Carolina Rodriguez de Armas Cello instructor

Carolina Rodríguez de Armas is a Cuban cellist and educator based in Vermillion, South Dakota. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from the University of the Arts in Cuba and later completed her Master of Music in Cello Performance at the University of South Dakota under the guidance of Dr. Sonja Kraus. During her graduate studies, she served as Principal Cellist of the USD Symphony Orchestra and appeared as a winner of the 2024 USD Concerto Aria Competition. Carolina’s performance experience spans many different ensembles, covering a broad range of music from early to contemporary, folk, classical, and jazz. She has performed with organizations including the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, Curious Music Collective, Havana Chamber Orchestra, Havana Lyceum Orchestra, and Ars Longa Early Music Ensemble, where she also played viola da gamba and violone. Her international training includes participation in the Cuban Academy and the Balthasar Neumann Academy in Germany, where she studied chamber music and Historically Informed Performance. She has also participated in festivals such as the Dali Quartet Festival, Habana Clásica, the Havana Jazz Plaza Festival, and the Artes de Cuba Festival at the Kennedy Center. In 2024, she received a Fellowship with the FOOSA Festival/Fresno Summer Orchestra Academy, where she received masterclasses and participated with the FOOSA Philharmonic at the renowned Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. That same year, she was awarded the Single Program Instrument Grant Award by the Flatiron Luthier Cooperative in Omaha and was granted the use of the Andre Carruthers 2018 Santa California cello from the FLC collection.
Carolina is passionate about teaching and mentoring students of all levels and she continues to work as a freelance performer and substitute musician throughout the region.
Outside of music, she loves reading, hiking and traveling, as well as discovering new places, especially coffee shops!

Available Lesson Packages

5 Cello lessons
Tuesdays at 1:00
30 minute lessons

Tue, Jun 16, 2026 1:00 pm
Tue, Jun 23, 2026 1:00 pm
Tue, Jun 30, 2026 1:00 pm
Tue, Jul 7, 2026 1:00 pm
Tue, Jul 28, 2026 1:00 pm

6 Cello lessons
Tuesdays at 1:30
30 minute lessons

6 Cello lessons
Tuesdays at 2:00
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Tuesdays at 2:30
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Tuesdays at 3:00
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Tuesdays at 3:30
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Tuesdays at 4:00
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Tuesdays at 4:30
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Tuesdays at 5:00
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Tuesdays at 5:30
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Tuesdays at 6:00
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Wednesdays at 2:30
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Wednesdays at 3:00
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Wednesdays at 4:00
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Wednesdays at 4:30
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Wednesdays at 5:00
30 minute lessons

5 Cello lessons
Thursdays at 1:30
30 minute lessons

Thu, Jun 18, 2026 1:30 pm
Thu, Jun 25, 2026 1:30 pm
Thu, Jul 2, 2026 1:30 pm
Thu, Jul 9, 2026 1:30 pm
Thu, Jul 30, 2026 1:30 pm

7 Cello lessons
Thursdays at 2:00
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Thursdays at 2:30
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Thursdays at 3:00
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Thursdays at 4:00
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Thursdays at 4:30
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Thursdays at 5:00
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Thursdays at 5:30
30 minute lessons

6 Cello lessons
Fridays at 11:00
30 minute lessons

6 Cello lessons
Fridays at 11:30
30 minute lessons

6 Cello lessons
Fridays at 1:30
30 minute lessons

6 Cello lessons
Fridays at 3:00
30 minute lessons

6 Cello lessons
Fridays at 3:30
30 minute lessons

6 Cello lessons
Fridays at 4:00
30 minute lessons

6 Cello lessons
Fridays at 4:30
30 minute lessons

6 Cello lessons
Fridays at 5:00
30 minute lessons

6 Cello lessons
Fridays at 6:00
30 minute lessons

5 Cello lessons
Saturdays at 11:00
30 minute lessons

Sat, Jun 20, 2026 11:00 am
Sat, Jun 27, 2026 11:00 am
Sat, Jul 11, 2026 11:00 am
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 11:00 am
Sat, Jul 25, 2026 11:00 am

5 Cello lessons
Saturdays at 11:30
30 minute lessons

Sat, Jun 20, 2026 11:30 am
Sat, Jun 27, 2026 11:30 am
Sat, Jul 11, 2026 11:30 am
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 11:30 am
Sat, Jul 25, 2026 11:30 am

5 Cello lessons
Saturdays at 1:30
30 minute lessons

Sat, Jun 20, 2026 1:30 pm
Sat, Jun 27, 2026 1:30 pm
Sat, Jul 11, 2026 1:30 pm
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 1:30 pm
Sat, Jul 25, 2026 1:30 pm

5 Cello lessons
Saturdays at 2:00
30 minute lessons

Sat, Jun 20, 2026 2:00 pm
Sat, Jun 27, 2026 2:00 pm
Sat, Jul 11, 2026 2:00 pm
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 2:00 pm
Sat, Jul 25, 2026 2:00 pm

5 Cello lessons
Saturdays at 2:30
30 minute lessons

Sat, Jun 20, 2026 2:30 pm
Sat, Jun 27, 2026 2:30 pm
Sat, Jul 11, 2026 2:30 pm
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 2:30 pm
Sat, Jul 25, 2026 2:30 pm

5 Cello lessons
Saturdays at 3:00
30 minute lessons

Sat, Jun 20, 2026 3:00 pm
Sat, Jun 27, 2026 3:00 pm
Sat, Jul 11, 2026 3:00 pm
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 3:00 pm
Sat, Jul 25, 2026 3:00 pm

5 Cello lessons
Saturdays at 3:30
30 minute lessons

Sat, Jun 20, 2026 3:30 pm
Sat, Jun 27, 2026 3:30 pm
Sat, Jul 11, 2026 3:30 pm
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 3:30 pm
Sat, Jul 25, 2026 3:30 pm

5 Cello lessons
Saturdays at 4:00
30 minute lessons

Sat, Jun 20, 2026 4:00 pm
Sat, Jun 27, 2026 4:00 pm
Sat, Jul 11, 2026 4:00 pm
Sat, Jul 18, 2026 4:00 pm
Sat, Jul 25, 2026 4:00 pm

4 Cello lessons
Mondays at 1:00
30 minute lessons

Mon, Jun 22, 2026 1:00 pm
Mon, Jun 29, 2026 1:00 pm
Mon, Jul 6, 2026 1:00 pm
Mon, Jul 27, 2026 1:00 pm

6 Cello lessons
Mondays at 6:00
30 minute lessons

7 Cello lessons
Wednesdays at 1:30
60 minute lessons

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