Helen Newby

Cellist

Book Helen Newby for a groupmuse
New York, NY
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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)

  • Summer Musings

    Saturday, Jul 7, 2018 8:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Central Berkeley, Berkeley
    • Composers: Kodaly, Ravel, Bartok, Schulhoff
    • Instruments: Cello & violin
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Midsummer Music Magic

    Friday, Jul 6, 2018 7:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Mission District, SF
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Classical on Clipper!

    Saturday, Jun 16, 2018 7:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Noe Valley, SF
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • A-musing by the bay

    Friday, Jun 15, 2018 7:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Dogpatch, SF
    • Composers: Bach, Cassado, Summer, Herndon
    • Instruments: Solo cello
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Lower Haight Cellomuse

    Saturday, Mar 10, 2018 7:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Lower Haight, SF
    • Instruments: Cellist
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Groupmuse Quartet night in Potrero

    Saturday, Mar 3, 2018 7:30 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Potrero Hill, SF
    • Composers: Mendelssohn
    • Instruments: string quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Helen + Cello + March + You?

    Thursday, Mar 1, 2018 7:30 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Central Berkeley, Berkeley
    • Composers: Bach, Kodaly, Balter
    • Instruments: Cellist
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Mission Bay Musings

    Thursday, Sep 14, 2017 7:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: South of Market, SF
    • Composers: Bach, Balter
    • Instruments: Cellist
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 7 years ago

  • Outdoors

    Backyard Bach enchant with the bay view!

    Friday, Aug 25, 2017 7:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Potrero Hill, SF
    • Composers: Bach
    • Instruments: Cello
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 7 years ago

  • Outdoors

    Backyard Bach

    Thursday, Jul 20, 2017 7:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Piedmont Avenue, Oakland
    • Composers: Bach, Balter
    • Instruments: Solo cello
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 7 years ago

  • Embassy Groupmuse May

    Sunday, May 28, 2017 7:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Lower Haight, San Francisco
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 7 years ago

  • Van Ness Virtuosos

    Wednesday, Mar 22, 2017 6:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Marina District, SF
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 7 years ago

  • 20mission Muse

    Sunday, Mar 5, 2017 7:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Mission District, SF
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 7 years ago

  • Hayes Haight Groupmuse

    Saturday, Mar 4, 2017 7:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Lower Haight, SF
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 7 years ago

  • Elmwood Allegro

    Saturday, Feb 25, 2017 7:30 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Elmwood, Berkeley
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 7 years ago

  • Musemantic Valentine's Weekend aka Beau's Third Hosted Groupmuse

    Friday, Feb 10, 2017 7:00 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Mission District, SF
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 8 years ago

  • Embassy Groupmuse

    Sunday, Dec 18, 2016 7:30 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Lower Haight, San Francisco
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 8 years ago

  • Amaranth on Chilton

    Friday, Dec 2, 2016 7:30 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: South Berkeley
    • Price: $15 tickets ($12 for Supermusers)

    Happened almost 8 years ago

  • C-Hill-o or Trump-ets?

    Saturday, Nov 12, 2016 7:15 PM PST

    • Neighborhood: Mission District, SF
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 8 years ago

  • Edith Street Essemble

    Saturday, Sep 10, 2016 6:30 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: El Cerrito near Del Norte BART
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 8 years ago