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The Unstoppable Boy, and Other Stories

Our debut album

The Unstoppable Boy, and Other Stories is Cellists for Change’s debut album, recorded in 2025 at eTown Studios in Boulder, CO. This project unites 13 youth cellists, three teaching-artists, and three extraordinary composers to record and release 12 original works — each inspired by identity, resilience, and transformation.

For our students, this project is more than a recording, it’s a journey of representation, mentorship, and artistry. For our listeners, it’s a chance to experience the new sound of classical music: one that reflects the diversity and hope of our world.

  • Kari Clifton

    COMPOSER, CELLIST

  • Sergio Marroquín

    COMPOSER

  • Kari Kraakevik

    COMPOSER

  • Lala and Flor

    CO-COMPOSERS

  • Wini Benham

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Ellie Cartwright

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Ginger Clement

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Berlin Cragg

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Noah Dresen

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Sebi Irwin

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Marcela Molina

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Samantha Molina

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Amara Nnaji

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Lucy Paradise

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Julia Ropp

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Carlos Torres

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Gabriel Torres

    YOUTH CELLIST

  • Roberto Arundale

    CELLIST

  • Psyche Dunkhase

    CELLIST

Our Supporters

A heartfelt thank you to all of our supporters and partners! We could not have done this EPIC project without you.

Thank you to our partners:

Emily Clark, James Tuttle and eTown Studios

Paradise Found Records

Clear Creak Productions

Thank you to our composers and artist collaborators:

Kari Clifton

Sergio Marroquín

Kari Kraakevik

Roberto Arundale

Meca’Ayo

And a special thank you to all of our Kickstarter backers!

Emily Acri

Amy Arundale

Robert Arundale

Roberto Arundale

Katie Bailey

Taylor Barton

Cheryl Bombei

Emily Bowman

Karen Brauser

Katie Burns

Jan Cartwright

Chad Clement

Katie Clement

Ted Clifton

Bob Cragg

Cindy Cragg

Susan Corbin-Muir

Michael Cotter

Suzanne Cowles

Michelle Cuthbertson

Hans Joachim Dresen

Joanna Dresen

Deb Dunkhase

John Dunkhase

Psyche Dunkhase

Sarah Fletcher

Holly Fike

Devon Fitzpatrick

Peter Garrett

Margaret Haydon

Erilynn Heinrichsen

Erik Hendrix

Lu Ann Hileman

Kirsten Holdwick

Julie Irwin

Kristi Jaska

Sandy Kessler

Karl Knapp

Bonnie Kowar

Ashley Laux

Kate Marringa

Meghan McCracken

Becky Miller

Heather Murphy

Julian Nihill

Northland Violins

Michele Obermeier

Annika Paradise

Mark Patton

Michael Pordesimo

Resonance Method

Amy Riley

Beth Rosbach

Zach Rosenblatt

Mark Ruggeberg

Laurence Shapiro

D. Smith

Jim Spalding

Theodore Spalding

Allison Spayd

Heather Stanton

Joanne Steele

Nathan Steele

Rachel Steele

Brendan Slocumb, Author’s Note from The Violin Conspiracy

“Music is for everyone. It’s not—or at least it shouldn’t be—an elitist, aristocratic club: it’s a language, it’s a means of connecting us that is beyond color, beyond race, beyond the shape of your face or the size of your stock portfolio. It’s not fair that people who look a certain way must constantly prove their worth, but at this juncture in history, we’re well beyond what’s fair. Who you are goes far beyond what you look like.

My hope is [to inspire] all of you—white or Black, Asian or Native American, straight or gay, transgender or cisgender, blond or dark haired, tall or short, big feet or small feet—to do what you love. Alone, we are a solitary violin, a lonely flute, a trumpet singing in the dark. Together, we are a symphony.”