NavarroRiverMusic.com is the website of Marcia Sloane. A professional cellist for forty years, Marcia grew up in Honolulu where she began playing cello at age nine. While a music major at Stanford University, Marcia left college to join Don Ho’s Waikiki orchestra, after which she studied north Indian classical singing at Sonoma State University and earned her degree in India Studies. A teacher and composer, Marcia plays in orchestras and chamber groups as well as collaborating with choreographers, visual artists, storytellers, filmmakers, and theatre companies. In the 1980’s she played with the acoustic fusion band Ancient Future and the Caravan Stage Company in Canada. Marcia directs Navarro River String Camp, a biannual musical retreat for adult string players. She has produced several CDs of original music and Cello Drones for Tuning and Improvisation, a CD used by musicians throughout the world.

Cello Drones for Tuning and Improvisation: resonant acoustic cello drones on all 12 chromatic pitches (each 6-minutes long); a musician’s practice partner for tuning and improvisation.

Cello Drones for Meditation and Relaxation: Acoustic cello drones on each pitch of the C Major scale allow your mind to settle into a state ideal for meditation, creative activity, and relaxation.

Skyward: classical, new age, world fusion cello: songs and instrumental works for cello with vocals, guitar, accordion, clarinet, piano, and percussion.

When Light is Your Garden: danceable love songs with a Latin tinge featuring cello and vocals with guitar, piano, and percussion, composed and arranged by Marcia Sloane and Todd Walton.

I Remember You: cello interludes surround five funny and poignant short stories written and read by Todd Walton.