Saturday April 21st, 8:00 PM
Glen Helgeson guitar & Annz Vazquez cello house concert
Como Cottage Concerts (formerly The Holtby House Concerts)
1610 Fernwood Street
Saint Paul
651-488-4896
Suggested donation $15.00
Guitarist and composer GLEN HELGESON joins forces with avant-garde cellist Anna
Vazquez for a special evening of acoustic guitar and cello in an intimate house
concert setting. Helgeson will feature many of his guitar compositions and a few
vocals on his six and twelve string guitars. Special guests include poet Timothy Young, violinists Dalyce Elliot and Terry
Elliot.
Due to the intimacy of the concert, this is a perfume-free environment
Since 1992 Glen Helgeson has released several CD's which have been given major airplay across the country. Rising Current, Distant Borders, Spirit of the Wood,
Distant Borders Revisited, Cool Drink of Water, Ode to Ober, and the 2009
release, Gypsy Mania. He performs as solo artist and with the groups, Gypsy
Mania and Axis Mundi. His guitar was also featured on Timothy Young's CD of
poetry and music, Riding The Dark Wind. He practices music therapy with
special education children in the public schools and continues to perform and
record in the Twin Cities Area. His website is www.worldviewmusic.com
Cellist ANNA VAZQUEZ has diverse performance experience over the last 25 years ranging from the Yamagata Symphony Orchestra in Japan, the Moody Blues, the
Minnesota Orchestra, the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, and the Meeting Rivers Sacred Music Dance Theatre. Anna has also worked with Lorie Line and Her Pop Chamber Orchestra, MPR's Stage Sessions with Charlie Parr and Maria Jette, the Robert Everest Expedition, as well as collaborating with vocalists, Diane Jarvi, Barbara MacAfee, Karen Mueller, Robert Robinson, and many more.
