Rachel plays the cello

WHIMSICAL EXCURSION BOATS! 'Tis the new Brad Dutz album! Released on pfMentum! Get it today! www.braddutz.com! (available very soon... late November mehinks...) p.s. I designed the album cover (i.e. I made the clay creatures) ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------I grew up in Glendale, CA on Burchett St. I used to like calling it "Bird Shit Street." My mom is my best friend.I went to Mark Keppel Elementary School, which is where I was introduced to the cello in the fourth grade. Mrs. Pinkston, a crunchy old lady who always wore a curly-brown wig and stockings, was the music teacher. Initially I wanted to play the flute (because the "Pan" character in King's Quest IV played the flute), but only fifth-graders were allowed to play the flute so I chose the cello. I had a lot of fun with it, dug playing in the kiddie-orchestra, and finally ended up taking private lessons with a slave-driving Suzuki teacher who shall remain nameless. She was a great teacher but kind-of insane and so I switched teachers. Blah blah blah, I got older and still played cello, went through the whole awkward junior-high thing, got way nerded-out in high school, worked at the Metzler violin shop in Glendale, joined youth orchestras and chamber groups around Los Angeles County, and at some point decided that I couldn't not do music for a living. So I went and got my Bachelor's in music, have done really fun/neat/nifty projects, and I am very grateful for that. I also taught cello through the Harmony Project in Hollywood and at a Korean music school in Valencia. It was great. I also got into microtonal music a couple of years ago and joined a Harry Partch cover-band. Really yummy music.Even though the LA-thang was working for me, I decided to run away to Boston and get my MM at the Longy School of Music. Woo! Me all done with school now. So now I perform with the Juventas Ensemble, Partch Ensemble, Brad Dutz Ensemble (when I'm in LA), and I teach at Page Music (Boston), Lexington Prep School, and I have my own private studio. It's pretty neat.Oh yeah and I do yoga. A lot. I'll be a certified yoga instructor....in a few months...