Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

All Together Now

Cellist Zoë Keating may look like she’s playing solo, but she doesn’t sound like it. Not after she starts tapping her foot, activating software that begins to loop her improvisational phrases, one upon another. Eventually, Keating is playing with dozens of herself. Her remarkable and innovative approach is as appealing to scientific types — think logarithm lovers — as it is to classical-music fans. And it’s sure to make everyone wonder, as Lane Series director Natalie Neuert does, “How does she know how the music is going to come together as she plays?”