Journeys in Sound presents "An Evening with Helen Gillet - A whirling dervish of the cello"

When:
Sunday, Mar 26, 2023 7:30p -
9:15p

Where:
Swedenborg Chapel
50 Quincy St. (corner of Quincy and Kirkland St.)
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Admission:
$20 to $15 suggested donation

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Journeys in Sound is thrilled to present this unique artist, who will be making her area solo debut at the beautiful Swedenborg stone chapel.


Helen Gillet is a singer-songwriter and surrealist-archeologist exploring synthesized sounds, texture, and rhythm using an acoustic cello. For someone with her varied background, New Orleans, with its mix of cultures and musics, seemed like a natural place to call home. She was born in Belgium, raised in Singapore from the ages of 2 to 11, and routinely shuttled between the homelands of her Belgian father and American mother. Over the years — working in New Orleans with musicians of all stripes, from avant-garde jazz and classical to pop and funk — Gillet has developed a singular polyglot style. The core of her work is solo performance with live looping, layering cello parts and vocal lines. Rhythmic figures emerge with bowed or plucked ostinatos or a variety of rubbing and slapping on the body of the cello, then enhanced with melodies played or sung in her haunting alto. Her mixed musical vocabulary is commensurate with her disparate travels — French chanson of the 1940s, Belgian folk tunes sung in Walloon, a mix of rock and punk from the likes of PJ Harvey and X-Ray Spex, and her own affecting originals, like audience favorite “Julien,” sung in a mix of French and English. Gillet’s solo performance is known for its enigmatic quality as she fabricates each song with innovative use of the cello and true mastery of live looping technology.

https://www.helengillet.com/


A 2018 appearance at LSU ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RutfJFsqpRc


This will be Helen's first solo appearance in the Boston area.


To attend, please reserve at [email protected]

$20 suggested donation, $15 for students and seniors can be made at the door

doors open at 7pm

Masks MUST be worn inside the chapel.

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