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Renowned virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma is launching a virtual online series studying the music of J.S. Bach. The interactive virtual program features special guests, and runs for eight information-filled weeks, sure to delight cellists everywhere.
The experience is varied, taking participants on an interesting journey through the music of Bach, and includes eight weeks of rich programming, including four livestream sessions with Yo-Yo Ma, conversations with special guests, and weekly live community discussions.
There will be weekly releases of video episodes featuring Yo-Yo Ma, four rising young cellists, and an audience of co-creators on a collaborative journey through Bach’s six solo suites for cello.
Bonus content will include behind-the-scenes footage, additional interviews and performances by the cellists, and a rarely seen archival recording of Yo-Yo Ma performing Bach’s six solo suites for cello.
The experience includes access to a private community for connection and collaboration with fellow explorers, with dedicated spaces for discussion, week-by-week engagement around the program materials, and special visits from Yo-Yo.
There will be new weekly episodes, with themes imagined by Yo-Yo to complement each suite, and the schedule is listed as:
Monday, 1st May – Introduction to Music Art Life
Monday, 8th May – Suite 1: Nature at Play
Monday, 15th May – Suite 2: Journey to Light
Monday, 22nd May – Suite 3: Celebration
Monday, 29th May – Suite 4: Building
Monday, 5th June – Suite 5: Struggle for Hope
Monday, 12th June – Suite 6: Epiphany
The live in conversation features with special guests (in real-time when you register as a collaborator) schedule is listed as:
Thursday, 4th May – Welcome Session with Yo-Yo Ma and Music Art Life Members
Wednesday, 17th May – Yo-Yo Ma in Conversation with Adam Grant
Thursday, 1st June – Yo-Yo Ma in Conversation with Jacob Collier
Thursday, 15th June – Yo-Yo Ma in Conversation with Baratunde Thurston
Thursday, 22nd June – Yo-Yo Ma in Conversation with Krista Tippett
The featured artists joining Yo-Yo Ma will include Jacob Collier, Krista Tippett, Baratunde Thurston, and Adam Grant.
The featured cellists will include Elena Ariza, Leland Ko, Lindsey Sharpe, and Kamila Dotta.
The cello master explained his love for the suites, saying:
“Bach’s six cello suites have been my constant musical companions. For almost six decades, they have given me sustenance, comfort, and joy during times of stress, celebration, and loss. What power does this music possess that even today, after three hundred years, they continue to help us navigate our search for meaning and purpose?”
There are two access levels to the program: participant or collaborator.
The participant level is priced at $99 and includes:
Access to all program content, including 10+ hours of video, weekly prompts and challenges, and supplementary materials
Access to recordings of livestreams and discussion series
The collaborator level is priced at $299 and includes:
Access to all program content, including 10+ hours of video, weekly prompts and challenges, and supplementary materials
Participation in all live sessions with Yo-Yo and guest livestream discussions
Participation in live facilitated community conversations
Access to recordings of livestreams and discussion series
Full access to community platform, including thematic discussion channels, live moderated community conversations, and special drop-in spaces
This certainly looks like a unique opportunity for cellists around the world to learn from the master himself, and Ma’s enthusiasm for the program shines through as brightly as his talents:
“This is a musical sandbox; we’re going to play together and build something together”. – Yo-Yo Ma
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