CELLO FURY

Cello Fury is a rarity in the music world: three classically trained cellists and a rock drummer performing high-energy original music in venues ranging from concert halls to rock clubs. Appealing to a wide audience across age groups and musical interests sets Cello Fury apart from your average rock band. Continually developing their own unique style of cello rock music, cellists Simon Cummings, Ben Muñoz and Nicole Myers along with drummer David Throckmorton unleash vitality and rhythmic drive in their music and dare to venture past classical expectations. The band's collective experiences have allowed them to perform on radio and television, in rock clubs, concert halls, and music festivals (including SXSW Music Festival in 2013), throughout the United States, performing for audiences as large as 67,000 throughout 23 states and abroad. Cello Fury's self-titled album of original music was released in 2011 along with a trilogy of music videos (view them on the band's YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/cellofury). Concert information and more can be found at www.cellofury.com. Since returning from their successful 2012 summer tour, Cello Fury is currently working on recording for their sophomore release of original music, with a national tour supporting the album planned for 2013. Past notable shows and awards include entertaining a crowd of 60,000 during the half time show at Heinz Field for the Pittsburgh Steelers/Baltimore Ravens football game in December of 2009, receiving rave reviews from perhaps their most eclectic audience to date, and performing three sold-out shows at Pittsburgh's Byham Theater on New Year's Eve 2011. In July 2012, Cello Fury was voted "Best (and Coolest) Local String Players" by Pittsburgh Magazine. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette chose Cello Fury as "Most Fun Band" in a theater production in 2012. Cello Fury was featured on the cover of the indie music publication, Vents Magazine, in April 2011, was featured on the cover of the Pittsburgh City Paper's "City Guide" in July 2010, and was chosen as one of Skope Magazine's "Artists to Watch" in February 2011. Cello Fury has collaborated with many other musicians and artists across genres. The band has backed local and national artists such as B. E. Taylor, Tift Merritt, Bill Deasy, and Boca Chica, and has appeared on soundtracks for indie films and albums. Collaborating as multi-disciplinary artists, Cello Fury's original music was featured live in three full-length ballets with Bodiography Contemporary Ballet and also in Texture Contemporary Ballet's production, "Blur". The band's style of rock and classical fusion has become a favorite among dance choreographers in the US and Germany. Cello Fury has worked with the theater company, Bricolage Productions, for their “Midnight Radio” show as featured musical guests. The ensemble premiered the opera "La Bisbetica Domata" by Efrain Amaya in Italy in August 2010, which featured Cello Fury on stage as solo instrumentalists, allowing the band to also perform solo concerts throughout Italy. Cello Fury premiered and recorded two classical works written especially for their ensemble which are featured on the album, "Other Sun", by composer Nancy Galbraith. In addition to an active performance and touring schedule, the band focuses on inspiring young musicians and giving back to the community. Cello Fury is on the roster for the "Gateway to the Arts" educational outreach program, performing for thousands of young people in western Pennsylvania each year. They recently joined the rosters for "Young Audiences of Rochester" in upstate New York and "Class Act Arts" in the Maryland/DC area, presenting school programs throughout those states. Each summer, Cello Fury leads a rock strings camp for aspiring musicians. Cello Fury worked with hundreds of students through the Pittsburgh Public School's “Summer Dreamers” camp in the summer of 2011.