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Second Inversion is proud to produce video sessions in our studios and in beautiful venues around Seattle. You can peruse them all on ourvideo page, but here are the top 5 viewed in 2016!
#5: Andy Akiho: in/exchange for string quartet and steel pan (featuring Friction Quartet)
#4: John Cage: Living Room Music (featuring So Percussion)
#3: Steve Reich: Cello Counterpoint (featuring Rose Bellini, cello)
#2: Gabriel Kahane: Bradbury (304 Broadway) from “The Ambassador” (featuring Gabriel Kahane and Brooklyn Rider)
#1: Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint (featuring Rachel Yoder, clarinet)
Continuing our series of “Steve Reich videos around Seattle,” we’re pleased to share Rose Bellini’s performance of Cello Counterpoint at On the Boards!
This is our second of threeSteve Reich videosin collaboration with On the Boards Ambassador James Holt, who is presenting a concert dedicated to the music of Steve Reich on Tuesday, February 2 at 8pm:
Counterpoint | Phase– A hypnotic evening of music in a non-traditional setting from the American master of minimalism.
LINEUP: Nagoya Marimbas: Erin Jorgensen & Memmi Ochi Cello Counterpoint: Rose Bellini New York Counterpoint: Rachel Yoder Violin Phase: Luke Fitzpatrick/Marcin Pączkowski
Pre-sales for this event are sold out. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.
CellistRose Belliniis an avid performer of a wide variety of music,especially contemporary and experimental music. She regularly performs with classical music ensembles, modern dance companies, bands, and chamber and orchestral groups from Seattle to New York City to San Francisco.
A founding member of mixed-chamber ensemblesREDSHIFTandHotel Elefant, Rose also regularly appears with theSeattle Modern Orchestraand Seattle Rock Orchestra. Other notable appearances include with the Wordless Music Orchestra, Ensemble Signal, FLUX Quartet, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, East Village Opera Company, Phoenix Ensemble, folk and rock bands, and in venues from ranging from neighborhood bars to Carnegie Hall.
Rose frequently collaborates with living composers from around the world and often premieres and records new works for cello and for chamber ensemble. A doctoral graduate of Indiana University-Bloomington, her primary teachers were Emilio Colón and Janos Starker.
As an arts entrepreneur, Rose has established herself as a resourceful fundraiser and leader in the music and arts community working in development for a variety of organizations. Rose serves on the board of theSwitchboard Music Festival in San Francisco, CA.
New York Counterpoint for amplified clarinet and prerecorded clarinets is one of many pieces in Steve Reich’s “counterpoint” series, in which one live performer typically plays against up to a dozen recordings of the same instrument. Reich aims to capture “the throbbing vibrancy of Manhattan” in this work, performed here by Rachel Yoder, who also recorded the backing tracks.
This is our first of three Steve Reich videos in collaboration with On the Boards Ambassador James Holt, who is presenting a concert dedicated to the music of Steve Reich on Tuesday, February 2 at 8pm:
Counterpoint | Phase – A hypnotic evening of music in a non-traditional setting from the American master of minimalism.
LINEUP: Nagoya Marimbas: Erin Jorgensen & Memmi Ochi Cello Counterpoint: Rose Bellini New York Counterpoint: Rachel Yoder Violin Phase: Luke Fitzpatrick/Marcin Pączkowski
Pre-sales for this event are sold out. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.
Stay tuned for our of video Violin Phase! Cello Counterpoint is now up and running
Rachel Yoderis a versatile clarinetist and teacher based in the Seattle area, currently performing with the Seattle Modern Orchestra, Madera Wind Quintet and the Odd Partials clarinet/electronics duo. Rachel is editor of The Clarinet, journal of the International Clarinet Association, and works as adjunct professor of music at the DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, WA. She has performed and presented throughout the United States, including appearances at conferences of the International Clarinet Association, International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), and Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS). She holds a doctorate in clarinet from the University of North Texas, and also holds degrees from Michigan State University and Ball State University.
