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Total Cello Immersion

Become a Badass Cellist. Learn the Cello Guru Method.

TOTAL CELLO IMMERSION

The six month program that will absolutely change your life.

Play beautifully. No more excuses.

TCI Members Speak

"It's fantastic. I really, really love it!

-Susan S. from Scotland

"This program is very, very rewarding..."

"Patricia S. from Owosso, MI

"Just do it. It's seriously worth it."

-Vanessa E. from Queensland, AU

Find your community - Reignite your Passion.

A 6 Month Cello Mentorship Program for Adult Cellists

Find the tools, techniques and the mindset needed. Mar@thecelloguru.com

Total Cello Immersion:

Katherine

Katherine

Katherine

“The Total Cello Immersion Program is fabulous. 

I encourage everyone to check it out.” 

Moss Beach, CA

April

Katherine

Katherine

"The improvement I see  in myself  from TCI is tremendous."

-Orlando, FLA

Gregory

Katherine

Gregory

 "I am most appreciative for this TCI program."

Kalamazoo, MI

Miriam

Miriam

Gregory

"Well worth your time, energy and money. You will fall in love with the cello all over again..."

-Boca Raton, FLA

Susan

Miriam

Susan

I have so much more confidence from the TCI program. Thank you Cello Guru!

Scotland

Pooh

Miriam

Susan


I have been studying with Marcie Brown The Cello Guru for a few years and I can't say enough about her teaching. I am studying both classical music and improvisation.  If you are thinking of studying the cello I urge you to check out her classes. Blending both classical and improvisation will make one a well rounded cellist. Honestly, I n


I have been studying with Marcie Brown The Cello Guru for a few years and I can't say enough about her teaching. I am studying both classical music and improvisation.  If you are thinking of studying the cello I urge you to check out her classes. Blending both classical and improvisation will make one a well rounded cellist. Honestly, I never would have thought I would be playing like this from where I started, but between her teaching and hard work I am looking forward to see how far I can take this beautiful instrument.

Are you a cellist who can play, but you are just not finding the inspiration to go all in on your cello career?

Are you bored with the same old practice routine that you have been doing for years?

Are you telling yourself that the party is over and you can't find inspiration and you just don't know if you ever will again?

If this sounds like you, hold on.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Imagine a time when you are playing your cello constantly.

You pick up your cello and you actually play compositions that have some deep meaning to you.

You are playing soulfully and beautifully.

Your phrases are fluent and your vibrato is expressive and lovely.

You know how to improvise on some of your favorite tunes and you do it regularly and it makes you laugh because it's light and fun and easy.

You are actually emoting through the strings of the cello and swaying within your own lovely musical passages…

You have found your cello freedom.

This could totally be you.

Total Cello Immersion is a six month intensive cello program that can help you do just that.

TCI is an online hybrid cello program that combines the best of all teaching methods to create the fastest, most intense progress possible.

We combine weekly studio classes, performance opportunities, video trainings, constant peer check ins, guest speakers, and e-mail and text support to get excellent results.

The next session of TCI starts at the beginning of the month. Don't miss it. Book a free Play Better Cello Call below to see if you are a good fit.

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Hey cellist,

Maybe you thought you were too old to excel at this lovely instrument that we play.


Maybe someone told you that you didn't have what it takes, or that you sounded crummy, and you believed them.


Well I'm here to offer another idea.


What if  you not being able to play like you want to has nothing to do with your age?


When I was eighteen, I went to college. I surrounded myself with cello 24/7. I had private instruction, classes, and tons of cellists around me every day to help me improve and to make sure I was bound to get good.


It's pretty near impossible to get good on this instrument with one lesson per week, and then the next six days you spend reinforcing bad habits.


What if you just need to surround yourself with an environment like the one we have in college? 


What if that's the ticket right there to learning to excel on the instrument?


Well, the Cello Guru has created a Cello University for adults so they can find an environment that is totally immersive in cello study, and so they can become badass musicians, no matter their age or their circumstance in life.


It's called Total Cello Immersion.


If you are an adult who wants to be able to sing on the cello but you just think it's not possible, think again, my friend.


TCI students are finding their highest musical selves every day, learning to sound beautiful in playing the music they love with confidence and consistency so that people will really want to hear them play.



Hi.


I'm Marcie Brown,  and I'm the Cello Guru.  

 

I help adult cellists become badass musicians by filling in the blanks of their musical education so that they can play with consistency, confidence and abandon.


Who would have thought that at my age, (somewhere beyond fifty…), that I would be playing the best cello of my life?


Think about it- gymnasts and figure skaters peak in their teens, and baseball and football players peak in their twenties.


Singers usually peak in their thirties and forties.


But for me, that hasn’t been the case.


I’m playing the best cello of my life right now. 


My technique is the sharpest it has ever been. 


My musicality is over the moon.


I can skillfully play pieces that I could not come near in my twenties and thirties.

In this six month hybrid course, you will get:

Weekly Studio Class

Private Facebook Group

Private Facebook Group

Regular online  classes that focus on technical and musical aspects of cello playing. Here we will work the scales and arpeggios and etudes needed to gain cello playing expertise and we will go over in depth your solo pieces to get you playing soulfully and beautifully.

Private Facebook Group

Private Facebook Group

Private Facebook Group

Here you will be surrounded by and in constant contact with other Total Cello Immersion members. This will create close community and ensure accountability.

The Cello Guru Method

Private Facebook Group

The Cello Guru Method

 Combining Suzuki, Scales, Celtic  Chord Charts and Community for a healthy, well rounded approach to the fastest progress possible for you.

Celebration Concerts

Monthly Focus Elements

The Cello Guru Method

Our students perform in a Celebration Concert four times a year to get more performance opportunity and to support each other within our growth.

Monthly Focus Elements

Monthly Focus Elements

Monthly Focus Elements

We feature one key per month, and we work through monthly materials that will get us familiar with that key, including scales and arpeggios, exercises, etudes, etc...

Guest Speakers

Monthly Focus Elements

Monthly Focus Elements

 Guests from the outside world  will encourage and inspire you to go the extra mile in your cello journey. We love to hang out with all kinds of professional musicians,  from jazz guitarists to violinists in the symphony... to hear their stories and to absorb their valuable insights.

Continual Check-ins

Continual Check-ins

Continual Check-ins

In between lessons and groups we will be there for you.

Replays

Continual Check-ins

Continual Check-ins

Recordings of all lessons and meetings will be available for you.  No stress if you can't  make class - you can watch it later on your own time.

Why am I playing better than I ever have before?


Better than the days when I was busy getting a Masters Degree from Manhattan School of Music?


Better than when I was in the Cirque du Soleil “O” show, or the Tucson Symphony Orchestra?


I will tell you why.

It's because I have developed a method of playing and practicing that makes me happy. And it works.I call it the Cello Guru Method.

I have developed a system to help cellists find and retain their sharpest musical selves. 


The Cello Guru Method identifies the practice techniques that will keep the student healthy, both mentally and physically, and that will propel the student forward daily to make fast and deep progress. 


The Three Elements of the Cello Guru Method are:

Classical Perfectionist + Cello Adventurer + Intentional Thinker = daily long term growth

Total Cello Immersion is going to give you courage, confidence and direction in your cello playing. In it, you will find a level of support that you have never before experienced.

With the Cello Guru Method, and regular instruction from a master coach, and like minded peers that surround you in regular group online sessions, you will be set up to find your flow and to achieve daily progress. And you will be able to create the musical life of your dreams. One step at a time.

Book a Play Better Cello Call

BY THE END OF SIX MONTHS YOU WILL:

-Improve your rhythmic abilities

-Find speed and agility in your left hand

-Learn the theory that you need to improvise and read chord charts and make up your own unique parts

-Find and implement a polished vibrato

-Find your unique soulful sound

-Position your mindset to accelerate your progress

-Learn the bow techniques for smooth string crossings and fluid phrasing

-Level up in your pieces

-Find a renewed level of confidence in your playing

-Love your music even more

Book a Play Better Cello Call

Why Now?

I want this to be happening for you RIGHT NOW.


As individuals over fifty, we have come a long way to get to where we are today.


We can either sit around and experience the life that we have already created, or we can find a new path and take some action towards building the life of our dreams. 


Which do you choose?


The Total Cello Immersion Program will give you the psychological tools that  will help you to develop deep progress in your cello playing, your musicianship, and your artistry.


At this point in your life,  you have the time, you have the means, you have the determination, and with TCI, you now have the opportunity to become deeper, stronger, sharper and more evolved as a musician.


 Total Cello Immersion will give you master cello technique so that you can play classical music, read chord charts and learn improvisation.


It will also add meaning, integrity and value to your life while strengthening your cognitive function daily and making you feel fulfilled and happy.


Get in now.


Book your free consultation call below to get into  this unique and ground breaking community of courageous musicians.



YOU'RE RIGHT, NOW IS THE TIME!

This Course is for you if:

 

  • you want to find meaning in your ability to play the cello
  • you don’t think you can play that well
  • you think your sound is scratchy and tinny and unpleasant
  • you don’t understand the theory behind the notes
  • you are not able to find creativity in your playing
  • you tend to criticize your playing and you are not feeling good about it
  • you have had teachers who beat you down and left you feeling despondent about playing
  • you are tired of reinforcing bad habits between weekly lessons and you want more support
  • you want supportive community
  •  you want to find meaning and relevance in the world with your music
  •  you want to feel like your music is important and that developing it will make the world bettter

It is not for you if:

  •  you are not ready to work on your mind to create the most progress possible
  • you are not ready to attend classes and learn from peers
  • you don’t want a unique hybrid method of learning
  • you don’t want online study

WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY ABOUT US:

“I just think we're doing something extraordinary, actually.”

"I am typically very nervous to share my playing out in the world, but working with Marcie has not only given me the confidence to do so...she makes playing my instrument FUN. "

"Marcie is hands down the best cello teacher I have had the priveledge to study with. Simply put the Cello Guru transformed my playing."

 -Vanessa E.; Queensland, AU

"Marcie is hands down the best cello teacher I have had the priveledge to study with. Simply put the Cello Guru transformed my playing."

"I am typically very nervous to share my playing out in the world, but working with Marcie has not only given me the confidence to do so...she makes playing my instrument FUN. "

"Marcie is hands down the best cello teacher I have had the priveledge to study with. Simply put the Cello Guru transformed my playing."

 -Eric S.: Philadelphia, PA

"I am typically very nervous to share my playing out in the world, but working with Marcie has not only given me the confidence to do so...she makes playing my instrument FUN. "

"I am typically very nervous to share my playing out in the world, but working with Marcie has not only given me the confidence to do so...she makes playing my instrument FUN. "

"I am typically very nervous to share my playing out in the world, but working with Marcie has not only given me the confidence to do so...she makes playing my instrument FUN. "

 -Lindsay K.; Half Moon Bay, CA

"The Cello Guru is fantastic in so many ways." -

“I don’t think you realize how much this course has changed my life.”

"I am typically very nervous to share my playing out in the world, but working with Marcie has not only given me the confidence to do so...she makes playing my instrument FUN. "

Barbery B., Los Angeles, CA

“The Cello Guru is exactly what I needed.”

“I don’t think you realize how much this course has changed my life.”

“I don’t think you realize how much this course has changed my life.”

 Bill M.; Dumfries; VA

“I don’t think you realize how much this course has changed my life.”

“I don’t think you realize how much this course has changed my life.”

“I don’t think you realize how much this course has changed my life.”

-Patricia S.; Owosso, MI

“I can’t believe how much progress I’ve made.”

“I can’t believe how much progress I’ve made.”

“I can’t believe how much progress I’ve made.”

 Pat G.; Burlingame, CA

Frequently Asked Questions

Please reach us at mar@thecelloguru.com  if you cannot find an answer to your question.

Cello Guru Programs are for cellists of all levels.

We have also added an improvisation class that runs weekly as well.


TCI is an online course that welcomes students from all states and countries.


 There is no set amount of practice time required. However, you will be inspired and you will want to practice all the time to sound great in front of your peers and your master coach. 


It's definitely an investment. We go over all details on your free consultation call.


We implement a strict  no refund policy. When you sign up for a Cello Guru Program, we will be going all in for you. We are also counting on you to fulfill your part of the deal. For this reason, we implement a strict no refund policy on all of our cello programs. However, we do offer store credit. Your sessions will be good for a year from the first day that you purchased, when possible. 


find your passion, your mentor and your community...

Growing up...

I am the  youngest daughter of an orchestra director, so the passion and drive to learn to play the cello came naturally for me. 


When I was eighteen, I had a burning desire to learn to play the cello.      

                                                                                                                                                                                    I auditioned for the University of Arizona Music Program.  


I didn't play that great, so I was happily surprised when I was offered a scholarship to attend.  


Many years later my mentor, Dr. Gordon Epperson told me, "Well, I guess I saw something in you..."


Dr. Epperson held a Wednesday afternoon cello class. 


There were 27 cello majors, and each week we would play for each other and be coached by the good doctor. 


This was inspiring and exciting, and It was here that my cello foundation was formed.       

                      

In this kind of an environment, one can grow and become a musician.


 That's what happened to me.


In Total Cello Immersion, we will connect you with  your passion, your mentor and your community. 


So that you can thrive.



Ready to Go Deep in Total Cello Immersion?

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