"The cello in your hands is a mirror reflecting the cello inside your head." This advice came to me in a coaching while preparing for orchestral auditions, encouraging me to visualize artistic possibilities and technical facility beyond my current means. This improvisation embodies the tension of the self reaching towards what it might become.

– J Holzen

J Holzen and Mere Harrach, cello

Audio and video by Nick Reeves • Thumbnail photo by Lorielle Sinclair