Third Tuesday Author: George Sorensen
A surprise recital while walking the Camino de Santiago turns into another kind of pilgrimage: to learn to play the cello.
George, 71, is nearing completion of this ancient route across Spain when he attends a lecture and cello performance. He becomes enthralled with the beauty, versatility, and warmth of this wonderful instrument.
There is only one thing to do: learn to play the cello.
At home he searches high and low for a teacher and luckily finds one practically in his backyard, a woman with decades of experience with a symphony orchestra. He jumps right in, and, leveraging his past musical experience, he begins practicing and learning the endless intricacies of this beautiful but challenging instrument.
Along the way, he researches how cellos are made, tracks down luthiers creating great instruments, meets professional cellists, goes to a cello conference, visits museums, and speaks with a wide range of experts. He remembers his years playing the trombone and being a drum major, for better or worse, and the time he visited with Dick Dale, king of the surf guitar. And finally, he sends himself on a mission: to play his favorite song, “Here Comes the Sun,” on a priceless Stradivarius, the most beautiful cello in the world.
Join George on a spiritual and musical journey as he seeks The Cello Who Loved Me.
George Sorensen worked as a marketing communications manager and tech writer for 30 years, contributing to companies and teams including: the NASA Mars Program, 3M where he was on the launch team for Post-It notes and other products, Boeing drone aircraft, Nike cybersecurity, and sundry other entities. He is an Eagle Scout who created and wrote the pamphlet for the Composite Materials Merit Badge, educating youth in this STEM technology. Sorensen is the author of four published narrative non-fiction books. Most recently the delightful Hot Dish Confidential—That Year My Friends Taught me to Cook. George lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon, and travels the world with his Wisconsin-Norwegian wife, Susan.
This program is offered by Lake Oswego Public Library in cooperation with the Lake Theater & Café. Admission is free and no ticket is required (though food and drink purchase are encouraged to offset the cost to the Lake Theater). Doors open at 6:30, the presentation begins at 7:00.
The Lake Theater & Café is located at 106 North State Street in Lake Oswego. For more information, contact Alicia Yokoyama at ayokoyama@lakeoswego.city or 503-534-4228. This presentation is supported by the Friends of the Lake Oswego Public Library.
