From Shunpike Arts: "ACES // Artists of Color Expo & Symposium celebrates artists of color throughout the Pacific Northwest! This year, in the lead-up to our main event on August 17 at KEXP (Seattle Center), we are hosting free workshops, demos, and live performances by BIPOC artists. Check out the descriptions and view our full calendar at https://shunpike.org/aces/

Time for a field trip to Finnriver, on Washington's lovely Olympic Peninsula! The menu is amazing... Visit the Finnriver on Facebook and/or their website to check out the open air Cider Garden where I'll be playing. All ages. 30 minutes before music starts, a $5/person cover charge (excluding children under 12) will be collected. All funds go to the artist.

Join for this sweet 'Pay What You Can' event! SESSC welcomes donations ranging from $5 to $50.

"Bring your picnic and enjoy a concert at the park! Using her electric cello and loop sampler, Gretchen Yanover builds layers of sound to create beautiful instrumental atmospheres."

Sponsored by Friends of Newcastle Library, Newcastle Arts Council, City of Newcastle and 4Culture.

Registration not required.

"Please join celebrated cellist and Seattle Public Library Artist in Residence, Gretchen Yanover, in the Children's Center for a series of informal concerts. She will perform her own compositions using a looping pedal, and kids will have opportunities to ask questions, share thoughts and ideas, as well as share suggestions of favorite books they would be interested in hearing with musical accompaniment!" (free)

As part of my Artist Residency at SPL, I will be presenting a free concert in the SPL auditorium! I'll be joined by video artist Ahren Buhmann, who has created visual meditations that pair with my compositions. This will be a one hour performance of works from my body of repertoire, followed by a 30 minute Q&A. All ages.

Electric cello in a stunning location!

"Please join celebrated cellist and Seattle Public Library Artist in Residence, Gretchen Yanover, in the Children's Center for a series of informal concerts. She will perform her own compositions using a looping pedal, and kids will have opportunities to ask questions, share thoughts and ideas, as well as share suggestions of favorite books they would be interested in hearing with musical accompaniment!" (free)

Enjoy a free afternoon concert at the library!

Jeffery Meyer, Conductor Xavier Foley, Double Bass Denise Dillenbeck, Violin

Clarice Assad, Suite for Lower Strings on Themes of Bach

Bottesini, Gran duo concertante

Xavier Foley, For Justice and Peace

Beethoven, Symphony No. 7

Jeffery Meyer, Conductor Xavier Foley, Double Bass Denise Dillenbeck, Violin

Clarice Assad, Suite for Lower Strings on Themes of Bach

Bottesini, Gran duo concertante

Xavier Foley, For Justice and Peace

Beethoven, Symphony No. 7

The extraordinary double bassist Xavier Foley is joining us for our season finale, performing Bottesini’s virtuosic Gran duo concertante with Concertmaster Denise Dillenbeck, and his own sweeping composition, For Justice and Peace. Clarice Assad’s Suite for Lower Strings opens this love-fest for the lowest-sounding instrument of our string family. Each playful movement highlights famous and recognizable themes by J.S. Bach in this fantasy suite. To close our season, Artistic Partner Jeffery Meyer leads the orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, a sublime epic filled with Beethoven’s optimism in the face of adversity, and ultimately hope for the future.

Solo electric cello concert in this super neat venue, with video art by Ahren Buhmann + a special appearance by 3 wonderful tango dancers: Michelle Badion, Julia Ochs, & Victor Mushkatin.
Concert presented by Ariel Media.
Program:
Voice to the Rain
will
Touching the Stream
Bisoux
Heart and Sky
”to solve for heart" (poetry of Shin Yu Pai)
“Such Things Require Tenderness” (poetry of Luther Hughes)
Risoluto
The Story of an Embrace
with dance by Michelle, Julia & Victor
Turnaround
”i have spread my roots across borders/and i am growing still" (poetry of Ally Ang)
”If brown angels could fly" (poetry of Raúl Sánchez)
Willow Waltzes On

"Please join celebrated cellist and Seattle Public Library Artist in Residence, Gretchen Yanover, in the Children's Center for a series of informal concerts. She will perform her own compositions using a looping pedal, and kids will have opportunities to ask questions, share thoughts and ideas, as well as share suggestions of favorite books they would be interested in hearing with musical accompaniment!" (free)

Enjoy my electric cello music, with light bites... (beverages available for purchase)

Holding / Movement album release concert! Come celebrate the release of my fifth album as I am joined by dancers and poets for a fully immersive artistic experience. Arrive early to purchase a CD, which includes a booklet of poetry from Seattle poets whose work I paired with my compositions. (The album is entirely instrumental cello--the poetry is in the print booklet.)
Pay-what-you-can at the door.

PROGRAM:
Through Chenoa's Eyes
Bisoux
"Such Things Require Tenderness" (poetry of Luther Hughes)--with dance by Anastasia & Willow
Poetry reading by Abi Pollokoff
"& when we unmake the making" (poetry of Abi Pollokoff)
"in your wings, querido" (poetry of Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs)
"Shhh. We are walking on Lushootseed words" (poetry of Jourdan Imani Keith)
"the coinciding" (poetry of Karin de Weille)
Poetry reading by Ally Ang
Ara (with dance by Anastasia & Willow)
Taken From Us (part one)
Taken From Us (part two)
"to solve for heart" (poetry of Shin Yu Pai)
"this four-walled pasture" (poetry of Luther Hughes)
"At the end of reason, I am locked in place" (poetry of Quenton Baker)
"i have spread my roots across borders/and i am growing still" (poetry of Ally Ang)
Poetry reading by Raúl Sánchez
"If brown angels could fly" (poetry of Raúl Sánchez)

I'm performing a free concert of my music as a part of this neat series! I'll be performing from my body of work, along with pieces from my 2024 album release, Holding / Movement. I'll be joined by dancers Anastasia & Willow. Thank you to the many sponsors that support Classical Tuesdays!

"Cellist Gretchen Yanover performs layered, evocative compositions on electric cello with a looping pedal. She is joined by video designer Ahren Buhmann, who has created visual meditations that pair with each piece. Yanover will perform from her body of repertoire, including works from her 2024 release, Holding / Movement."

Performances at 7:00 and 9:00pm. Individual tickets are $40

Yaniv Attar, Conductor. Program: Goossens, Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in One Movement Piazzolla, Aconcagua (Bandoneon Concerto)--Hector Del Curto, Bandoneon Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

Enjoy electric cello in the lobby of 2+U. (Please note, this is a different building than Two Union Square! 2+U is at 2nd & University). There's a lovely Cafe Ladro in the lobby next to where I'll be playing, and nice seating... free--sponsored by the Downtown Seattle Association

SKY & SEA Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor Matt Drumm, Jeffery Lund, Mark Goodenberger, Bonnie Whiting, Percussion Quartet

Marjan Mozetich, Postcards from the Sky

Viet Cuong, Re(new)al, Percussion Quartet Concerto

Debussy, La Mer (arr. Helder)

One of our favorite things? Taking care of the Earth and this beautiful Puget Sound region we call home. Canadian composer Marjan Mozetich’s expansive and moving Postcards from the Sky opens this program, which then features four outstanding local percussionists in Viet Cuong’s concerto for percussion quartet, Re(new)al, inspired by the renewable power of hydro, wind and solar energy. Debussy’s iconic La Mer, arranged by Marlijn Helder for chamber orchestra closes the program. We are delighted to collaborate with local organizations doing great work in our communities to combat the effects of pollution and climate change. Stay tuned for opportunities to connect with Tacoma Tree Foundation and Communities for a Healthy Bay around this concert.