Portland Cello Project News

 
Portland Cello Project
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Portland Cello Project's goal is to expose people to new music through the cello, to support local musicians who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford to hire an orchestral accompaniment to support their talent and to make Portland, Oregon the cello ...


 
WEEKEND: Port Angeles, it's time to get your groove on for Juan de Fuca fest
Peninsula Daily
The Portland Cello Project applies its large stringed instruments to the music of Lady Gaga, Kanye West and other modern pop tonight and Saturday during the Juan de Fuca Festival. Singer Nicki Bluhm and her band, the Gramblers, will give an After Hours ...

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Daily Californian
Classic Hip-Hop: Portland Cello Project
Daily Californian
So, it should come as no surprise that the Portland Cello Project has decided to make this idea the basis for their latest album. Portland Cello Project's album, Homage, does just what I'm talking about to what I'm guessing are some of their favorite ...


 
Lexington Herald Leader
Mellow cellos: Portland group gives indie voice to orchestral instrument
Lexington Herald Leader
The group's repertoire spans classical masters such as Beethoven, modern composer Arvo Pärt and "music you wouldn't normally hear coming out of a cello," says the group's Web site, Portlandcelloproject.com. Those include cello-centric interpretations ...


 
SSG Music
Album Review: Portland Cello Project – Homage
Consequence of Sound
By Jake Cohen on April 30th, 2012 in Album Reviews Portland Cello Project is not a novelty, although they can come dangerously close sometimes. A rotating cast of cellists, winds, brass, and percussion, the PCP are part of the new vanguard of classical ...
Drop the bassMinnesota Daily

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SSG Music (blog)
Portland Cello Project, Emily Wells
Isthmus
Since the group's inception in late 2007, the Portland Cello Project (or, PCP, as their fans affectionately call them), has wowed audiences all over the country with extravagant performances, mixing genres and blurring musical lines and perceptions ...
Portland Cello Project – HomageSSG Music (blog)

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Cello and hip-hop make strange bedfellows
Columbia Daily Tribune
Classically trained players all, Portland Cello Project has cast itself in the role of a musical guide, taking a form — hip-hop — that would seem foreign and foreboding to most string aficionados and making it quite palatable.