Gretchen Yanover: Holding / Movement album release concert
Pay-what-you-can at the door
Gretchen Yanover — Bisoux
Gretchen Yanover — Such Things Require Tenderness (poetry of Luther Hughes)
Gretchen Yanover — & when we unmake the making (poetry of Abi Pollokoff)
Gretchen Yanover — in your wings, querido (poetry of Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs)
Gretchen Yanover — Shhh. We are walking on Lushootseed words (poetry of Jourdan Imani Keith)
Gretchen Yanover — If brown angels could fly (poetry of Raúl Sánchez)
Gretchen Yanover — to solve for heart (poetry of Shin Yu Pai)
Gretchen Yanover — the coinciding (poetry of Karin de Weille)
Gretchen Yanover — Through Chenoa's Eyes
Gretchen Yanover — Taken From Us (part one)
Gretchen Yanover — Taken From Us (part two)
Gretchen Yanover — this four-walled pasture (poetry of Luther Hughes)
Gretchen Yanover — At the end of reason, I am locked in place (poetry of Quenton Baker)
Gretchen Yanover — i have spread my roots across borders/and i am growing still
Holding / Movement album release concert! Arrive early to purchase a CD, which will include a booklet of poetry from Seattle poets whose work is paired with Gretchen's compositions. In addition to Yanover's electric cello, there will be dance, as well as readings by poets involved with the project, including Ally Ang, Luther Hughes, and Raúl Sánchez.
About Gretchen Yanover
Cellist Gretchen Yanover creates spacious string atmospheres woven with warm melodies. She performs with her electric cello and looping pedal, in addition to her acoustic cello performance and recording work. 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. Yanover's 5th album will be released March 2024.
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 Northwest Sinfonietta's DEI task force, working to make meaningful changes in the classical music culture, along with creating connections in the community. Northwest Sinfonietta has featured Gretchen as a soloist on her electric cello on several occasions.
Yanover has 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 was the recipient of a Shunpike Artist residency, and was the Town Hall Seattle 2021 Fall Artist in Residence. She is the recipient of a 2023 CityArtist grant from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
Gretchen loves exploring on foot, cooking vegan dishes, reading, and social tango dancing.
https://gretchenyanover.com/