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  BILL   PERE
PO Box 511
Mystic, CT 06355
(860) 572-9285
E-Mail: bill@billpere.com

Bill Pere is well known for innovative Arts in Education programming. The New York Times calls him "the link between science and music." His interactive, hands-on demonstrations interrelating music, math, science and technology have been presented to thousands of students. He is a recognized expert in modern music technology and has a graduate science degree. Bill is President of the Connecticut Songwriters Association, has been appointed by the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism as a Connecticut State Troubadour. He is named one of the "Top 50 Innovators and Guiding Lights of the Music Industry" by Music Connection Magazine, and is a Parents Choice award winner. Bill is the author of the international songwriting reference book "Songcrafters Coloring Book" (Grades 4-8).

Program Titles: Science, Math, Computers and Music; Connecticut History through Song; Songwriting Workshop: Character Education - Constructive Use of Differences; Curriculum Integration through Songwriting; Probability: The Math of Magic and Miracles

Fee: 1 show- $450-$600. Single or multi-day residency available as well.

Funding Source: Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism

Special Requirements: electrical power, extension cord, setup time


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  GIDEON   FREUDMANN
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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