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Upcoming Events
February 17 at 6:00 PM
Cellospeak Presents!
Bomin Collins & Susanna Mendlow in Concert
March 31 at 4:00 PM
Peabody Peled Cello Gang
(Co-presented by the Fairfax Symphony)
April 14 at 7:00 PM
Cellospeak Presents!
Tapestry Cello Ensemble in Concert
May 18
Weekend Workshop
July 21 – 27
Skill Builder Workshop
July 28 – August 3
Ensemble Workshop
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Honorary Chairman
Zuill Bailey
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Cellospeak YouTube Channel
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Bomin Son Collins
Cellospeak Artistic Director
Bomin Son Collins graduated Magna Cum Laude from Boston University with a Bachelor of Music Performance and received her Masters in Music Education at George Mason University. She started her music training early on the piano but then switched to cello as her choice instrument at the age of 9. Since then, she has held principal roles in the American Youth Philharmonic, Boston University Chamber Orchestra and was a fellow member of the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program on a full scholarship.
As a cellist, she has performed and was featured as a soloist at multiple venues such as Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall and the Kennedy Center. She obtained numerous awards from many competitions including a Grand Prize from the Third International New Praise for Piano and Strings. She has participated in master classes with Alban Gerhardt, Paul Katz, Norman Fisher and Joshua Gordon. Her principal teachers include Dorothy Amarandos, Glenn Garlick of the National Symphony Orchestra and late Marc Johnson of the Vermeer Quartet.
As an educator, Collins currently directs and oversees over 250 students in five different levels at Longfellow Middle School in Falls Church, VA. All her groups consistently receive superior ratings at participating competitions and state assessments. Her Chamber Orchestra, which is the highest level of five, was recently chosen to perform at Virginia Music Educator Association Conference in Fall 2016. Recordings are submitted and judged blindly, and the top programs across the state of Virginia are selected to perform for the conference.
In addition to teaching, Collins enjoys being a music coach in the community and freelances as a cellist. She continues to sustain her love for playing the cello as a section member in the McLean Orchestra and American Festival Pops Orchestra. She also serves as a faculty member at Ovations Summer String Academy, and Vienna Summer Strings. She was appointed Artistic Director of Cellospeak in May 2017.
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