Miranda Wilson
@mirandacello.bsky.social
Cellist, professor, author of "Notes for Cellists" and other books. I love Wonder Woman and mini schnauzers.
USA music professors, how do you approach the requirement to ensure course materials in online LMSs meet legal requirements for disability access? I'm using Ally Course Accessibility Report resources in Canvas, but running into problems with the PDF scores for my music history classes. Advice???
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
USA music professors, how do you approach the requirement to ensure course materials in online LMSs meet legal requirements for disability access? I'm using Ally Course Accessibility Report resources in Canvas, but running into problems with the PDF scores for my music history classes. Advice???
My latest Goodreads post is up! Today, I wrote about 3 Enlightenment string players whose life stories kept me turning pages late at night! Check out these amazing books about John Gunn, Joseph Bologne (aka the Chevalier de Saint-Georges) and George Bridgetower.
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String Players of the Enlightenment: 3 Remarkable Musicians Who Deserve More Attention
Most books about music during the Enlightenment era focus on the “big three”— Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. But there were, of course, a lot more musicia...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My latest Goodreads post is up! Today, I wrote about 3 Enlightenment string players whose life stories kept me turning pages late at night! Check out these amazing books about John Gunn, Joseph Bologne (aka the Chevalier de Saint-Georges) and George Bridgetower.
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
Eugene, Boise, and Spokane friends, I hope you'll come see the amazing Japanese silent film "A Page of Madness," with live performance by the famous benshi actor Ichiro Kataoka, plus Dylan Champagne's live film score (played by me). I am SO excited about this project and can't wait to share it.
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Eugene, Boise, and Spokane friends, I hope you'll come see the amazing Japanese silent film "A Page of Madness," with live performance by the famous benshi actor Ichiro Kataoka, plus Dylan Champagne's live film score (played by me). I am SO excited about this project and can't wait to share it.
Michelle Kesler's and my album got reviewed on ConcertoNet!
“Balance with eloquent refinement” can best describe the discipline these two accomplished cellists bring to the Recital Hall." 😍🎻
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“Balance with eloquent refinement” can best describe the discipline these two accomplished cellists bring to the Recital Hall." 😍🎻
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October 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Michelle Kesler's and my album got reviewed on ConcertoNet!
“Balance with eloquent refinement” can best describe the discipline these two accomplished cellists bring to the Recital Hall." 😍🎻
www.concertonet.com/scripts/cd.p...
“Balance with eloquent refinement” can best describe the discipline these two accomplished cellists bring to the Recital Hall." 😍🎻
www.concertonet.com/scripts/cd.p...
Join my colleagues and me next Tuesday, October 28, for an all-Shostakovich recital commemorating 50 years since his death in 1975. I wrote my doctoral dissertation on Shostakovich's cello sonata and his second piano trio has been on my bucket list for many years, so I'm really excited about this.
October 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Join my colleagues and me next Tuesday, October 28, for an all-Shostakovich recital commemorating 50 years since his death in 1975. I wrote my doctoral dissertation on Shostakovich's cello sonata and his second piano trio has been on my bucket list for many years, so I'm really excited about this.
The final concert of the Idaho Bach Festival featured @uidahomusic cellists Katrina, Ryan, Evan, Dylan, and Cole, who gave a beautiful recital of baroque music arranged for 5 cellos. The cello studio is the best it's ever been and I'm bursting with pride at their achievements.
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The final concert of the Idaho Bach Festival featured @uidahomusic cellists Katrina, Ryan, Evan, Dylan, and Cole, who gave a beautiful recital of baroque music arranged for 5 cellos. The cello studio is the best it's ever been and I'm bursting with pride at their achievements.
#idahobachfestival starts Monday! Opening night kicks off with the UI Early Music Ensemble, Tues 10/21 features @uidahomusic faculty, and Wed 10/22 is the Idaho Cello Ensemble and Vandaleers. All events in Haddock Performance Hall at 7:30, see you there!
October 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
#idahobachfestival starts Monday! Opening night kicks off with the UI Early Music Ensemble, Tues 10/21 features @uidahomusic faculty, and Wed 10/22 is the Idaho Cello Ensemble and Vandaleers. All events in Haddock Performance Hall at 7:30, see you there!
Last week it occurred to me that while Prokofiev's Cello-Piano Sonata op. 119 is one of the pieces I've performed the most in my career, I've never actually played his lesser-known Solo Sonata Op. 134. A score has been procured. This is going to happen.
October 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Last week it occurred to me that while Prokofiev's Cello-Piano Sonata op. 119 is one of the pieces I've performed the most in my career, I've never actually played his lesser-known Solo Sonata Op. 134. A score has been procured. This is going to happen.
Good morning, new A-string that I will probably procrastinate about putting on my cello for several days, even though I desperately need a new A-string. (Why am I like this?) 🎻
October 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Good morning, new A-string that I will probably procrastinate about putting on my cello for several days, even though I desperately need a new A-string. (Why am I like this?) 🎻
Great concert, University of Idaho Symphony cello section!
🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻
🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻
October 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Great concert, University of Idaho Symphony cello section!
🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻
🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻
I'm so excited about Michelle Kesler's and my new album, "Les délices de la solitude"! I'm not sure what I'm going to do with a giant box full of CDs, but it sure is nice to hold one in my hand 😁🎻
September 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I'm so excited about Michelle Kesler's and my new album, "Les délices de la solitude"! I'm not sure what I'm going to do with a giant box full of CDs, but it sure is nice to hold one in my hand 😁🎻
Super honored to be the inaugural guest on Tommy Shapard's "Whatever Your Stage" podcast. We had a great conversation about performing and performance anxiety.
Alitu: whateveryourstage.alitu.com/episode/2426...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Alitu: whateveryourstage.alitu.com/episode/2426...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Mental Health, Mindset, and Music: Breaking the Silence with Dr. Miranda Wilson 9/9/2025
In this first episode of Whatever Your Stage, Dr. Tommy Shapard sits down with cellist, teacher, and author Dr. Miranda Wilson to talk about the pressures and possibilities of performance. Together th...
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September 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Super honored to be the inaugural guest on Tommy Shapard's "Whatever Your Stage" podcast. We had a great conversation about performing and performance anxiety.
Alitu: whateveryourstage.alitu.com/episode/2426...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Alitu: whateveryourstage.alitu.com/episode/2426...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
I gave all my cello students a binder full of etudes and put this picture of Hugo Becker on the cover to encourage them. Because I never met an etude I didn't love 😁🎻
September 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I gave all my cello students a binder full of etudes and put this picture of Hugo Becker on the cover to encourage them. Because I never met an etude I didn't love 😁🎻
My new Goodreads post is up! Today, I reflect on three books that make me want to turn on Spotify to re-listen to music with new ears.
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The Challenge of Writing About Sound: Putting Music Into Words
As both a cellist and a writer, I experience a particular challenge every time I sit down to describe a piece of music: how do you use words for somethin...
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August 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My new Goodreads post is up! Today, I reflect on three books that make me want to turn on Spotify to re-listen to music with new ears.
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
Reposted by Miranda Wilson
Rep. Rashida Tlaib will reintroduce the Living Wage for Musicians Act this September. This bill is a real, concrete way to make payouts fairer for musicians on Spotify and across the streaming economy. @reprashida.govpeeps.us
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Living Wage for Musicians Act to be reintroduced in US Congress
Rashida Tlaib's Living Wage for Musicians Act aims to support artists with new streaming royalties. Learn more about it.
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August 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Rep. Rashida Tlaib will reintroduce the Living Wage for Musicians Act this September. This bill is a real, concrete way to make payouts fairer for musicians on Spotify and across the streaming economy. @reprashida.govpeeps.us
musically.com/2025/08/19/l...
musically.com/2025/08/19/l...
"Faculty retreat" sounds like it should feature meditation classes, swaying palm trees, and cocktails with little paper umbrellas in them. And a soothing voice-over that says "don't worry, all your lesson plans are written and I have sent Reviewer 2 into a nest of adders."
August 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"Faculty retreat" sounds like it should feature meditation classes, swaying palm trees, and cocktails with little paper umbrellas in them. And a soothing voice-over that says "don't worry, all your lesson plans are written and I have sent Reviewer 2 into a nest of adders."
Our new album is up at all the streaming platforms! Check out Michelle Kesler and me performing Michel Corrette's 6-sonata collection "Les délices de la solitude." (I can't explain why it's called that, since they're duo sonatas, not solos... 😂)
August 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Our new album is up at all the streaming platforms! Check out Michelle Kesler and me performing Michel Corrette's 6-sonata collection "Les délices de la solitude." (I can't explain why it's called that, since they're duo sonatas, not solos... 😂)
A post about Lise Cristiani is going around with a photo of an amateur cellist of the later 19th c., i.e. not Cristiani. The clothing style postdates Cristiani's lifetime and the awkward instrument/bow hold shows she's not a pro player. To clear this up, here's the one verified image of Cristiani.
August 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A post about Lise Cristiani is going around with a photo of an amateur cellist of the later 19th c., i.e. not Cristiani. The clothing style postdates Cristiani's lifetime and the awkward instrument/bow hold shows she's not a pro player. To clear this up, here's the one verified image of Cristiani.
My latest Goodreads blog is up! Today, the classic books by intrepid detectives of cello history whose groundbreaking work is the foundation for everything we know about the cello, cellists, cello makers, composers for cello.
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Five Classic Books Every Cello Lover Should Know
These days it's incredibly easy to find out information about the cello (because obviously it's the best instrument!). There are YouTube tutorials, onlin...
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August 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My latest Goodreads blog is up! Today, the classic books by intrepid detectives of cello history whose groundbreaking work is the foundation for everything we know about the cello, cellists, cello makers, composers for cello.
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
Today in Hugo Becker research: sing your repertoire using German words to teach correct emphasis. For example, "Kampfbereit" (ready for war) in Dvorak's cello concerto. This is basically a metaphor for Becker's entire, needlessly argumentative worldview. I love him.
July 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today in Hugo Becker research: sing your repertoire using German words to teach correct emphasis. For example, "Kampfbereit" (ready for war) in Dvorak's cello concerto. This is basically a metaphor for Becker's entire, needlessly argumentative worldview. I love him.
Check out this wonderful video about Gregor Piatigorsky! This was new to me and I watched it obsessively, because Piatigorsky has always been my model for "playing the cello while tall."
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An Afternoon with Gregor Piatigorsky
YouTube video by Steve Grumette
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July 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Check out this wonderful video about Gregor Piatigorsky! This was new to me and I watched it obsessively, because Piatigorsky has always been my model for "playing the cello while tall."
youtu.be/bsw9othzT24?...
youtu.be/bsw9othzT24?...
In my latest Goodreads blog, a list of inspiring books on women pioneers of classical music. It was hard to narrow it down! If you haven't read Susan Tomes's latest book, "Women and the Piano," you should read it right away. You won't be able to put it down!
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July 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In my latest Goodreads blog, a list of inspiring books on women pioneers of classical music. It was hard to narrow it down! If you haven't read Susan Tomes's latest book, "Women and the Piano," you should read it right away. You won't be able to put it down!
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
This quote from Amy Beach made me want to weep for her. "Music is the superlative expression of life experience, and woman by the very nature of her position is denied many of the experiences that color the life of man." I'm so grateful that thanks to trailblazers like her, we aren't denied it now.
July 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This quote from Amy Beach made me want to weep for her. "Music is the superlative expression of life experience, and woman by the very nature of her position is denied many of the experiences that color the life of man." I'm so grateful that thanks to trailblazers like her, we aren't denied it now.
Very distracted by a detail from the cover of Adrien-François Servais's Caprices. The cello-playing angel is holding the cello way too low with a terrible left-hand setup and an even worse bow hold. This angel needs Servais to teach her better form, or at least share his endpin with her 😂🎻
July 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Very distracted by a detail from the cover of Adrien-François Servais's Caprices. The cello-playing angel is holding the cello way too low with a terrible left-hand setup and an even worse bow hold. This angel needs Servais to teach her better form, or at least share his endpin with her 😂🎻
What do cellists keep in their cases? For me, it's as little as possible! Cello, bows, rosin (usually Pirastro), strings (usually Spirocore), and a cleaning cloth. Also, a bag with scores, electronics, and a strap in case of marble or tile floors...
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June 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
What do cellists keep in their cases? For me, it's as little as possible! Cello, bows, rosin (usually Pirastro), strings (usually Spirocore), and a cleaning cloth. Also, a bag with scores, electronics, and a strap in case of marble or tile floors...
www.thestrad.com/playing-hub/...
www.thestrad.com/playing-hub/...