Video message from recipient Jalayne Mitchell

April 29, 2020 By Miriam Shames

"This cello has opened up so many new technical possibilities which have lead to new musical possibilities, and then to new career possibilities. I cannot thank you enough! The price of an instrument that is musically sufficient, let alone playable, is such a hurdle. It has been discouraging to see so many fellow musicians get to a point where they give up on this craft, or feel that they have no other choice. Because of the generosity of groups like CCF, people like me feel like they can really keep going... like they really do have a place in the musical world."

- Paul Virgilio

"I was 14 years old when I got the cello from Dr. Carlsen. It had been two years since I started cello and I had just changed teachers. I was in ninth grade and was working with a $1,200 Korean cello bought from Hammond Ashley. After I got the cello from Dr. Carlsen I started working harder with more responsibility and with more joy because of the better sounds that I was getting from the cello. Since then I have gotten another cello from Dr. Carlsen, a better one which I am working with now. It has helped me to compete in higher levels and to reach the level that I am at now, in the graduate program at Indiana University. The biggest change since I got the cello is my attitude towards the instrument, working harder and getting more satisfaction since the instrument responds much better to my efforts."

- Haeyoon Shin

Video message from recipient Jalayne Mitchell

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