The Portland Cello Project will perform in Fallon on March 26.
The Portland Cello Project has built a reputation for mixing genres and blurring borders, taking on everything from Bach and Arvo Pärt to Dave Brubeck, Kanye West and Pantera.
They will perform March 26 at 8 p.m. at the Oats Park Arts Center’s Barkley Theatre. A free conversation with the artists is slated for 3 p.m. The box office, Art Bar and galleries open at 7 p.m. The conversation focuses on “Classical and Beyond, New Repertoire for Cello from Bach to Brubeck.”
Tickets are members $17 and nonmembers $20. Youth and students with valid student ID are $10. Tickets are available at Jeff’s Digitex Printing or call Churchill Arts Council at 775-423-1440.
By 2009 this group of musicians had evolved into a nationally-recognized performing, recording and educational group with a revolving cast of cellists. Cello Project (or PCP as their fans affectionately call them) were quickly appearing anywhere and everywhere in North America, from punk rock clubs to symphony halls, from street parties to exclusive private events.
By 2010 self-described horde of cellos were spending more than a quarter of the year touring, featuring a diverse repertoire that quickly ballooned to over 1,000 pieces of music.
Under the artistic direction of Douglas Jenkins, the group grew and evolved, working with an all-star group of cellists in the Pacific Northwest (Skip vonKuske, Diane Chaplin, Nancy Ives, Gideon Freudmann, Kevin Jackson, to name just a few...).
