By Lyn Bronson
Anita Pontremoli & Stephen Geber
Hidden Valley Music Seminars always seems to present interesting concerts. This week was “Cello Week” combining a cello master class and a concert by cellist Stephen Geber and pianist Anita Pontremoli. Walking into this concert with members of what turned out to be a rather large audience, we received a surprise. Expecting to hear an evening of cello and piano music, we were greeted by the sight of five chairs and five music stands in front of the piano. We soon discovered that the evening was going to kick off with an impromptu performance by five young participants in the Stephen Geber Cello Master Class, and, accordingly, out trooped the five young cellists, Graham Cullen, Nathan Watts, Andrew Bader, Seth Trimble and Bradley Forrest Berman. Although having only arrived the day before with hardly any time to practice as an ensemble, they managed to perform a very decent rendition of Paganini’s “Perpetual Motion” arranged for a cello ensemble.
