RealNewArts Foundation
in association with
The Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts
proudly presents
RealNewMusic 2017
Composer/Cellist
Zoë Keating
Saturday, February 11, 2017 - 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $25.00
Seniors: $20.00
Students: $15.00
The Ruth B. Shannon
Center for the Performing Arts
Whittier College, 6760 Painter Ave., Whittier
Box Office: 562.907.4203
Google map to the Shannon Center
Cellist and composer Zoë
Keating is a one-woman orchestra.
She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of
cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music. Zoë is known for both
her use of technology - which she uses to sample her cello onstage - and for her
DIY approach, releasing her music online without the help of a record label.
Born in Canada and a cellist since the age of eight, Zoë pursued electronic
music and contemporary composition as part of her Liberal Arts studies at Sarah
Lawrence College in New York. After graduation she moved to San Francisco and
found work as an information architect at a software startup while moonlighting
as a cellist in various rock bands. Unemployed following the dot-com crash of
2001, Zoë used her year off to focus on music, eventually combining the cello
and the computer to develop her signature style of live-layered music. She began
composing music for small films and experimental theater projects and performing
for late night crowds in the San Francisco warehouse where she lived with other
artists.
Now, Zoë has a devoted, global audience. Her self-released albums have several
times reached #1 on the iTunes classical chart, she has over 1 million followers
on Twitter and her grassroots approach and artists' advocacy has garnered her
much public attention and press. She served as a board member for the San
Francisco chapter of the Recording Academy, was named a Young Global Leader by
the World Economic Forum and serves on the boards of the Magik Magik Orchestra
and CASH Music, a nonprofit organization that builds open source digital tools
for musicians and labels.
Zoë has composed music for ballet, theater, film and radio and lends her music
regularly to film, tv, dance productions and commercials. In 2014 she began
composing for television, collaborating with Jeff Russo on the score for the A&E
drama "The Returned". The pair are composing together again on season 2 of
"Manhattan" on WGN which premiered October 13, 2015.
As a cellist, Zoë has played and recorded with a wide range of artists,
including Imogen Heap, Amanda Palmer, Tears for Fears, DJ Shadow, Dan Hicks,
Thomas Dolby, John Vanderslice, Rasputina, Pomplamoose and Paolo Nutini.
"...a distinctive mix
of old and new -- layers of sound, that feel more like orchestrations than a
solo instrument. " - National Public Radio
"Swoon-inducing. Like taking a triple-shot of Absinthe before stepping
outside of the bar just in time to see the sun exploding." -SF Weekly
"... uses live looping to transform solo performances into multipart
masterpieces." - Electronic Musician
"...sublime minimalist music with a pop sensibility" - San Francisco Weekly
This project received support from the California Arts
Council,
the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), and IMTour.