Helen Newby

Cellist

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New York, NY
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Helen Newby

Cellist

About

I completed my Master's at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and did my undergrad at Oberlin Conservatory. I'm a member of the Bay Area-based Amaranth Quartet and love chamber music and collaborations of all varieties. Contemporary music is a big passion of mine, as I'm continually seeking out ways to expand the sonic possibilities of the cello. I also love arranging pop songs in my spare time (Backstreet Boys, anyone?)

Music

Solo: any of the Bach Cello Suites, Kodaly solo sonata, Cassado solo suite, Crumb sonata, Dutilleux "Trois Strophes"+ many contemporary works
Cello & Piano: works by Prokofiev, Debussy, Brahms, Schnittke, Poulenc, Beethoven, Janacek, Arvo Part, Messiaen, Schumann, Ravel, etc
Chamber: too much to name! anything by Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Janacek, Debussy, Schnittke, Schoenberg, Ravel, etc

I'm really into contemporary music--I've commissioned close to one hundred works for solo cello and various chamber ensembles and would love to share some of these works with others!

Also a baroque cello noob--have played some Vivaldi, Bach, Couperin, de Fesch, Gabrielli.

Videos

Past groupmuses (65)

  • Liz's first groupmuse

    Sunday, May 3, 2015 5:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Mission Dolores, San Francisco
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 9 years ago

  • Helen at Mai and Sean's House

    Saturday, May 2, 2015 7:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Inner Sunset, San Francisco
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 9 years ago

  • Amaranth at Venn, aka Beau's First (Hosted) Groupmuse 4/23

    Thursday, Apr 23, 2015 6:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Hayes Valley, San Francisco
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 9 years ago

  • Aliza's first groupmuse

    Saturday, Apr 18, 2015 7:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Anza Vista, San Francisco
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 9 years ago

  • Mai and Sean's First GroupMuse

    Sunday, Mar 8, 2015 7:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Inner Sunset, San Francisco
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 9 years ago