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Helen Gillet
Helen Gillet: A Whirling Dervish Improviser
Helen Gillet’s cello is much more than just an instrument. It’s a visceral extension of her body and soul and her peripatetic mind, which ranges as far and wide as a childhood spent shuttling between Belgium, Singapore and Chicago, where she first picked up the cello at age nine.
Jeff Coffin & Helen Gillet, Let it Shine (Ear Up Records)
Jeff Coffin and Helen Gillet’s new cello/reeds duet record is both head-bopping in its meditative moments and thoughtful even when it hits a groove. Coffin, best known for his work […]
Helen Gillet, Helkiase (Independent)
A Fiercely Talented Improviser After receiving her master’s degree in music at Loyola University in 2004, Belgian-born cellist, singer, composer, and improviser Helen Gillet has continued to flourish in […]
After Rough Times, Cellist Helen Gillet Finds A New Ease
Sunday night at L’Extravagance, the Lycée Français school fundraiser formerly known as Fête de la Musique, Helen Gillet filled the big stage at Generations Hall with her solo act, playing […]
Photos: Progression Music Series Hosts Biglemoi, The Monocle, Helen Gillet
Helen Gillet, The Monocle featuring Aurora Nealand, Cliff Hines and Andre Bohren, as well as Biglemoi were the musical guests at the Progression Music Series held at Gasa Gasa on […]
Fest Focus: Helen Gillet
THURSDAY, APRIL 28—LAGNIAPPE STAGE, 3:05 P.M. Equally at home playing traditional, plaintive French chansons and musettes as she is manipulating tape loops and embarking on wild improvisations, the cellist […]
Woodenhead to Collaborate with Helen Gillet
Woodenhead will welcome special guest Helen Gillet for a special show at Chickie Wah Wah on Friday, March 4. The experimental cellist will play a set of her own music before […]
Helen Gillet to Perform Weekly at the Antieau Gallery
Local artist Chris Roberts-Antieau will hold a concert series in her gallery throughout October that will feature weekly performances by cellist Helen Gillet. The concerts will take place every Wednesday at […]
Helen Gillet Lights up Bacchanal on Monday Nights
For lovers of New Orleans music, the best reason to go to Bacchanal Fine Wine and Spirits is still to see Helen Gillet’s solo cello-and-loop-pedal performance on a Monday evening. […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 66): Helen Gillet & James Singleton, Dynamic Duo
11 years ago, cellist Helen Gillet moved to the Crescent City. Within a year of her arrival, she began collaborating with bassist James Singleton. Each drawing from a background in […]
