12/3/13

Upcoming: Mix @ The Max featuring Zoë Keating on Friday, December 6

Zoë Keating is a one-woman orchestra. She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music. Zoë is known for both her use of technology — which she uses to sample her cello onstage — and for her DIY ethic which has resulted in the sale of over 60,000 copies of her self-released albums and a devoted following.

 A cellist since the age of eight, Zoë obtained a liberal arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College and spent her 20's working at a software startup while moonlighting as a cellist in rock bands. She eventually combined the cello and the computer, developing her signature style of live-layered music while improvising for late night crowds at her Francisco warehouse. In 2003 Zoë quit her tech job to focus on making layered cello music.
 
Zoë's grassroots, label-less approach has garnered her much public attention and press. She speaks regularly about artist-empowerment, has been profiled on NPR's All Things Considered and named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. She serves on the boards of the San Francisco chapter of the Recording Academy, the Magik Magik Orchestra and CASH Music, a nonprofit organization that builds open source digital tools for musicians and labels.
 
As a cellist, Zoë has played with a wide range of artists, including Imogen Heap, Amanda Palmer, Tears for Fears, DJ Shadow, Dan Hicks, Thomas Dolby, John Vanderslice, Rasputina, Pomplamoose and Paolo Nutini. She has collaborated with WNYC's Radiolab and lends her music regularly to film, tv, dance productions and commercials.


Zoë will be playing The Music Box at The Max M. Fisher Music Center this Friday, December 6.

The Music Box at The Max M. Fisher Music Center is located at 3711 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48201

Tickets prices:
$16 at dso.org/mix
$20 at the door
$12 with student ID

Mix, Mingle, & Drink starting at 9PM. Performance begins at 10 PM.
  
Visit dso.org/mix or call 313.576.5111 to reserve your seats.
Visit Zoë Keating at: http://www.zoekeating.com/