Cello Madness Congress: Spring has Sprung! 4/30/2020 Livestream Concert

Three cutting edge cellists: Peter Thomas, Artyom Manukyan, and CelloJoe
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The Cello Madness Congress: Spring has Sprung!
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This will be the third quarantine edition of the Cello Madness Congress!
This edition will feature Peter Thomas from Milwaukee and Artyom Manukyan from L.A. / Armenia and Joey Chang from Oakland, CA.

Thanks for your support!

TIP INFO
Peter Thomas:
Venmo (preferred) is: @Peter-Thomas-50
PayPal: PayPal.Me/pjtcello
Artyom Manukyan
Venmo: @Artyom-Manukyan
PayPal: artmane1@yahoo.com
CelloJoe:
Venmo: @cellojoe
PayPal: PayPal.me/CelloJoe
Cash App: Cash.app/$CelloJoe
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The livestream will be publicly available to all for free, but we'd love it if you tip the musicians!

Stay safe, stay home... and watch and listen to some amazing cello music!

Check out this spotify playlist featuring Peter J Thomas, I am not a Pilot (Peter's band), Artyom Manukyan​, Hila (Artyom's Band) And Cello Joe​: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3meDSEph5pyL2QP4SbPL3N?si=Anyo66WUTNyJJpz7Qf-tgw

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Artist bios
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Peter Thomas:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/peterjthomascello
Peter J. Thomas has been a member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) since 2008, and has performed around the world as a multi-genre soloist, clinician, educator, and chamber musician. He frequently performs with the Kabat-Thomas Cello Duo, Frankly Music, Present Music, and the 414 Quartet. Mr. Thomas was also the electric cellist of the award-winning classical cross-over indie-rock band I’m Not A Pilot, that toured extensively across the Midwest at colleges, performing art centers, music festivals, and in educational collaboration concerts with high school orchestras from 2009-2016.
Prior to joining the MSO, Mr. Thomas performed with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and the New World Symphony. He appeared as a soloist with the New World Symphony on two separate occasions, where he performed Richard Strauss’s “Don Quixote” and Elgar’s Cello Concerto as the 2008 Concerto Competition winner.
Originally from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, where he was born into a family of musicians, Mr. Thomas started cello at age five at the American Suzuki Talent Education Center and received degrees at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the Cleveland Institute of Music. His primary teachers were Lawrence Leviton, Tanya Remenikova, Joseph Johnson, and Stephen Geber.
Mr. Thomas enjoys the life of being a music ambassador and strives to spread awareness of the arts in the community through his many outlets. He performs on a fine English cello circa 1813 by maker Thomas Kennedy.
Videos:
https://www.facebook.com/peterjthomascello/videos/238037114224266/
https://www.facebook.com/peterjthomascello/videos/271582340501845/


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Artyom Manukyan
http://artyommanukyan.com/
https://www.instagram.com/artyommanukyan/
https://www.facebook.com/artyom.manukyan.3
A native of Yerevan, the Armenian capitol, Artyom was influenced as a child by the music of both his mother, a classical piano teacher, and his father, a part-time DJ known as the biggest collector of jazz vinyl in Armenia. “We listened to jazz 27 hours a day in our house,” he says. “At the time I didn’t know a cello player who played jazz, so I copied what the bass players were doing.” Artyom spent five years completing his classical cello education at the State Conservatory, and began playing in jazz bands before joining the 12-piece “avangard folk” Armenian Navy Band in 2006, playing the bass as well as cello.

Videos:
https://youtu.be/0fAPaiA7LI0
https://youtu.be/fn-tUxeMfrM
CelloJoe
CelloJoe.com
CelloJoe.BandCamp.com
Patreon.com/cellojoe/
SoundCloud.com/CelloJoe
bit.ly/cellojoespotify
Instagram.com/cellojoe
FaceBook.com/CelloJoe
YouTube.com/CelloJoe
Vimeo.com/cellojoe
Twitter.com/CelloJoe
Cello + beatboxing + vocals + live looping = Cello Joe
Cello Joe plays the cello while beatboxing, looping, and singing. It's Classical Hip Hop.
His lyrics weave together sustainability, environmental justice, and social awareness. They entertain, inspire, and make you wonder.
Videos:
https://youtu.be/u-9nZq
https://youtu.be/5w8n3jWLSA0
https://youtu.be/7ThQNUyU_r0
https://youtu.be/PfL9PR1Y0eU

The Cello MADNESS Congress is an ongoing project of CelloJoe, AKA Joey Chang, an anomaly in the world of cellists. This show is all about improvisation and cellists jamming as well as featuring cellists from the bay area and around the world. We may not have certain artists due to the last minute nature of the show.