Live Looping

A B O U T

Cellist Caleb Yang is a performer, recording artist, and commercial musician based in Nashville. As a classical soloist he has performed Bloch’s “Schelomo” for cello and orchestra under the baton of Neal Stulberg. As an improvising musician, Caleb’s musical voice blends elements from a diverse scope of genres. Combining the cello with electronics and live looping has garnered him unique solo performances at venues including the Moscone Center in San Francisco and the Arts District Mansion in Dallas. Collaborations are central to Caleb’s development as a multi-style cellist, including working with the ARC Ensemble (Artists of The Royal Conservatory) and the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance. He has performed in concert alongside Lebanese singer Abeer Nehme, Indian classical violinist Kala Ramnath, and Klezmer multi-instrumentalist Hankus Netsky for Silkroad’s Global Musician Workshop at New England Conservatory. As a commercial musician, Caleb has toured with country music singer Martina McBride, performed live with artists including David Cook and Emily Weisband, and has recorded as a session musician for Postmodern Jukebox, Benjamin William Hastings, Anna Golden and many others.

Caleb has taught on faculties including Belmont University’s String Crossing Camp, O'Connor Method String Camp, and C'est Bon Chamber Music Academy. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Cello Performance at UCLA and a Master of Music in Commercial Music at Belmont University. His master’s thesis focused on the implementation of live looping as a practice tool for string players.