Esteemed Genre Bending Classical Music: Portland Cello Project Will Return to Missoula
Esteemed genre-bending classical music ensemble, Portland Cello Project will return to Missoula for a live concert at the Wilma on Saturday, April 20, 2019. The group has previously sold out the Top Hat in Missoula and graduated to the Wilma with their May 2018 performance.
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Since 2006, Portland Cello Project has become a nationally-recognized revolving cast of cellists. They’ve appeared 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.
“This indie orchestra gives classical music a jolt of energy,” – Spin Magazine
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…). The group developed a three-part philosophy that has mostly remained unchanged over the years:
To bring the cello places you wouldn’t normally see it (from wild dance parties, to formal symphony halls, to street parties, to Millennium Park in Chicago…).
To perform music on the cello you wouldn’t normally associate with the instrument alongside music from the Western Classical Tradition (from Pantera to Taylor Swift to Kanye West to Elliott Smith, alongside Bach, Rossini, and Saint-Saens, to name just a few…).
To build bridges between different musical communities through educational, community outreach, and through collaboration with myriad artists, from The Dandy Warhols to Garrison Keillor to Ural Thomas to Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney) to Jolie Holland to Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary), among many others, and cellists such as Ben Sollee, Maya Beiser and Zoe Keating.
“The PCP has come to epitomize Portland’s offbeat music scene, one where boundaries are blurred and cellos are in abundance.” – The Strad
Tickets are on sale now at The Top Hat, online or by phone at 1 (800) 514-3849. General admission cabaret style floor seating and reserved premium balcony tickets are available. All ages are welcome. Additional ticketing and venue information can be found here.