Biography
Cello | Guitar | Mandolin
Short Turn | Winnipeg Symphony | Cambridge Symphony (UK) | Music Plus | Thira | Royal Winnipeg Ballet | National Ballet of Canada | Phantom of the Opera (Toronto Production) | Quartetto Gelato | The Loss Leaders
In the late 1970's, George Meanwell was guitarist and vocalist with the Toronto acoustic folk trio Short Turn which performed throughout the then extensive 416 area code, garnering invitations from Morningside, 90 Minutes Live, and George Hamilton IV. Until 2002 he was Quartetto Gelato's cellist, guitarist and mandolinist (as well as webmaster, sometime arranger and liner note writer) in concerts throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
After this brief hiatus he returned to songwriting, releasing Another Street in 2003 and Late (recorded with The Loss Leaders ) in 2008.
George continues to be busy as a cellist. He was featured on the soundtrack of the documentary film A Murder of Crows shown on CBC's The Nature of Things in the fall of 2009, and is appearing on stage as both cellist and guitarist in the 2010 Stratford Shakespeare Festival productions of As You Like It and Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris starring Tony Award winning Brent Carver.
For those of you still wondering, 42 is the number of pips on a pair of dice.