Cello Poems

Cello

By Grace Robinson

I will be a hundred cellos,
all in one.
I will play – I will sing,
I’ll have fun.

I’ll describe a murky rainforest,
with the rhythm in my soul.
I’ll be a thunderous storm,
It’s my only goal.

And when I’m done with my few songs,
People stand: applause.
I’ll smile and bow down with thanks,
It’s my only cause.

Grace Robinson, age 10, studies Suzuki Cello with Dr. Alice Ann O’Neill, SC, at the Mount St. Joseph Suzuki Program in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Cello

*By Peter Spencer Rhynard

CELLO, CELLO,
I love you.
CELLO, CELLO,
What about you?
When everything is silent,
And I want to play,
I get out the CELLO,
And play all day.

Peter Spencer Rhynard, age 6, studies Suzuki Cello with Dr. Alice Ann O’Neill, SC, at the Mount St. Joseph Suzuki Program in Cincinnati, Ohio.

March 25, 2011, ASJ 39.2
Topics: Cello

Dr. Alice Ann M. O’Neill has enjoyed being a cellist for 44 years and continues to perform chamber music and solo concerts regularly. She also spent many happy years performing in professional orchestras and opera orchestras in Boston, Miami, Baltimore/Washington, Illinois/Iowa and in Ohio. Her passion for playing the cello is rivaled only by her love of training Suzuki Cello Teachers and teaching cello Suzuki families at the Cincinnati Cello School in Cincinnati, Ohio. She teaches many teachers private lessons on-line and in-person to help deepen their playing and teaching abilities. Dr. O’Neill also trains Suzuki Cello Teachers at institutes and workshops throughout the US and Canada. She is a Catholic nun and member of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati.

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