Helen Newby
Cellist
About
I completed my Master's at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and did my undergrad at Oberlin Conservatory. I'm a member of the Bay Area-based Amaranth Quartet and love chamber music and collaborations of all varieties. Contemporary music is a big passion of mine, as I'm continually seeking out ways to expand the sonic possibilities of the cello. I also love arranging pop songs in my spare time (Backstreet Boys, anyone?)
Music
Solo: any of the Bach Cello Suites, Kodaly solo sonata, Cassado solo suite, Crumb sonata, Dutilleux "Trois Strophes"+ many contemporary works
Cello & Piano: works by Prokofiev, Debussy, Brahms, Schnittke, Poulenc, Beethoven, Janacek, Arvo Part, Messiaen, Schumann, Ravel, etc
Chamber: too much to name! anything by Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Janacek, Debussy, Schnittke, Schoenberg, Ravel, etc
I'm really into contemporary music--I've commissioned close to one hundred works for solo cello and various chamber ensembles and would love to share some of these works with others!
Also a baroque cello noob--have played some Vivaldi, Bach, Couperin, de Fesch, Gabrielli.
Videos
Past groupmuses (65)
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Virtual Livestream
Sunday, Dec 20, 2020 8:00 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Providence, RI
- Composers: Joachim, Perkinson, Vasks
- Instruments: Solo cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened about 4 years ago
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Virtual Livestream
Pieces for Solo Cello with Helen Newby
Friday, Jul 24, 2020 5:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: San Francisco, CA
- Composers: Bach, Adams, Norman, Negrón, Joachim
- Instruments: Solo cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 4 years ago
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Cello Solo night by Helen Newby
Thursday, Feb 20, 2020 7:00 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Potrero Hill, SF
- Composers: Bach, Norman, Gordon, Sumner
- Instruments: Solo cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 5 years ago
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Thursday, Nov 7, 2019 7:00 PM EST
- Neighborhood: South Harlem
- Composers: Montgomery, Glass, Dvorak
- Instruments: String quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 5 years ago
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Saturday, Oct 19, 2019 7:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Central Harlem
- Composers: Bach, Norman, Sciarrino
- Instruments: Solo cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 5 years ago
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Outdoors
Sunday, Sep 15, 2019 4:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Greenpoint
- Composers: Bach, Xenakis, Balter
- Instruments: Solo cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 5 years ago
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Outdoors
Hell's Kitchen Rooftop Summer Sunset Concert
Friday, Jul 26, 2019 7:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen
- Composers: Sibelius, Dohnányi
- Instruments: String trio
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 5 years ago
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Brunch and muse, featuring Amaranth String Quartet!
Saturday, Apr 13, 2019 12:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Potrero Hill, SF
- Composers: Beethoven, Shosty, Glass, Nicholson
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 5 years ago
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The Amaranth Quartet plays Beethoven, Shostakovich and a premier of Aminikia!
Friday, Apr 12, 2019 7:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Kensington, CA
- Composers: Beethoven, Shostakovich, Aminikia
- Instruments: String quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 5 years ago
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Friday, Apr 5, 2019 7:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Haight-Ashbury, SF
- Composers: Bach, Norman, Saariaho, Cassado
- Instruments: Solo cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 5 years ago
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Sunday, Mar 17, 2019 4:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Greenpoint
- Composers: Bach, Norman, Saariaho, Vasks
- Instruments: Solo cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 6 years ago
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Friday, Mar 1, 2019 8:00 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Chelsea
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 6 years ago
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Cello on Wolcott Street in Red Hook!
Sunday, Jan 27, 2019 3:00 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Red Hook, Brooklyn
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 6 years ago
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Cool String Quartet "Amaranth" in little Russia
Friday, Dec 14, 2018 7:00 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Richmond District, SF
- Composers: Beethoven, Stravinsky, Shostakovich
- Instruments: String quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 6 years ago
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Sunday, Dec 9, 2018 2:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Glenview, Oakland
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 6 years ago
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Thursday, Dec 6, 2018 7:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Central Berkeley, Berkeley
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 6 years ago
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Friday, Nov 30, 2018 7:30 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Gowanus
- Composers: Beethoven, Halvorson, Clarke, Shaw
- Instruments: Viola and cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 6 years ago
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Monday Night Muse in the Sunset
Monday, Sep 24, 2018 7:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Outer Sunset, SF
- Composers: Beethoven, Stravinsky, Milhaud
- Instruments: String quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 6 years ago
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Sunday, Aug 12, 2018 3:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: May Valley, Richmond
- Composers: Bach, Saariaho, Sumner, O'Connor
- Instruments: Solo cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 6 years ago
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Cool String Quartet in Portrero hill
Thursday, Aug 2, 2018 7:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Potrero Hill, SF
- Composers: Stravinsky, Milhaud
- Instruments: String quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 6 years ago