Traci Hoveskeland
first laid hands on the cello when she entered the
Port Angeles public schools music program at ten years old. She
quickly attracted the attention of many gifted educators only to
leave Port Angeles via scholarship to Western Washington University
where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in music.
Traci first studied with
Walter Gray, a founding member of the Kronos string quartet who now
plays with the Seattle Symphony, and later studied with Barton
Frank, a Piatigorsky prodigy and principal cello of the National
Symphony at 19. Barton became one of Traci’s greatest influences.
Traci has performed for numerous Broadway musicals as principal
cellist in the Paramount Theater and the 5th Avenue theaters in
Seattle. She has performed Titanic, Martin Gerre, the Sound of
Music, and backed up Tony Curtis, Richard Chamberlain, and Patty
Lapone in the process. Her reputation as a chamber musician has
mandated performances across the USA, Europe, and Mexico. As a
recording artist she appears in genres from rock to classical with
Grammy Award winning artists. She also is the cellist with the
critically acclaimed “Tangoheart” and the all female new music
ensemble “Sorrelle.” Traci has released four albums with the Bottom
Line Duo and has a fifth in the works.
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Spencer Hoveskeland first
laid hands not on the bass, but on the cello when
he entered the Port Angeles public schools music
program at ten years old. He also played guitar in
local pop groups and played bass in the school
jazz band.
Spencer followed Traci, closely, to college where
he studied with Chuck Israel's of Bill Evans fame.
He began his classical studies with Barton Frank,
Peter Marsh, Walter Gray and studied phrasing,
solfege, and music engraving with Art Bloom,
founding clarinetist of the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Spencer has performed for numerous Broadway
musicals as bassist in the Seattle’s theaters.
Fiddler on the Roof with Theodore Bikel,
Cinderella with Ertha Kitt, and Chicago with Tom
Wopat were memorable. As an orchestral player he
was principal bass of the Whatcom Symphony for six
years, played for the Bolshoi Ballet when in
Seattle, and appears on the orchestral soundtrack
for the films “About Schmidt,” “Woolly Boys,”
“Man on Fire,” “Blade the Trinity” and “Driven.”
With an electric bass he occasionally accompanies
the screaming guitars of famous rock stars.
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