About this Event
Join us for a cozy evening of cello music by Gretchen Yanover. The varied program will include selections from Gretchen's album Cello Glow — a special way to start your holiday season. Gretchen's transcendent compositions and layered textures will be accompanied by ambient video projection by janet galore.
Doors at 7:30pm, show begins at 8:00pm
Have some hot cider and snacks before the show, and mingle afterwards. Gretchen will have CDs for purchase.
“With an electric cello in hand and a loop pedal under foot, Yanover is her own one-woman band. Playing and layering her melodies, she crafts instrumental atmospheres that grow and transform onstage.” - Maggie Molloy, Classic KING FM — NPR Slingshot
About the artist
Cellist Gretchen Yanover wears two musical hats: one as a composer of spacious string atmospheres which she performs on electric cello with looping pedal—and one as a classical acoustic cellist.
Yanover began her musical life in Seattle public schools, falling in love with the cello’s deep sound. Gretchen pursued both performance and music education at University of Washington, embracing an interwoven path of teaching and performing. Ms Yanover guided students in music for 17 years, while at the same time growing her own solo performing career.
Gretchen started playing with a loop sampler around 2001 and it changed her musical life, inspiring her to improvise and compose. Gretchen performs throughout the Pacific Northwest as a soloist on her electric cello, while continuing her classical music life. She has played with Northwest Sinfonietta orchestra since 1998, and is a member of NW Sinfonietta’s DEI task force, working to make meaningful changes in the classical music culture, along with creating connections in the community. NW Sinfonietta has featured Gretchen as a soloist on her electric cello on several occasions.
Yanover has been a Visiting Artist at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, appeared as a soloist for the Earshot Jazz Festival, and presented at TEDx Seattle. She created music for and performed with LeVar Burton for LeVar Burton Reads live, and has had compositions commissioned by Seattle Symphony, Seattle Pacific University, and University of Oregon. Gretchen’s artist residencies Shunpike (2020), Town Hall Seattle (2021), and Seattle Public Library (2024). She was the recipient of a 2023 CityArtist grant from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, which supported the release of her 5th album in 2024.
Learn more about Gretchen at
gretchenyanover.com
instagram.com/gretchenyanover
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Grocery, 3001 21st Avenue South, Seattle, United States
USD 10.00 to USD 25.00
