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38 Haskell
Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 282-4680
Fax: same, call first
E Mail: david@davidcoffin.com
Web site: www.davidcoffin.com
Since 1980, David has performed every year with the Christmas Revels, and since 1991, as Master of Ceremonies, teaching and
leading Revels audiences in song. He has appeared at numerous festivals including the Newport Folk Festival, Mystic Sea Music
Festival, and the Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Folk Festival. He has several recordings of his own and has been featured on many more.
His music has also been featured on NBC.
Music for the King's Court: Exploring the Early Winds With characteristic panache, David Coffin has been delighting audiences both young and old
in demonstrating his collection of Early Wind Instruments. His engaging presentation covers the history of the
recorder from the primitive ocarina through the medieval gemshorns and the recorders of the Renaissance and Baroque
periods. With complete sets of beautifully crafted instruments, David demonstrates each one proficiently with
period examples of music written for that particular instrument. He illustrates with humor and vitality
the evolution of the Early Instruments and the reasons they either evolved or became extinct. (Grades K-12)
From Boston Harbor: Take a virtual tour around Boston Harbor and hear historical anecdotes and songs that
illustrate Boston's role in shaping a great nation. This is the 'land based' version of his popular summer boat
tour Boston By Sea. (Grades 4-and up)
Life At Sea: Get the whole group singing the sea shanties as we 'hoist the sails,' leave Nantucket to go a-whaling, across
the line and around the Horn. And just why did we do that anyway? (Grades K-12)
Brochures with full descriptions are available upon request. Video CD-ROM also available for the King's Court program.
Program Titles: Music for the King's Court; From Boston Harbor; Life At Sea
Audience Limits: Music for the King's Court: 150; Maritime Programs: 300
Fees (including travel): $700 and up; block booking discounts available and encouraged. Massachusetts Cultural Council and local cultural councils. Private subsidy is available.
Requirements: Music for the King's Court: power supply, access to space 45 minutes prior.
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CelloBop Productions
1534 SE 56th Ave.
Portland, OR 97215
(503) 231-7755
E-mail: gideon@cellobop.com
Website: www.cellobop.com
Gideon Freudmann is on the rosters of Young Audiences chapters in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Oregon/SW Washington.
He has inspired young musicians, future musicians and their teachers across the country with his accessible style and
informative presentation. In addition to leading improvisation workshops and conducting his own original string ensembles,
he offers two assembly programs: CelloBop and Sound Science.
CelloBop is a whirlwind 500 year history of the cello - it's past present and future. Gideon plays excerpts from various periods
of the cello repertoire intermixed with explanations about the cello's construction and tone. He demonstrates how the conventional acoustic
instrument is played and also plugs in his futuristic electric cello and shows students how it can be used to create
an even wider range of sounds and lends itself to many other styles of music. Gideon's program, CelloBop, includes some classical,
blues, swing, jazz, rock and bluegrass as well as spontaneous improvised music.
Sound Science is a fun and enlightening examination of where art and science meet. Demonstrating the tonal qualities of the acoustic
and electric cellos, Gideon clearly explains the mathematical aspects of music such as how music is divided into beats, measures and
phrases, and the acoustic qualities including sound vibrations, pitch and timbre. Using the electric cello and real-time digital effects,
he shows how notes can be echoed, repeated, distorted and augmented in many exciting and unexpected ways.
Program Titles: CelloBop; Sound Science
Audience Limit: 250/performance
Fee: $425/single; $600/double; $450 evening; $400 libraries; Travel - $25.
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