Guenevere
Measham's career as a cellist began at age 5 studying and playing
under her mother, soprano soloist Susan Shoemaker and her father,
London Symphony Orchestra conductor David Measham. Her education revolved
primarly around music, completing her high school education and undergraduate
degree at North Carolina School of the Arts and receiving her masters
degree from California Institute of the Arts.
As a cellist, Guenevere has recently performed with Brian McKnight,
The Backstreet Boys, Mariah Carey, Rod Stewart, Charlie
Haden, and The Bangles; and has been seen on the Grammys,
the American Music Awards, the Radio Music Awards, as well as MTV
music videos for Brian McKnight, The All American Rejects,
and The Calling. Currently, she can be seen playing cello
with her string quartet on a national television ad for GE Water Technology.
Her arranging work can be heard on Sense Field's latest album
"Living Outside" & Fuel's "Natural Selection".
She arranged and orchestrated a Harry Nilsson song, "City
Life", for artist Mathias Poledna's installation at the Modern
Art Museum in Vienna. Most recently, she has been working for the
Vitamin record
label arranging string quartet tribute albums for such bands as POD,
White Stripes, Duran Duran, and Santana.
In the world of composing, Guenevere was commisioned by Macintosh
Computers for 2 original string peices for an ad campaign in 2002.
She also recieved a grant to compose and record string quartet pieces
for her upcoming release, "From the Ground Up & Under".
One of her original string quartets, "Run Run", can be heard
on the Vitamin Records
upcoming Duran Duran tribute album.
Guenevere continues to help build bridges between the classical and
rock world, by being inspired as a performer, arranger and composer.
Guenevere Measham endorses NS
design (Steinberger Electric Instruments) and Coda
Bows.