The Cello Songs Project is acclaimed singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke, and Rebecca Arons, cellist and producer. Both transplants from Massachusetts to the rich Minneapolis music scene, Jonatha and Rebecca have been collaborating since early workshops of Jonatha’s award-winning off-Broadway show, My Mother Has Four Noses. Jonatha and Rebecca also co-produced Jonatha’s 2016 release, Imposter.
The Cello Songs Project features new arrangements of folk/pop/rock gems from Jonatha’s rich catalogue, plus new songs composed specifically for this project.
Listen to NEW DRESS, the newest single by Jonatha Brooke and The Cello Songs Project, or watch the official music video here.
Jonatha Brooke
Jonatha Brooke has been writing, recording and touring since her early days in Boston with her band, The Story, when her signature guitar playing, densely-stacked harmonies and lyrical storytelling first attracted the attention of fans and music moguls alike.
After four major label releases, she took the reins in 1999 to pioneer her own indie label, Bad Dog Records. She has since released ten additional albums – including the companion CD to her critically acclaimed, one woman, Off-Broadway musical, My Mother Has Four Noses.
She’s co-written with Katy Perry, the Dixie Chicks and Katharine McPhee. She’s written for three Disney films and multiple tv shows. She composed and sang the theme song for Joss Whedon’s Doll House.
Rolling Stone says, “Brooke is pure folk clarity cut with pure rock opacity. Her vocal pitch is spectacular, her melodies unwind and details themselves at unhurried rhythmic paces, and turns like “Is This All” and “Always” evoke Virginia Woolf’s personal odysseys and Audrey Hepburn’s rich subtlety – associations that Brooke herself invites. The world hasn’t heard the end of her.”
Since her arrival in Minneapolis, she’s won a McKnight Artist Grant and has recorded and performed with some of the finest and most versatile Minneapolis artists. Visit Jonatha’s website for more details.
Rebecca Arons
Rebecca Arons is a dynamic performer and in-demand recording artist, arranger and producer that has worked with top orchestras, Broadway stars and rock and pop’s biggest stars like Stevie Wonder, The Eagles and Prince.
Born in Massachusetts and based in Minneapolis, she has been a member of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra since 1998 and is founder and cellist of the STRINGenius Players chamber group. She is a founding member of the Four Voices String Quartet and has also performed with the Minnesota Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
An eclectic artist with a broad ear and lyrical sound, Rebecca is a founding member of alt-rock band And the Professors and the jazz fusion group One World Consort.
As owner of the orchestral contracting company RDA Productions and co-founder of the performance, arranging, production and recording company STRINGenius, she has worked with such artists as Weird Al, Judith Hill, The Who, Josh Groban, Kristin Chenoweth, Hugh Jackman, Regis Philbin, Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Scottish Ballet, Broadway Across America and many others.
Rebecca received her Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Master and Doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota School of Music. She is currently Adjunct Professor of Cello at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
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Touring
Jonatha Brooke: voice, piano, guitar, mandolin, kalimba
Rebecca Arons: cello
Adi Yeshaya: arrangements
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APRIL 21, 2023
Reif Performing Arts Center
Jonatha Brooke + Rebecca Arons
Grand Rapids, MN (Get Tickets)
Workshops & Master Classes
Pictured: Sean Driscoll, Jonatha Brooke, Rebecca Arons
In addition to their lives as touring musicians, Jonatha and Rebecca are also in-demand teachers, available for Workshops and Master Classes of all levels:
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Songwriting
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The Art of Collaboration
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Cello & Chamber Music
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