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redirect|Pop-Pop|the game|pop-pop|Phillip Margera Sr.|List of CKY Crew membersInfobox musical artist| name = Joan Jeanrenaud| image = Joan Jeanrenaud.jpg| alt = Jeanrenaud, seated, playing cello, with electronics| caption = With Kihnoua, 2008| image_size =| landscape = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Joan Dutcher| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1956|01|25| birth_place = Memphis, TennesseeRichardson, Derk (February 26, 2004). http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-02-26/music/17410190_1_hank-dutt-kronos-quartet-joan-jeanrenaud-rova-saxophone-quartet-s-music "Avant-garde cellist Joan Jeanrenaud returns with a new piece at the Other Minds Festival". San Francisco Chronicle | origin =| death_date = | death_place =| genre = Avant-garde| occupation =| instrument = Cello| years_active = 1978-present | label =| associated_acts =| website = http://www.JJcello.org JJcello.org| notable_instruments = Joan Jeanrenaud , née Dutcher (born January 25, 1956), is an American cello player. A native of Memphis, Tennessee , she played with the Kronos Quartet from 1978 until 1999, when, after a sabbatical, she left to pursue a solo career and collaborations with other artists,cite journal | title = News and Notes: People - After Two Decades, Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud Says Goodbye to the Kronos Quartet | journal = Strings | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | page = 18 | publisher = String Letter Publishing | date = November/December 1999 | url = http://www.allthingsstrings.com/st/st_home/News/News/After-Two-Decades-Cellist-Joan-Jeanrenaud-Says-Goodbye-to-the-Kronos-Quartet | accessdate = 2009-04-17 cite journal | last = Templeton | first = David | title = Flight of Fancy: The sky is the limit for ex-Kronos cellist Joan Jeanrenaud | journal = Strings | volume = 18 | issue = 7 | page = 122 | publisher = String Letter Publishing | date = March 2004 | url = http://www.allthingsstrings.com/st/st_home/News/Interviews-Profiles/The-Sky-Is-the-Limit-for-ex-Kronos-Cellist-Joan-Jeanrenaud | accessdate = 2009-04-07 in part due being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis .cite web | title=Music: Joan Jeanrenaud: Forging a New Path | first= Nick | last=Vidinsky | date=December 18, 2009 | url= http://www.kqed.org/arts/music/article.jsp? essid=26944 | publisher= KQED | accessdate=2011-05-25
She has staged and recorded solo performance pieces, playing the cello in tandem with electronic instruments. Her first solo album, Metamorphosis , was described by Greg Cahill in Strings as "visceral, hypnotic, and often compelling."cite journal | last = Cahill | first = Greg | authorlink = | title = Review of Metamorphosis | journal = Strings | volume = 17 | issue = 8 | page = 76 | publisher = String Letter Publishing | location = | date = May/June 2003 | url = http://www.allthingsstrings.com/st/st_home/Articles/On-Record/Metamorphosis | accessdate = 2009-04-17Subscription required
Jeanrenaud plays a Deconet , ca. 1750. A copy of the cello carved out of ice was used in her four-hour performance piece Ice Cello , a 2004 adaptation of Charlotte Moorman 's Ice Music for London . In 2008, her album Strange Toys was nominated for a Grammy Award . http://www2.grammy.com/Grammy_Awards/51st_Show/list.aspx "The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". Grammy.com. Several tracks were recorded with PC Muñoz , with whom Jeanrenaud recorded a full album, Pop-Pop , in 2010, calling it "a pop record that wasn't actually pop."cite news | title=Cellos Meet Beats In Pop That Isn't Pop | publisher= NPR | date=October 24, 2010 | accessdate=2010-10-26 | url= http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=130758385
She also has performed in collaborations with Larry Ochs (musician)|Larry Ochs ' group Kihnoua at San Francisco 's De Young Museum (2008).cite news |title=Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene |date= September 3, 2008 |authors=Hurwitt, Robert; Hamlin, Jesse; Stein, Ruthe |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |url= http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-09-03/entertainment/17160565_1_young-museum-richard-wright-arts
Persondata | NAME = Jeanrenaud, Joan | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1956-01-25 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Memphis, Tennessee, USA | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Jeanrenaud, Joan Category:American classical cellists Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Tennessee Category:People from Memphis, Tennessee
