BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:BethBeach X-WR-CALNAME:Bethany Beach Seaside Concert Series (Cellofest) BEGIN:VEVENT UID:246342024-06-13 DTSTART:20240613T233000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240614T010000Z SUMMARY:Bethany Beach Seaside Concert Series (Cellofest) CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Experience the first-ever Bethany Beach Cellofest. Presented by the\nCello Museum\, cellists will perform a mix of classical\, folk\, and \npopular tunes on the boardwalk. This event features both ensemble and\ns olo cello performances\, showcasing the instrument's range and\nversatilit y. Join us for a memorable evening of diverse music at this\nnew addition to Bethany Beach's cultural scene. \nThe event will consistent of the foll owing cellists: \n  \nA graduate of The Juilliard School and a Fulbright Scholar\, cellist\nJennifer Kloetzel has concertized throughout the United States\,\nEurope\, and Asia as a soloist and chamber musician. A founding member\nof the San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet (1996-2016) and \nQuartetES\, Jennifer has toured the globe and performed at such\nrenowne d venues as Lincoln Center\, The Kennedy Center\, the Chautauqua\nInstitut e and the Ravinia Festival\, the Lobkowicz Palaces in both\nVienna and Pra gue\, as well as prominent colleges and conservatories\nworldwide. \n  \n Erica Lessie is a freelance cellist in the Chicago area\, working in a\nbr oad range of styles across many facets of the Chicago music scene.\nErica has performed on the Oprah Winfrey show with both Whitney\nHouston and Sea l\, and has also appeared with Diana Krall\, Andrea\nBocelli\, Peter Ceter a\, the Four Tops and Johnny Mathis. She is an\nauxiliary member of the ro ck band Tributosaurus and co-founder of\nCherchez la Femme\, a musical ens emble dedicated to presenting the arts\nexpressed by women across the mill ennium. Ms. Lessie also developed\nCellos of Unusual Shape\, a solo presen tation that explores the\ndiversity of variant cellos. \n  \nCello Museum founder and curator\, Dr. Brenda Neece\, DPhil (Oxon.)\, is\na cellist an d a researcher specializing in the history of the cello.\nBefore starting The Cello Museum in the autumn of 2019\, she worked as\na freelancer and s erved for just over a decade as the first curator of\nthe musical instrume nt collections at Duke University. In addition to\nplaying the cello\, doi ng cello research\, and writing about cellos\, she\nenjoys experimenting w ith variant cellos. In addition to her modern\ninstrument\, she also plays a 5-string baroque cello\, a small 5-string\ncello\, and sometimes travel s with her folding prakticello. \nThis is a free event. \n \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Experience the first-ever Bet hany Beach Cellofest. Presented by the Cello Museum\, cellists will perfor m a mix of classical\, folk\, and popular tunes on the boardwalk. This eve nt features both ensemble and solo cello performances\, showcasing the ins trument'\;s range and versatility. Join us for a memorable evening of d iverse music at this new addition to Bethany Beach'\;s cultural scene.
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The event will consistent of the followi ng cellists:
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A graduate of The Juilliard School and a Fulbright Scholar\, cellist Jennifer Kloetzel has concertized throughout the United States\, Europe\, and Asia as a soloist and chamber musician. A founding member of the San Francisco-based Cypress String Qua rtet (1996-2016) and QuartetES\, Jennifer has toured the globe and perform ed at such renowned venues as Lincoln Center\, The Kennedy Center\, the Ch autauqua Institute and the Ravinia Festival\, the Lobkowicz Palaces in bot h Vienna and Prague\, as well as prominent colleges and conservatories wor ldwide.
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Erica Lessie is a freelance celli st in the Chicago area\, working in a broad range of styles across many fa cets of the Chicago music scene. Erica has performed on the Oprah Winfrey show with both Whitney Houston and Seal\, and has also appeared with Diana Krall\, Andrea Bocelli\, Peter Cetera\, the Four Tops and Johnny Mathis. She is an auxiliary member of the rock band Tributosaurus and co-founder o f Cherchez la Femme\, a musical ensemble dedicated to presenting the arts expressed by women across the millennium. Ms. Lessie also developed Cellos of Unusual Shape\, a solo presentation that explores the diversity of var iant cellos.
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Cello Museum founder and cur ator\, Dr. Brenda Neece\, DPhil (Oxon.)\, is a cellist and a researcher sp ecializing in the history of the cello. Before starting The Cello Museum i n the autumn of 2019\, she worked as a freelancer and served for just over a decade as the first curator of the musical instrument collections at Du ke University. In addition to playing the cello\, doing cello research\, a nd writing about cellos\, she enjoys experimenting with variant cellos. In addition to her modern instrument\, she also plays a 5-string baroque cel lo\, a small 5-string cello\, and sometimes travels with her folding prakt icello.
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This is a free event. \n\n

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