“Dialogues” explores the interaction between cello and other instruments, objects, and spaces. Cellist Helen Newby will premiere works by David Bird, Danny Clay and Adam Hirsch in addition to performing the music of Kurt Isaacson, Cat Lamb, and Haley Shaw.
Helen Newby continually seeks ways to expand the technical and expressive boundaries of her instrument through close collaboration with other innovative performers and artists. She received her Bachelor’s in Music from the Oberlin Conservatory and her Master’s in Cello Performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her principal instructors have included Darrett Adkins, Jennifer Culp and Rachael Lonergan. Helen is a founding member of string trio Chartreuse, string quartet Amaranth, jazz sextet deturtle, and experimental noise quartet HK&tCS, and she frequently performs with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. She is on faculty at the Crowden School of Music in Berkeley and the Bay Area Music Project in Alameda.
