Gideon Freudmann
CelloBop
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I was invited to do a TEDtalk a few years back. It went well but it was nerve-racking. It was one of those things I wanted to *have done but didn't really want *to do. When I was recently was invited to do another one, I thought to myself "No way!" and then heard myself say out loud, "Sure, that'd be great!"
This will be another day filled with several fabulous speakers and a few performers (I'm one of the latter).
The event is on May 16th in Monmouth, OR . You can find out more about the event here. If you want to attend, then use the code CELLOBOP for 30% discount.
Old movie, new technology. This is an unusual film. At 44 minutes it's long for a "short" and short for a feature length. Add to that, it's a film within a film that has some spectacular visual effects (positively mind-blowing for 1924) along with a top notch assortment of Buster Keaton's stunts, comic gags, and a showcase for his directing and singular storytelling skills.
I'm selling the film with my new embedded score on THUMB DRIVES. $24 includes shpg. If you want one, you can order via:
Venmo @Gideon-Freudmann
Paypal gideon@cellobop.com
This 3 minute dream sequence from Sherlock Jr is a technological feat and also quite trippy.
I'm going to tell you a little story. 26 years ago, my then two-year-old heard a little snippet of interstitial music on NPR. It was one of your pieces. She stopped her two year old lunacy and said "What's that?" I told her it was someone playing the cello. She said "I wanna play." For the next two years she asked when she could start the cello. We took her to one of your concerts, and she was so still and enthralled through the entire performance. Finally when she was four, she was able to start lessons. And then she finally grew into my mom's gorgeous old cello. That love of cello got her into Seattle Youth Symphony, a massive scholarship to St Olaf, orchestra tours all over the country and to Norway, and just opened the world up for her. She's just moved to Brooklyn and is looking for groups to play with. And now I get to introduce your music to our Kids in Concert cellists. So thank you for all the years of wonderful, fun, outrageously delightful music.
I had a most enjoyable show with Trio Quartetto recently. In addition to being stellar human beings, these fellas play brilliantly and their super-super power is listening. They can read notation and charts, they can improvise and they can solo like nobody's business. But it's how they listen to one another that makes things click so joyful. The show was filmed and you can watch it here - https://www.youtube.com/live/HRE0b0stEEQ.
Concerts are listed on the gigs page. Have a fabulous day.
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