80CELLOS CELLOBRATION: CLASSICS & AMERICA the BEAUTIFUL

Closing GALA of the Fredericksburg Music Festival 2026 featuring 80CELLOS playing popular tunes in the Grand Hall at Altstadt Brewery.
About this Event

Immerse yourself in the sublime sound of 80CELLOS! A mass cello choir featuring the world class faculty and students of the Fredericksburg Music Festival and School.

June 21, 2026. 4:00 PM
Grand Hall, Altstadt Brewery, Fredericksburg, TX
70CELLOS — ‘CELLOBRATION’
The Fredericksburg Music Festival and School culminates on 21 June with a GALA concert at Altstadt Brewery, where a grand cello choir of 80CELLOS —bringing together faculty, and young artists— will perform luminous transcriptions of beloved melodies, offering a powerful collective voice to close the fortnight.

Don't miss this unique experience that combines the best of classical music and popular culture, June 21, 2026 at the Grand Hall at Altstadt Brewery.

12CELLOS

• Müller arr. Handy — St. Louis Blues
• Henry Purcell arr. Sollima — Strike The Viol
• Rachmaninoff/ Johnstone — Prelude Op. 3 No .2 in C Sharp minor
• Chopin/ Franchomme/ Sollima Prelude Op 28 N. 15 'Raindrop '
• The Beatles arr. Kaiser-Lindemann / Kuipers
• • Yellow Submarine
  • Fool on the Hill
  • A Hard Days Night
  • Norwegian Wood
  • Hey Jude

80CELLOS

• Franz Schubert arr. Johnstone — Psalm 100
• Beethoven arr. Sollima — Symphony No 7, Allegretto
• Jacob Collier arr. Soltani — World O World
• Morricone arr. Johnstone —The Man with the Harmonica
• Samuel Ward — America the Beautiful.

80CELLOS CELLOBRATION

Musicians from Fredericksburg Music Festival and School and the Texas Cellos have joined the ranks of a beloved institution in Texan musical life. Its exceptional tonal and virtuosic qualities soon took concert audiences by storm, and now the Texas Cellos enjoy a remarkable following, selling out at every concert they have given.
Whether they’re playing classics from baroque to modern, jazz, tango, movie tunes, or avant-garde, listeners are invariably fascinated by the wide range of unique and intoxicating timbres that these cellos can produce, and their mixture of seriousness and humor, of depth and lightness, appeals to audiences of all ages.
Musicians from Fredericksburg Music Festival and School are noted not only for their joyous and thoroughly prepared performances but also for offering valuable touring experience to artists at the beginning of their careers. Each ensemble includes exceptional young professional musicians alongside seasoned artists in varied chamber music programs.
The resulting ensemble offers audiences the chance to both discover masterworks and enjoy fresh interpretations of musical favorites transcribed for 80CELLOS.