Master Class and Panel Discussion
Inaugural CelloBello Audition Preparation Workshop
CelloBello
November 15
JSQ in Virtual Conversation
Green Music Center at Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA
November 18
Guest Artist Live steam Solo Recital and Benefit Concert
Boulder Philharmonic
Boulder, CO
December 2
JSQ Educational Event
Green Music Center at Sonoma State University
December 16
JSQ Concert - Live stream
Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
Summer 2020 Virtual Guest Artist Appearances
May 1
Interview with Astrid Schween and Seneca Garber
Seattle Chamber Music Festival
May 14
JSQ in Conversation
Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University
Orange, CA
June 2
Interview with Astrid Schween and Brian Wise for CMA’s Chamber Music Magazine
June 22
Interview and Panel Discussion
Ricercare: Quartets in Quarantine
String Quartet Biënnale Amsterdam
With Vlad Bogdanas, Astrid Schween, Judith van Driel, and Cibrán Sierra.
June 27
“Hatter Hangout” on Facebook Live
With Astrid Schween, Roger Tapping and Jamie Clark
Stetson University School of Music
July 2
Tanglewood Learning Institute “ShopTalks” Interview and Q&A
With Astrid Schween, Areta Zhulla and Sue Elliott
Tanglewood Music Festival
Lenox, MA
July 5
Interview with Astrid Schween and Norman Fischer
Tanglewood Music Center Chamber Music Concerts
Highlights of String Quartet Seminar
Lenox, MA
July 6-25
Cello Faculty
Perlman Music Program
Shelter Island, NY
July 12
Cello Master Class for Sphinx Summer Performance Academy
The Juilliard School
New York, NY
July 16
Cello Master Class for Virtual Summer Cello Festival
July 22
Cello Master Class for Tanglewood Learning Institute
Michael Nock, host
Tanglewood Music Center
Lenox, MA
July 29
Cello Performance Class for Juilliard Pre-College Summer Term
New York, NY
July 31
Cello Master Class for San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, CA
August 12-22
Cello Faculty and Guest Speaker
Presenter, “Interpretation and the Art of the Bow”
Panelist for William Pleeth Conversation
Vivac-e Virtual Cello Festival