Sophie Webber

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Dr. Sophie Webber, cellist and innovator, performs regularly in solo and chamber music settings in the USA and UK. An enthusiast of traditional and new music, from classical to rock, she has engaged in much collaboration with acoustic and electro-acoustic composers. Her involvement with mixed media performances led her to form the Chicago-based new music group, Fused Muse Ensemble, a group that specializes in the presentation of new music in performances that "fuse" together music with other media, such as dance, film, lighting, poetry, electronic music, and performance art.Currently, Sophie is excited to be collaborating with musician Joel Styzens on his upcoming second album, Resonance (to be released early 2012), as well as with pianist-composer Zvonimir Nagy on a debut album of music for cello and piano that is inspired by the three Abrahamic religions (also to be released early 2012). Sophie graduated from Trinity College of Music, London, in 2001, with a First Class Honors degree, as well as the Sir John Barbirolli memorial prize for cello. She gained a Masters and Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University, Bloomington. Her principal teachers include Janos Starker, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, and Richard Markson. She has been the recipient of a number of awards and prizes. At Indiana University, Sophie held a position as Music Theory Instructor for four years. She has taught cello and double bass at Southeast Missouri State University and currently teaches cello, chamber music, and courses in World Music and Early Music History at Lake Forest College, as well as cello, chamber music, and musicianship classes at the Music Institute of Chicago.
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"Ecclesiastic singing compellingly countered Sophie Webber's aching, pungent solo cello."

-Bloomington Herald Times

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Upcoming Performances

2012January 22, 3pmMIC Faculty RecitalNichols Hall, Evanston, ILFebruary 26Tavener, O Svyati for Solo Cello & ChoirUniversity of Chicago, ILMarch 20-21Fulcrum Point; Poetry and MusicRednote Festival at Illinois State University, ILMarch 28Fulcrum Point; Poetry and MusicHarris Theater, Chicago, ILJune 5Guitar and cello music with Joel StyzensChicago Botanic Garden, ILAugust 28Guitar and cello music with Joel StyzensChicago Botanic Garden, IL

PAST PERFORMANCES

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"It has always given me pleasure when I have heard Sophie play. She makes her cello speak, sing, and articulate clearly in a seemingly effortless way. Added to this she has the ability to communicate the essence of music, be it old, more recent, or very new. I shall watch her career with interest and with great expectations."

-John Poole

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Photos by Christopher Padgett (First Blush Photos)

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"Sophie Webber is an extraordinary musician

and a first-rate cellist. Her spirit is always warm

and engaging and her playing is consistently compelling."

-Dale Warland

Rudi TAS, Miserere (solo cello and choir)

-with the University Singers, Indiana University, Bloomington (conducted by Dale Warland)

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Iddo AHARONY, Until the Sea (cello and electronics)

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Johannes BRAHMS, Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op.38, I Allegro non troppo

-with pianist, Kati Gleiser

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Benjamin BRITTEN, Suite for Solo Cello No.1, Op. 72, Lamento & Canto Secondo

-YOUTUBE clip, with dancer, Ben Delony

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Sophie Webber

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Chicago Cell: +1 773 307 8252 Email: swcellist_hotmail.co.uk

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COLLABORATORS:Iddo AHARONY* (composer)Phyllis CHEN* (pianist, composer)Ben DELONY* (ballet/modern dancer)Henriet FOURIE* (soprano)Haley Nagy* (artist)Zvonimir NAGY* (pianist, composer)Baltazar PENA-RIOS* (film director)Sophia RAHMAN (pianist)Joel STYZENS (guitarist, composer)Jared WEISS* (artist)*Fused Muse Ensemble Artists
FUSED MUSE ENSEMBLE:Benjamin BRITTEN, Suite for Solo Cello No.1, Op.72, Lamento & Canto Secondo-YOUTUBE clip with dancer, Ben DelonyArvo PÄRT, Spiegel im Spiegel-YOUTUBE clip with cinematography and editing by Baltazar Pena-Rios

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