Nora Barton
At Writers Theatre: Mementos Mori
Nora Barton is a Chicago-based cellist and educator. Her versatility as a performer has inspired a wide array of multidisciplinary collaborations. A member of the Recording Academy, Nora’s extensive session experience includes releases from MONO, Daniel Knox, and James McCartney, as well as countless Chicago bands and songwriters. Outside of performing, she organizes concerts for the Chicago chapter of Classical Revolution, providing access to classical chamber music performances in a variety of unexpected public spaces. She is the founding cellist of experimental improvisation group NbN Trio and a.pe.ri.od.ic, and performs regularly with ensembles Abbey Bowed, Manual Cinema, Mucca Pazza, and mbira-based trio ExtraOcular. She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Roosevelt University. Nora’s first solo experimental album “Around the Bend” was released in February 2020 under the moniker Planchette. Nora has performed with Manual Cinema since 2018. www.norabarton.com
[Bio as of February 2020]
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