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JacquelineGreenshields

Cello lessons in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito & Carpinteria

Beginner · Intermediate · Advanced

The cello

Illustrated — photographs made for this page
Illustrated — a cello bow and a cake of rosin on a wooden table by a windowIllustrated

Bow and rosin

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A bow and a cake of rosin on a wooden table by the window

Illustrated — a full-size and a smaller cello on stands between two chairs and music stands in a courtyardIllustrated

Lesson setup

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Two chairs and music stands, a full-size and a smaller cello in a courtyard

Illustrated — a cello part open on a music stand, a cello leaning on a chair behindIllustrated

The part

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A cello part on a music stand, a cello leaning on a chair behind

Illustrated — an orchestra rehearsal seen from behind the cellosIllustrated

Cello section

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An orchestra rehearsal seen from behind the cello section

Illustrated — a cello lying on its side on a rug beside a chair with the bow on the seatIllustrated

At rest

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A cello on its side on a rug, the bow across a chair

Illustrated — a cello endpin resting in a rockstop on a wooden floorIllustrated

Endpin

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The endpin set in a rockstop on a wooden floor

Cello lessons for beginner, intermediate and advanced students in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito and Carpinteria — a member of the Santa Barbara Symphony since 1983.

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Cello lessons from a Santa Barbara Symphony cellist

Cello lessons
Cello lessons for beginner, intermediate and advanced students.
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Students from Carpinteria, Goleta, Montecito and Santa Barbara.
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Three summers at the Music Academy of the West with Gabor Rejto.

Santa Barbara Symphony. Listed in the cello section for the 2026/27 season. Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara. Plays cello with the Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara, California

Jacqueline Greenshields

Jacqueline Greenshields received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Oklahoma in 1979 and her Master of Music from the University of Southern California in 1981, and spent three summers at the Music Academy of the West as a student of Gabor Rejto. In 1990 she played a year with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in Perth. She was a member of The American Sinfonietta, a chamber orchestra that toured Europe many times, and led the cello section of the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra for 35 years.

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  • Santa Barbara SymphonyMember since 1983
  • Cello sectionLed the cello section, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, for 35 years
  • 1979Bachelor of Music, University of Oklahoma
  • 1981Master of Music, University of Southern California
  • TrainingMusic Academy of the West, three summers with Gabor Rejto
  • 1990West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Perth
  • Chamber orchestraThe American Sinfonietta
  • Also plays withFolk Orchestra of Santa Barbara

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