Janos Starker: King of Cellists by Joyce Geeting. This is a biography of the most influential person in the history of the cello. Geeting, a top-flight cellist, is a music professor at California Lutheran University Conservatory in Thousand Oaks, California.
Joyce Geeting's Musical CDs
Photos of Joyce Geeting, top-flight cellist, professor of music at California Lutheran University Conservatory and author of Janos Starker: King of Cellists.
Joyce Geeting is seen at far right visiting the famous Trafalgar Square in
London just prior to a performance of St. Martin of Fields Academy nearby.  
Janos Starker: King of Cellists
Joyce Geeting  
Music CDs from Cellist Joyce Geeting
Below are just a four music CDs from a much wider collection on which
Joyce is performed.  Sample audio clips can be heard and details of the
particular CD appear on the right portion of the page.  
About Joyce Geeting
concerts throughout the United States and
recently she performed in Salzburg, Austria in
the new concert hall of the Mozarteum, which
overlooks the Mirabel Gardens.

composed complete with video by pianist Dr.
Hector Rasgado Flores, physiologist and
professor at the Rosalind Franklin University
in Chicago.  
Part of Review of Joyce Geeting's "Janos Starker: King of Cellists"
by Ernst F. Tonsing, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Religion and
Greek, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Click Here to read the entire review.
to spend a couple of hours reading through it before attending to some the
music, and the gripping story of one of the century’s greatest musicians.

Thousand Oaks, California, and a student of Starker’s, the book is both a
Written by Dr. Joyce Geeting, Professor of Music at Cal Lutheran University,
tribute to a great teacher, and a keen examination of the components of a
musical career.
Starker is not the only one to come under scrutiny.  Within the book,
Starker, himself, delivers his judgments in lengthy“conversations his
opinions of other musicians, conductors such as George Szell, Fritz
Reiner, Eugene Ormandy and Antal Dorati, and performers such as
Mstislav Rostropovich, Pablo Casals, Joshua Heifetz and many others.
They are reviewed with sometimes biting language, but always with some
foundation."
Photo of Joyce Geeting, top-flight cellist, author of Janos Starker: King of Cellist and music professor at California Lutheran University Conservatory in Thousand Oaks, California.
performances in Japan, Germany, Mexico, Venezuela, in Chicago and
Cornell College and the University of Redlands and currently teaches at
California Lutheran University Conservatory.
development. She has many award-winning students as well as former
students who are professionals on three continents.

Although a protégé of the great cellist János Starker, who calls her his
colleague, she holds a doctorate degree from the University of Oregon in
cello pedagogy and performance.  She met him when she was
researching for her dissertation.  Joyce plays a 220-year-old
cello made by John Edward Betts, Royal London Exchange, "with an
extraordinarily exquisite tone." (Oregon Statesman) "Exquisite tone also
describes Joyce's playing, which is dynamic, sensitive and emotionally
powerful." (Carol Worthey)
Reivew of Janos Starker:King of Cellists by Bob Spear, Publisher of Heartland Reviews.
As a lovely bonus, the author includes a musical CD of her own
competitive classical music scene.   She takes us behind the
competitive classical music scene.   She takes us behind the the
above the general population.

She truly opens a doorway into a world that few people even
know exists.  János Starker personifies a heroic image of those
who compete, win, and leave their competitors in the dust. Dr
Joyce Geeting communicates this phenomenon in a cogent,
fascinating manner. Her biography should be a fascinating read
for both those people in the business and those who are
aficionados or who are contemplating entering this career field.
We rated this fascinating, truthful work five hearts.
Part of Review of Joyce Geeting's "Janos Starker:
King of Cellists" by Bob Spears, Publisher  and
Chief Reviewer at Heartland Reviews.
Click Here to read the entire review.
1) Spanish Cello Music
Joyce Geeting, Cello
Daniel Rothmuller, Cello
Robert Sage, Piano
1.    Gasper Cassadó - 'Requiebros' 5:02
2.     Maurice Ravel - 'Pièce en Forme de Habanera' 3:26
3.     Enrique Granados - 'Orientale' 2:40
5.    'Rondalia' 3:49
9.     Enrique Granados - 'El Mirar de la Maja' 2:30
10.  'La Maja Dolorosa' 2:36
11.   Albert Ginastera - 'Pampeana #2' 9:16
12.  David Popper - 'Serenade' 3:44
13.  Manuel de Falla ~ Seven Spanish Songs - 'El Paño moruno'
2:03
14.  'Seguidilla Murciana' 1:18
15.  Asturiana' 2:18
16.  'Jota' 2:52
17.  'Nana (Berceuse)' 2:09
18.  'Canción' 1:17
19.  'Polo' 1:28
20.  Enrique Granados - 'Intermezzo' 3:25
21.  'Madrigal' 4:33
Total Performance Time 1:13:55

These twenty-one pieces will surely evoke images of Spain as you
play them again and again. Chamber Music Plus has assembled
works of Albeniz, Cassadó, deFalla, Ginastera, Granados, Popper
and Ravel that express the spirit of Spain.

Joyce Geeting, Cello
2.        Max Bruch - 'Kol Nidrei' 10:20
3.        Johannes Brahms ~ 'Sonata, opus 78' - 'Vivace ma non
troppo' 11:27
Total Performance Time 1:01:42
Elegy was World-premiered by Cellist Joyce Geeting and Concert
Pianist Robert Sage at St. Martin-in-The-Fields on March 18th,
2003 and is reprised here in this newly released recording. The
work, commissioned by Dr. Geeting, is an offering of love and
healing written in the aftermath of September 11. 'Elegy' begins
with the innocence of early morning and ends with the sunrise of
the following day. 'Elegy' is both a tribute to those lost and a
healing work for those left behind. The work has since been
performed numerous times since its premiere. 'Elegy' is currently
being orchestrated by the composer into a symphony-length full
orchestra Cello Concerto.

Love is never really lost,
courage is never really in vain and
there will always be a new sunrise.
From the Frontispiece of Elegy (as written by the composer)
Spanish Cello Music Photo CD by Joyce Geeting, top-flight cellist and author of Janos Starker: King of Cellists, is also a professor of music at California Lutheran University Conservatory in Thousand Oaks, California.
Soul Stirring cello music CD by Joyce Geeting, top-fligh cellist, author of Janos Starker: King of Cellists and professor of music at California Lutheran University Conservatory in Thousand Oaks, California.
Jewish Cello Music CD by Joyce Geeting, top-flight cellist, author of Janos Starker: King of Cellists and music professor at California Lutheran University Conservatory in Thousand Oaks, California.
California Chamber Artists with cellist Joyce Geeting and conducted by David Popper. Joyce Geeting is author of Janos Starker: King of Cellists and a Professor of Music at California Luthean University in Thousand Oaks, California. Her book is about the most influential person in the history of the cello.
3) Jewish Cello Music

Joyce Geeting, Cello

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
1.  Nigun
2.  Supplication
4.  Jewish Song
5.  Meditation Hebraique

6.  Koi Nidrei

Recorded Live, November 29, 1998

1.  Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Allegro 6:05
Adagio 0:39
Adagio 5:28

2.  From Holberg's Time, Suite for String Orchestra,
Edward Grieg (1843-1907)
Prelude 2:36
Sarabande 5:20
Gavotte 3:25
Air 6:08
Rigaudon 4:37

3) Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra, Op 48,
Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato 10:43
Waltz 3:58
Elegy 9:39
Finale.  Andante -  Allegro con spirito 8:08
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the most difficult pieces ever written for the Cello and
the which made Janos Starker famous
Spanish Cello Music CD.
Joyce Geeting, author of Janos Starker: KIing of Cellists, is a world renowed Cellist in her own right and studied under the great master, Starker. Starker, according to Geeting, is the most important person in the history of that instrument ever. Her biography of him has been well received by reviewers and musicians alike.