Cellist

The Oberlin-alumni founded woodwind quintet Imani Winds collaborates with cellist Seth Parker Woods, pianist Cory Smythe, and actor Michael Braugher '14 in a program anchored by Jeff Scott’s Fallen Petals of Nameless Flowers, which tells the stories of four Michiganders who were sentenced to life without parole as juveniles.

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Imani Winds with cellist Seth Parker Woods, pianist Cory Smythe, and actor Michael Braugher '14

Oberlin College

Oakland Winterfest: Seth Parker Woods, cello & Friends

Oakland University

Bach & Beyond with Cellist Seth Parker Woods

Difficult Grace is a multimedia concert tour de force conceived by and featuring Seth Parker Woods in the triple role of cellist, narrator/guide and movement artist. Heightened by film, spoken text, dance and visual artwork, Difficult Grace is a semiautobiographical exploration of identity, past/present histories and personal growth that draws inspiration from the Great Migration, the historic newspaper The Chicago Defender, immigration and the poetry of Kemi Alabi and Dudley Randall.

Difficult Grace

Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center

What happens when you get 3 cellos on a stage? How about 4? 8? Or even 12? Take advantage of a unique opportunity to hear complex, challenging, and masterful pieces that can only be played with a veritable choir of cellos.

Cello Fest

Music Academy of the West

Rich and complex pieces from Schubert and Messaien showcase a multitude of instruments, including violin, piano, clarinet, and cello.

Teaching Artists Showcase: Quartet for the End of Time

Our masterclasses give audiences a glimpse into our fellows’ journey to classical greatness. It’s an opportunity to observe a one-on-one teaching session between teaching artist and fellow.

Cello Masterclasses

Evocative, theatrical, and genre-bending, Difficult Grace is an evening-length, multimedia concert tour de force conceived by and featuring cellist Seth Parker Woods in the triple role of cellist, narrator/guide, and movement artist, performing music written for and with Seth by Freida Abtan, Monty Adkins, Fredrick Gifford, Nathalie Joachim, and Pierre Alexandre Tremblay.
Heightened by film, spoken texts, dance, and visual artwork by Jacob Lawrence, Barbara Earl Thomas, Zoë McLean, and Freida Abtan, Difficult Grace creates a vivid sonic and visual canvas that draws its inspiration from the Great Migration, archive research in the year 1915 of the historic newspaper The Chicago Defender, immigration, and the poetry of Amiri Baraka and Dudley Randall.
In fall 2022, Difficult Grace will premiere in its fully realized new iteration including an on-stage collaboration with choreographer and dancer Roderick George with new musical commissions from composers Ted Hearne and Devonté Hynes a.k.a Blood Orange.

Harris Theater

A recipient of the 2022 Chamber Music America’s Michael Jaffee Visionary Award and hailed by The Guardian as “a cellist of power and grace” who possesses “mature artistry and willingness to go to the brink,” cellist Seth Parker Woods, making his Wallis debut, has established a reputation as a versatile artist straddling several genres. In addition to solo performances, he has appeared with ensembles and symphonies around the globe. A fierce advocate for contemporary arts, Woodshas collaborated and worked with a wide array of artists ranging from the genres of classical, rock, and visual arts. Woods has also recently joined the faculty at the Thornton School of Music at USC.

Seth Parker Woods, Cello

The Walls Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Freida Abtan’s music uses spectral processing to transform the sounds of the cello into immersive media choreography — specially created for Octave 9. We welcome back Seth Parker Woods for this new, extended version of Freida Abtan’s My Heart is a River.

My Heart is a River

Benaroya Hall

A multi-dimensional performance piece, EASTMAN reflects the performers’ consideration of Julius Eastman’s art and the larger context of his life, creativity, and humanity. The program will include performances of some of Eastman’s most affecting works, including Buddha, Prelude to the Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc, and his epic, joyous Stay on It.

Seth Parker Woods

Cellist

Events

Mar 7, 2024

Imani Winds with cellist Seth Parker Woods, pianist Cory Smythe, and actor Michael Braugher '14 · Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Feb 25, 2024

Oakland Winterfest: Seth Parker Woods, cello & Friends · Chamber Music Detroit

Feb 23, 2024

Bach & Beyond with Cellist Seth Parker Woods · Chamber Music Detroit

Nov 28, 2023

Difficult Grace · San Diego Symphony

Jul 22, 2023

Cello Fest · Music Academy of the West

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