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Orchestra Excerpts Tier List | Cello Edition

posted in Excerpts, Orchestra, YouTube Videos on April 17, 2023 by Cello Ben 0 Comments
Ben sitting at his table in front of a microphone and laptop. Text says "cello excerpts: ranked hot take tier list incoming". The background is a fire.

I’m sorry to be a bit late on this post here…this is last week’s Friday video. Tier lists have been all the rage for awhile (at least, I think so), so I decided to make my first one. This time, it’s ranking orchestral excerpts. Anyone who’s trying to get a job in an orchestra has… Continue reading →

Professional Cellist Reacts To Orchestra Memes

posted in Humor, Orchestra, YouTube Videos on April 12, 2023 by Cello Ben 0 Comments
Text that says "MEME TIME REACTING TO CELLO/ORCHESTRA MEMES" with pictures of Cello Ben, a vector graphic of Doge, and an image of Meme Man.

Who doesn’t love a good meme? In this video, I go through a few memes that I thought were humorous/cute/interesting, and I’m hoping you feel the same way about them. This was unscripted, and I don’t have a script to the video to share, but I do hope that you’ll leave me some tips for… Continue reading →

How I Learned 164 Pieces In 7 Months

posted in Cello Life, Cello Tips, Orchestra on March 31, 2023 by Cello Ben 0 Comments
Thumbnail saying "I learned 2.1kg of music in 7 months How did I survive?" on an orange background with a shocked emoji and a picture of my scale displaying 2.1+kg of weight under the practice parts.

Professional orchestra life involves a giant queue of music. Whenever you finish learning a cycle, you can count on having to jump into learning the next one very soon after. So it requires careful management to be able to learn all of this repertoire, and learn it well. In this video, I give some insight… Continue reading →

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