GCA is focused on empowering cellists with practice skills as well as technical skills and musical wisdom. The rate of growth depends on you! You should intend to practice daily, engage with courses and lessons, and attend group classes as often as possible.

Transformation often looks like:

• improved-to-masterful ability to create & play backup parts and maintain chop and rhythm grooves

• improved-to-masterful ability to improvise a cello solo or a backup part

• improved-to-masterful ability to learn music by ear

• improved-to-masterful mindset and learning/practice skills

• deepened comfort with music theory on the cello - as applied in multiple styles like: bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, blues/jazz, folk, Scandinavian, and other world musics

• improved-to-masterful command of style elements in various musical styles

• improved-to-masterful command of cello chords

• dramatically increased confidence in rhythm & groove, improvisation, and jamming

• community support and social momentum

Cellist-members who engage and practice report eye-opening and life-changing developments after 3 to 6 months. Even greater results after 12 months. Many choose to maintain their enrollment for multiple years because of the community support and ongoing addition of new lessons and resources.

We continue to grow our support of your musicianship because we’re trying to change the world. And we want you to be a part of it!

Membership includes access to all video lessons, courses, libraries, zoom classes, group classes, office hours, and more.

Members can attend three monthly all-Academy group classes and three weekly office hours.

The community app offers rich tools for connecting with other members like direct messaging, group chats, posts, commenting (on posts and on lessons), personal profiles, event RSVPs, and more.

The Academy also enjoys a rich partnership with Creative Strings Academy, giving members access to additional classes for creative musicianship. These include musical mindfulness, guided improvisation, style-based workshops, and more. Cellist members also have access to book private lessons, at deep discount, anytime.

See a complete list of services and benefits HERE.

GCA is ideal for intermediate to advanced cellists. Here are a few helpful indicators: Are you…

• comfortable shifting around between 1st and 5th positions?

• comfortable with scales and arpeggios in C, G, D, A, F?

• familiar with spiccato bowing? Simple double stops?

• Have you played ANY of J.S. Bach Suites for solo cello, with at least mild success? Completed Suzuki book 3?

If you answered “yes” to two or more of these, then you should be ready for Groove Cello Academy! Still unsure? Email us at hello @ groovecelloacademy.com and we’ll help you out!

GCA is ideal for intermediate to advanced cellists.

The best way to get ready for Groove Cello Academy is to join our partner community: Alt Strings Academy, and engage with the prep courses available there! You can take technique and tune classes with incredible cello faculty, and even attend prep classes with Daniel Delaney (your future groove guru here at GCA.)

Then “graduate” to Groove Cello Academy once you’re ready!

Heck yes! The community already includes professional cellists from across the world.

You’ll find support in the form of

1. new rhythmic skills/ideas

2. new tunes (with cello-friendly settings and “hacks”)

3. style guidance

4. advanced technique support

5. collaborative troubleshooting

6. improvisation classes

7. practice technique

8. downloadable backing tracks

9. community & social connection with other creative cellists

10. and much more!

Oooooohhhh yes! The Academy community already includes private teachers from across the world.

This is close to the heart and mission of Groove Cello Academy, because we want to see teaching traditions evolve to support creative musicianship for cellists as the norm.

GCA founder Daniel Delaney has taught private cello students for over 20 years; passionately supports other private cello teachers in developing creative curricula for their own studios. Email us about our Private Teacher Partnership: hello @ groovecelloacademy.com

The total value of monthly and ongoing offerings is easily more than $1000 USD / month. The RESULTS members enjoy are life changing. Contact us to schedule a strategy call today! Pricing will be discussed on the call while we’re discussing your custom practice & development plan.

Many Academy students come from a classical background and are working to develop creative freedom.

The Academy provides structured approaches to improvisation, ear training, and playing without sheet music.

Lessons/courses and live classes include coaching for those transitioning from “reading-only” to “learning by ear” and improvisation.

You will find some notated music in the Academy and you will also find some tunes, etudes, and challenges that are designed to be learned by ear and demonstration.

Group classes often include guided practice for ear training and improvisation. We grow in the skills we use.

Also, you can do this.