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A special evening with Helen Gillet

With just her voice and a cello, Helen Gillet has created a new vocabulary
New Orleans / Belgian cellist, improviser, composer, singer.
You wont want to miss a very special evening with Helen Gillet. The event is by invitation only and is open to the first 50 people purchasing tickets. We will have a potluck and BYOB meet & greet beginning at 6:30. Music promptly at 8:00.

Cellist, singer, composer and improviser Helen Gillet grew up in Belgium, Singapore, Chicago and Wisconsin. Gillet has a Bachelors Degree in both Music & Anthropology and a Masters Degree in Music (Beloit College 00, Loyola University New Orleans 04). Her training as an improviser began with North Indian Hindustani cellist Nancy Lesh in 1998, launching her into the worlds of free improvisation, jazz, funk, rock and song writing. She has a deep love for French Chansons and the work of Belgian poet Julos Beaucarne.

Helen Gillet has also recorded several film soundtracks and for musicians such as Wardell Querzergue, Arcade Fire, Kid Koala, Fermin, Cassandra Wilson, Dr. John, Marianne Faithful, Harold Brown, Danny Brilliant, Bill Summers Her original score work to Katrina & Beyond and Living with Water plays above Fats Dominos wrecked piano as part of a permanent exhibit at the Louisiana State Museum. Helen Gillet is currently featured in the Jazz exhibit at the Old US Mint in New Orleans.