We are excited to announce that we have launched the online fundraising campaign for our new book, Contemporary Cello Etudes: Studies in Style and Technique, featuring 30 brand-new, never-before-published, non-classical cello etudes, composed by 13 wonderful contributors! Check out our campaign video, and please consider purchasing and helping us spread the word! :) The other contributors include Rushad Eggleston, Erik Friedlander, Mark Summer, Ashley Bathgate, Giovanni Sollima, Jacob Szekely, Natalie Haas, Rufus Cappadocia, Eugene Friesen, Jeffrey Zeigler, and Matt Turner. Click here to learn more.

Sandeep Das, an Indian Tabla player, Kinan Idnawi, a Syrian oud player, Farzin Dehghan, an Iranian Kemanche player, and myself performed live online to help celebrate the culture and some of the people from the countries on the travel ban list.  #MusicUnites Click here to watch live broadcast.

The Silk Road Ensemble won a 2017 Grammy award for our album Sing Me Home! Visit SilkRoadProject.org

This was the debut of an annual educational event for Chinese Classical Musicians in Guangzhou, China, led by Yo-Yo Ma, and conductor Long Yu.  I directed the non-classical portions of this event, as well as performed the Zhou Lin Duo Concerto for Cello and Sheng at the Opening Ceremony with fellow Silk Road Ensemble member Wu Tong, and Resident Conductor of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Jing Huan. Click here to visit YMCGChina.com.

Performed at RockyGrass Bluegrass Festival with legends Tony Trischka, Mike Marshall, Bryan Sutton, Darol Anger, Michael Daves, Andy Hall, and Missy Raines in a set featuring all of us Bluegrass teachers from the groundbreaking instructional website.

All 14 patent claims for my design of an intentional harness to enable a cellist to stand while playing was approved by the US Government.