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Cello Bio

Cello Fury is a rarity in the music world: three classically trained cellists and a rock drummer performing high-octane music in locales ranging from concert halls to biker bars. Appealing to a wide audience - from kids to adults, metal-heads to classical music lovers - sets Cello Fury apart from your average rock band. Begun as a cover band of four cellists in 2004 called Cellofourte, three of its former band members have continued to evolve in the music world, developing their own unique style of cello rock in Cello Fury. With the introduction of a drummer in 2009, cellists Simon Cummings, Ben Muņoz and Nicole Myers have unleashed a new vitality and rhythmic drive to their already passionate and captivating music.

While performing together, band members Simon, Ben and Nicole proved that the cello is much more than a classical instrument, winning five rounds of the Emergenza Battle of the Bands, and was featured on the front page of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Cellofourte's first music video was produced by the John Lennon Foundation, the result of winning the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Battle of the Bands. Simon, Ben and Nicole have performed live on television programs such as Comcast's On-Demand, KDKA's "Pittsburgh Today Live", and the WQED Holiday Jam 2007, as well as on WQED and KDKA radio stations. In June of 2008, they appeared as soloists with the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops under the direction of Marvin Hamlisch. The band's collective experiences have allowed them to perform for audiences of 2,500 in number at college venues, clubs, music festivals, classical performance spaces, conferences, showcases, schools, and churches throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Missouri, and New Hampshire. Currently on the roster for the "Gateway to the Arts" educational outreach program, Cello Fury continues to expand its base and reach out to young audiences.