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Yale University.
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Eugene Friesen
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Career
Friesen is a graduate of the Yale School of Music. Friesen has broken new ground for the cello, using it in a wide variety of non-classical settings and creating new techniques to expand its role as a solo and accompanying instrument–although he cannot improvise melodically through chord progressions. He has also performed thousands of concerts for young audiences on cello and electric cello as "Celloman."
In 2012, Friesen"s book, "Improvisation for Classical Musicians" was published by Berklee Press/Hal Leonard.
He is a Professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and lives in Vermont.
Among his prominent students are Rushad Eggleston, Mads Tolling, Lindsay Mac, and Nathan Leath. Friesen also runs a nonprofit production company, Sonoterra Productions, producing concerts, recordings and workshops.
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Membership
He has been a member of the Paul Winter Consort since 1978, and performs with Howard Levy and Glen Velez as Trio Globo.
