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Len Cheatham, Cello Instructor

Len Cheatham, Cello InstructorLen Cheatham has performed as both soloist and orchestral musician across the U.S.

He is currently Principal Cellist of the Hendricks Symphony Orchestra, and he has participated in many other groups over his career:

  • Chamber music player with the U. S. Navy String Quartet, the Kuralen Trio, and many other chamber groups.
  • Assistant Principal Cellist of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
  • Principal Cellist of the Mesa Symphony Orchestra and Raleigh Symphony Orchestra
  • Member of the Symphony of the Southwest and the Eastern Music Festival Orchestra
  • Performed as soloist with the North Carolina Symphony, the Phoenix Symphony, and the Chandler Symphony

In 2005 he founded the Arizona Repertory Orchestra, a sightreading group, which performs an entire 2-hour program each week in the summer, without rehearsal.  He also performed at the White House while a member of the Navy String Quartet. He has won the Lima Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition and the Phoenix Symphony Guild Young Musicians Competition, Grand Prize.

He holds a Bachelor of Music from DePauw University in Cello Performance, and has also studied with Takayori Atsumi, Cassell Grubb of DePauw University, Orlando Cole of the New School of Music in Philadelphia, and Scott Ballantyne of the Julliard School of Music.

He enjoys gardening, working as a Webelos Cub Scout Leader, writing novels, composing music, and playing the best video game of all time: the stock market.

We are delighted to have Mr. Cheatham as a distinguished cello instructor at Gain Music Academy!

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Informal Recital 2020 . . . . . Sadly only about Informal Recital 2020
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Sadly only about half of our students could attend but that was probably for the best since we had to cap attendance at 50 people. 
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Putting on a recital during a pandemic is definite Putting on a recital during a pandemic is definitely different. Glad we got to squeeze one in during 2020. 

With masks 😷, hand sanitizer 🧴 and family units distanced 📏 we managed to still have an enjoyable evening!
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When you are teaching in the High School and it is When you are teaching in the High School and it is finals week!! Miss Natalie is known for surprising the hard working students at Gain Music Academy with treats throughout the year to show them they are loved and that their hard work is seen. 
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Throw Back Thursday to the 2019 Formal Recital. I Throw Back Thursday to the 2019 Formal Recital.  It was with a heavy heart we announced we would be cancelling the 2020 Formal Recital due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Our desire is to reschedule the recital when things calm down. Meanwhile keep practicing hard!! #gainmusicacademy #violin #viola #piano #cello #theory #musictheory #learning #musicteachers #students #growing #musicacademy #formalrecital #recital #hardwork #proud #covid19 #cancelled #classical #classicalmusic #classicalmusician #entrepreneurship
It has been amazing to see Gain Music Academy grow It has been amazing to see Gain Music Academy grow and change over the last several years. Throw back to the last few years of our formal recitals! 
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