RICK MOONEY
Cellist and pedagogue Rick Mooney has died aged 70. A leading Suzuki teacher, he served as a guest tutor internationally, and published and prepared numerous cello teaching materials. Born in 1953, Mooney grew up in a musical family where he began studying the piano aged five and cello aged eight. Despite discouragement in his teens to pursue music and instead follow a career in computer science, he persevered with cello, studying with Victor Sazer and Eleonore Schoenfeld. ‘When I got Eleonore, I got a teacher who could suddenly, truly, address the issues I had, and help me to become more successful,’ Mooney said in an interview for the Music Institute of Chicago.