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Biographical information
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biographies:
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GLEN HELGESON
guitarist, composer, band leader
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axis mundi
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MARC ANDERSON
Multi-instrumentalist / Drummer
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axis mundi
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axis mundi
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axis mundi
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Axis Mundi
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World Music Ensemble
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Axis Mundi, meaning "the world tree," is making its debut appearance at the Cedar on March 22. Founder and guitarist Glen Helgeson created the group to take to the stage his compositions and an ear-grabbing stew of acoustic guitar, percussion, violin, bass and drums. Axis Mundi branches out in eclectic styles of Pat Metheny-esque atmospheres; Latin, blues, and hip-hop grooves; Greek folk riffs; and Afro-Cuban Jazz. Axis Mundi plays true to the various styles with utter respect to the sources.
Joining guitarist/composer Helgeson are fiddle god, Gary Schulte; bassman extraordinaire, Charles Fletcher; stratospheric-jazz drummer Dave Stanoch; and world-groove master percussionists Marc Anderson, and Michael Bissonnette.
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GLEN HELGESON, MEd, MT-BC
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SUMMARY:
Glen Helgeson has recently received his master's degree and is board certified in Music Therapy from the University of Minnesota. He has also been performing, composing and playing guitar for more than 20 years. He is the leader and composer for the world-beat jazz group Axis Mundi and co-leader of the world-beat blues ensemble Blue Beat. He has recorded four compact discs, receiving chart status and extensive radio play. Influenced by his travels and performances in more than 25 countries throughout South America, Europe and Africa, Glen fuses instruments and musical styles from around the world with his own guitar compositions rooted in America's heartland. Glen's experience includes solo and ensemble performance. six years of formal education in music theory, composition and guitar, ten years experience in recording engineering and production. He has additional related experience in administrating an arts organization (The Minnesota Guitar Society); as a leader of Axis Mundi; and as a NorthSound recording artist.
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RECORDINGS:
Currently Glen has four albums, with over 45,000 units sold, Rising Current, Distant Borders, and Spirit of the Wood and Cool Drink a Water.
AIR PLAY:
Rising Current reached chart status (#47 Gavin Report); played on a Public Television series, and radio play on more than 90 stations nationwide.
Distant Borders and Spirit of the Wood have had extensive local radio play on Smooth Jazz (KMJZ), Cities 97 (KTCZ), KBEM, and were featured on Public Television and Entertainment Tonight.
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EDUCATION:
1997-2000 M.Ed. Music Therapy University of Minnesota
1983 B.A. Degree, Int'l Relations Hamline University
1979-1983 Jazz Ensemble Hamline University
1982 Flamenco Guitar Univ. de Cadiz, Spain
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AWARDS:
1996 Minnesota Music Award for the "Best Instrumental, Experimental, Environmental" album for Spirit of the Wood.
1995 Commissioned to write a piece for the Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden.
1993 Internship at Rykodisc international sales department
1990 West Bank School of Music Jazz Composer Grant.
1987-1993 Six nominations for "Best New Age Recording Artist" and "Best New Age Instrumentalist" (Minnesota Music Awards).
1983 Theta Chi "Outstanding Senior" award based on academic achievement and involvement in affairs on campus (Hamline University).
1987- Present Principle, Worldview Productions
Services include: engineering, production, and sales of musical recordings.
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ADDITIONAL MUSIC AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:
1988-89 Vice President, Acting President, Minnesota Guitar Society
Responsibilities included: administration of Society's meetings,
concerts, events, forums, advertising sales and treasury.
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MARC ANDERSON
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Marc Anderson is a multi-instrumentalist / composer / and music educator from the Twin Cities. He has performed and recorded with the many great musicians including; Max Roach, Steve Tibbetts, Greg Brown, Peter Ostroushko, Altan, The Minnesota Orchestra, Don Cherry, Robert Fripp and Taj Mahal. He has toured extensively across North America and Europe.
One of his group projects, Speaking in Tongues, released its first CD, First Word, In March. Marc will be releasing his second solo CD, Ruby, later this year.
Marc has studied classical North Indian tabla drumming, traditional Haitian drumming, frame drumming and has traveled to Ghana several times during the fifteen years he has been a student of that music.
He is an adjunct professor in the anthropology Department at Hamline University in St. Paul.
He also lectures and leads workshops and retreats on Diversity and Community Strength and on The Arts and Spirituality. He also leads drum ensembles at Mounds Park All Nations Elementary School and Washington Middle School, both in St. Paul. Marc has received several Minnesota Music Awards and has received grants and fellowships from The Minnesota State Arts Board, The Jerome Foundation, The West Bank School of Music and The McKnight Foundation
Link:
http://www.marcanderson.com
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DAVE STANOCH
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Drummer/percussionist Dave Stanoch performs with a wide variety of artists in the Twin Cities and around the country.
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Notables include some of the most respected names in jazz - organists/pianists Jack McDuff and Ben Sidran, guitarists Hiram Bullock, Herb Ellis, Scott Henderson and Stanley Jordan, bassists Richard Davis and Anthony Cox.
Pop artists include Freedy Johnston, Timbuk 3, New Kids on the Block and Sometimes Y, whose album "One Fell Swoop" was produced by alternative-rock producer/drummer Butch Vig (Garbage, Nirvana).
Broadway and television stars include Charo, Shirley Jones, Robert Goulet, Bob Newhart, Shari Lewis & Lambchop and Don Rickles. Classical ensembles include the Minnesota Orchestra, the Empire Brass and America's Youth in Concert, with whom Dave peformed in New York's Carnegie Hall and toured Europe at age 16.
Dave has also performed with renowned drummers Bernard Purdie, Ed Shaughnessy and Clyde Stubblefield.
Dave attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has studied with many prominent drummers including Max Roach, Alan Dawson, Jeff Hamilton, Ignacio Berroa, and Chad Wackerman.
Dave co-leads the progressive-jazz trio Triplicate, is a member of the Katy Tessman Band, The Richard Paske Trio, Axis Mundi, The Pat Moriarty/Ellen Lease Quintet and is an active studio musician and clinician in the Midwest. Dave has a product endorsement with Paiste Cymbal Company and for a decade has been a percussion faculty member at Music Tech of Minneapolis.
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Links:
http://www.mtn.org/TCJS/Musicians/Bios/DaveStanoch.html
http://www.rhythmelodic.com/
http://www.musictech.com/
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CHARLES FLETCHER
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Charles has studied at Boston’s Berklee College of Music and has been active in the twin cities music scene for over 20 years. His blues credentials are certainly in order, having played with Jimmy Valentine, Lamont Cranston, Doug Maynard and many others. He’s also played funk and R & B with Mick Sterling and with the TC Jammers, reggae & calypso with Shangoya, jazz with Northcoast and Glen Helgeson. These mentions are by no means exhaustive.
He was on the faculty at Music Tech as head of the Bass Department during their formative years and has returned to teach on a limited basis. Charles lives in south Minneapolis with his wife and 3 sons and likes to camp, ride motorcycles and climb cliffs.
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Contact Charles at: cfletcher1@qwest.net
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