Jeff C. McAuley was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on July 18, 1973. He grew up in Binghamton, New York, where he began a relationship with the cello at the age of 7. After winning numerous local awards, he went on to study cello performance at the Aaron Copland School of Music where his primary teachers were Stephen Kates and Barbara Stein Mallow. Before entering into graduate school, Jeff spent three oddly productive years in San Francisco, where he was able to explore more alternative forms of music outside the realm of his more traditional classical undergraduate training. It was during this period that Jeff first began composing. He later went on to recieve a M.M. degree from Northern Illinois University under the guidance of Marc Johnson and other members of the Vermeer String Quartet. After completing his graduate studies, Jeff moved to Istanbul, Turkey where he spent over ten years. He has been a faculty member in the music departments at Istanbul Bilgi University (2001-2005), and Halic University(2006-2010) both in Istanbul. Since then Jeff has moved back to the United States where he continues to teach privately, compose, and produce music for various media projects including for TV and film. He has performed as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and/or orchestral musician in the United States, Europe, and Asia. His music has been broadcast on radio and television, used for dance and theatrical productions, and has been performed live in various venues throughout the world. Jeff currently resides in upstate NY, with his wife, son, and two spoiled cats.

Fiddle Down

Tagged as: New Age, Instrumental New Age, Neoclassical, Cello.

1. Dmitry Krasnoukhov: New age romantic piano music
2. Suzanne Teng: world flute with a serene energy
3. Steve Eulberg: smile-inducing, toe-tapping folkgrass
4. Jami Sieber: enchanting cello compositions
5. Cari Live: thoughtful expressions through intelligent new age
6. Andreas Almqvist: elegant classical guitar
7. Robert Rich: groundbreaking ambient and dark-ambient
8. Fernwood: Music played by hand on instruments made of wood
9. Jamie Janover: innovative hammered dulcimer
10. Francois Couture: Canadian composer, musician, orchestrator, arranger and sound designer
11. Viviana Guzman: virtuosic flutist
12. Cheryl Ann Fulton: World-class performer and teacher of Medieval, Baroque, Welsh triple, Celtic and Concert harps.
13. Barry Phillips: Scandinavian folkish cello
14. Kirsty Hawkshaw: ambient electronica
15. Chad Lawson: Multi-award winning pianist and composer who is not afraid to put his hat in anything
16. Galliarda: Renaissance and Baroque music from Byrd to Handel
17. Daniel Shoskes: A feast of Baroque lute
18. Olexa Kabanov: strings slowly plucked from the soul
19. Asteria: late-medieval vocal and instrumental music
20. American Baroque: Spectacular Baroque and Classical chamber music