NEW DIRECTIONS CELLO ASSOCIATION AND FESTIVAL INC

THE NEW DIRECTIONS CELLO FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION AND FESTIVAL ("NDCA&F") PROVIDES A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF MUSIC AND IDEAS IN THE FIELD OF NONCLASSICAL AND ALTERNATIVE CELLO. THE GOALS OF THE NDCA&F ARE TO ENCOURAGE INTERACTION AMONG NON-CLASSICAL CELLISTS, AND TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AMONG ALL CELLISTS AND THE MUSICALLY ORIENTED PUBLIC ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CELLISTS ARE MAKING IN MANY STYLES OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. THIS ENCOMPASSES THOSE MUSICAL STYLES WHICH ARE NOT COMMONLY TAUGHT TO CELLISTS AT MUSIC SCHOOLS (JAZZ, BLUES, ROCK, FOLK, EXPERIMENTAL, ETHNIC, ETC.) ESPECIALLY THOSE INVOLVING IMPROVISATION.