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w/ Abbey Bowed and Nick Broste @ Decade Music

Nora / Matthew / Alexis

Classical Revolution Chicago plays Elgar @ The Store, 2018

Michelle Shiers Photography

Comfort Music

NbN Trio, vesna jovanovic, photo

“Swell Piece” with a.pe.ri.od.ic, 2012. Photo by Jonathan Pivovar

NbN Trio, photo by Ryan Bourque

Mucca Pazza “Sitting in Chairs”, photo by Lori Savaree

ExtraOcular live scores “Weird World Scrolls” by Larry Carlson

Mucca Pazza @ The Metro

photo by Ryan Bourque

Impose Magazine – Wrekmeister Harmonies @ Bohemian National Cemetery

photo by Joe Mietus

playing a Ned Steinberger electric cello with Jon Drake & The Shakes, 2011

Nora Barton is a Chicago-based cellist and educator. As a performer she demonstrates versatility within a wide array of genres, with collaborations ranging from experimental ambient improvisation to dancing around with an amplified cello in a punk marching band. She also organizes monthly concerts for Classical Revolution Chicago, 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 space jam trio ExtraOcular.
She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Roosevelt University.

Connect with Nora @norabarton

photo by Joseph Mietus

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