Richard Naill

Richard "Rick" Naill is an American cellist and music teacher .

Naill earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music in 1970 and a Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Southern California (1987 and 1991, respectively). He began his musical career as a cellist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and was a continuo soloist in choir performances under Robert Shaw . In 1972 he went to Canada as first cellist of the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra , where he became a member of the Brunswick String Quartet and later of the Trio Haydn de Montréal the following year . As a member of the chamber music ensemble and soloist, he often appeared at the CBC during this time .

His interest in the technique of playing the cello brought him to the Schools of Biomedical Engineering and Exercise Science at the University of Southern California . Here, with the support of the National Institutes of Health , he conducted research on the topic of muscle activity when playing the cello and published articles in scientific journals.

In addition to teaching at the University of New Brunswick , Pepperdine University and California State University , Naill has been a freelance cellist in Los Angeles since the 1980s and has worked on the soundtracks of several films. In 1992 he founded the Chamber Music Institute at the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts , where he has been teaching ever since. He was also a member of the Academy Awards Orchestra under the direction of Bill Conti for twelve years and, from 1996, principal cellist of the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay .

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• Colburn Community School of Performing Arts - Richard Naill
• Richard Naill at Allmusic (English)