Saul Richmond-Rakerd

Cello

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Saul Richmond-Rakerd

Cello

About

I didn't initially study music in college, but couldn't shake the music bug once I finished up. I went on to study and play music for 2 years in Italy at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole and with the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, and completed my Master's in Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. I play mostly classical repertoire, and greatly enjoy a variety of settings, from solo to orchestral to chamber, but also play many other genres - wherever a cello can fit in!

Music

Solo: Any of the Bach Suites, Gaspar Cassado's Solo Suite for Cello, Zoltan Kodaly's Solo Suite for Cello, Mark Summer's Julie-O, Gyorgy Ligeti's Solo Suite for Cello, and others

Piano/Cello Duo: Any of the vast range of Cello Sonatas, from Schubert's Arpeggione to any of the Beethoven Sonatas, Chopin or Brahms. I enjoy smaller works too, transcribed song cycles, variations, or sets of folk tunes by Schumann or Tsintsadze, there is a vast body of work to draw on in this category!

Violin/Cello Duo: Z. Kodaly Duo, M. Ravel Duo, Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia, R. Gliere Huit Morceaux, E. Schulhoff Duo

String Trio: Beethoven Trios, Mozart Divertimenti, Schubert Trios, Dohnanyi are all good!

Piano Trio: Any from the Canon are wonderful, though I am partial to Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Dvorak, and Arensky's works - some more contemporary stuff like Cassado's trio and Schoenfield's Cafe Music are great too!

String Quartet - Here too the repertoire is vast, and I love all of it! Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn are heavy hitters here, but I love playing quartets by Mendelssohn, Schubert, Debussy and others too - so much to choose from.

Other bigger ensemble pieces, while played a little more rarely, are great fun - like Brahms' string quintets and sextets, Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence for String sextet, or any of the numerous Piano quartets and quintets by Dvorak, Schumann, Brahms and others.

Videos

Past groupmuses (48)

  • More Trios in Kensington!

    Thursday, Feb 21, 2019 7:30 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Kensington, CA
    • Composers: Beethoven, Shostakovich
    • Instruments: PIano Trio
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 5 years ago

  • Winter Warmth!

    Thursday, Jan 10, 2019 7:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Ashbury Heights, SF
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Rachmaninov in the Richmond

    Saturday, Jan 5, 2019 6:30 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Inner Richmond, SF
    • Composers: Rachmaninov, Puccini, and Ravel!
    • Instruments: String quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Stroe House Concert

    Friday, Dec 21, 2018 7:30 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Outer Sunset, SF
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Art and Sounds

    Sunday, Nov 11, 2018 7:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Bernal Heights, San Francisco
    • Composers: Schulhoff, Gliere, Handel-Halvorsen
    • Instruments: String Duo
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • A Groupmuse Celebration

    Friday, Nov 2, 2018 7:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Bernal Heights, SF
    • Composers: Dohnanyi, Haydn, Sibelius
    • Instruments: String Trio
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Brahms and Schumann Piano Trios!

    Friday, Sep 14, 2018 7:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Kensington, CA
    • Composers: Schumann, Brahms
    • Instruments: piano trio
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Nopa Cello Solo

    Saturday, Jun 23, 2018 6:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: North of the Panhandle, SF
    • Composers: Bach, Ligeti, Cassado'
    • Instruments: Solo Cello
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 6 years ago

  • Trios in Spring!

    Saturday, May 12, 2018 7:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Kensington, CA
    • Composers: Schubert, Ravel
    • Instruments: Violin, cello, piano
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 6 years ago

  • Groupmuse @ Notion

    Friday, Apr 6, 2018 7:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Mission District, SF
    • Composers: Beethoven, Brahms
    • Instruments: string quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 6 years ago

  • Two Charming Cellos

    Saturday, Feb 24, 2018 7:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Dogpatch
    • Composers: Bach, Couperin
    • Instruments: Cello, Cello
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 6 years ago

  • Netflix and Cell(o)

    Friday, Jan 19, 2018 8:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: North of the Panhandle, SF
    • Composers: Bach, Kodaly
    • Instruments: Cello
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 6 years ago

  • Schubert and More

    Tuesday, Dec 19, 2017 7:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Mission District, SF
    • Instruments: Viola, Cello, Violin, Violin
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Hayes St Groupmuse - Cello + Violin

    Sunday, Sep 24, 2017 5:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: North of the Panhandle, SF
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Welcome back Groupmuse

    Thursday, Sep 14, 2017 7:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Central Berkeley, Berkeley
    • Composers: Beethoven, Dohnanyi
    • Instruments: String Trio (Cello, Viola, Violin)
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Beautiful Beethoven and Ardent Arensky Piano Trios!

    Tuesday, Aug 8, 2017 6:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Upper Civic Center, SF
    • Instruments: Violin, Piano, Cello
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Chilton Block Party Groupmuse!

    Sunday, Jul 30, 2017 6:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: South Berkeley
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Vasquez Housewarming Groupmuse

    Sunday, Jul 23, 2017 5:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Forrest hill Extension
    • Composers: Kodály, Ysaÿe, Handel-Halvorsen
    • Instruments: Violin, Cello
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Brahms Clarinet Quintet in Hayes Valley

    Friday, Jul 21, 2017 7:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Hayes Valley
    • Composers: Brahms
    • Instruments: String quartet and clarinet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Massivemuse

    Why Cello!

    Saturday, Jun 17, 2017 7:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: South of Market, SF
    • Price: $20 tickets ($15 for Supermusers)

    Happened almost 7 years ago