ORGANIZATIONAL

HISTORY

Since our founding the Texas Cellos Foundation has presented 60 concerts with 12000+ attendees, four MUSIC@MILL Festivals ( now TexasCellos SESSIONS) and four seasons of Texas Cello School Institutes with 350+ elementary-postgrad cello students enrolled. ( >80% received scholarships ) 

The ability to understand the beauty of music and the opportunity to learn to master an instrument are truly some of the best gifts that you can give.

The Texas Cellos Foundation with its sub organizations are an extension of this philosophy. We believe that it is important to gather musicians of all ages and levels who share a common interest, where the young are inspired by the mature, and a world class faculty provides inspiration for students and audiences alike. Texas Cellos will continue to create an ecosystem for musicians to share their knowledge, and musical wisdom on and off the stage.

GROWTH PLAN

The Texas Cellos have joined the ranks of a beloved institution in Texan musical life. In 2020, a pandemic cello choir became the impetus for founding a cello ensemble. Its exceptional tonal and virtuosic qualities soon took concert audiences by storm, and now the Texas Cellos enjoy a remarkable following, selling out at every concert they have given.

Whether they’re playing classics from baroque to modern, jazz, tango, movie tunes, or avant-garde, listeners are invariably fascinated by the wide range of unique and intoxicating timbres that these cellos can produce, and their mixture of seriousness and humor, of depth and lightness, appeals to audiences of all ages.

Since 2020, with grass roots support Texas Cellos has consistently presented programs of the highest level international artists to sold out audiences, and recruited and talented students to Texas Cello School.

The cello choir itself is now touring around the country to performing to sold out audiences in notable venues. The Institute continues to grow in reputation around the world and to attract the highest level teachers and students.

Our popular MUSIC@MILL Festival, was rebranded to TexasCellos SESSIONS.

‘The most renowned musicians of our time in Texas’s coolest clubs, breweries, and venues where they are free to blend genres in a casual setting.’

In April 2024 Metamorphosis Dallas, a conductor-less chamber orchestra presented a GALA concert in Winspear Opera House with cellist Steven Isserlis as soloist to a crowd of over 1,000.

To attract more international talent and to put us on the map around the globe, in 2026 Texas Cellos will launch the Texas Cello Grand Prix International Competition, a high-level event open to cellists of all nationalities aged 16–30. In launching the Texas Cello Grand Prix, with the highest level jury, competitors and prizes Texas Cellos will define itself on the international music scene bringing to Texas what is usually only available in New York city or Europe.

Under the umbrella of the TEXAS CELLOS FOUNDATION our various sub organizations has become a grass roots ecosystem that enriches the lives of Texans with an approach of learning by doing in music education and accessible, popular performances in cool venues.

PHILOSOPHY

‘Each person is an individual and deserves to be treated uniquely.’