Singer Michael Glen Block born May 25 1982 is an American cellist singer composer and arranger Block has worked with Yo Yo Ma Bobby McFerrin Lenny Kravitz Shakira The National Joe Zawinul Alison Krass Rachel Barton Pine and Mark O Connor.Block plays with the Silk Road Ensemble. In January 2014 Block married fiddler and composer Hanneke Cassel. He attended Cleveland Institute of Music B.M. 2004 and The Juilliard School.He has played second cello alongside Yo-Yo Ma. He also performed in Mark O'Connor's Appalachia Waltz trio for three years. Block has served as musical director for Yo-Yo Ma Bobby McFerrin Lil Buck Bill Irwin Marcus Printup The Silk Road Ensemble and The Knights.
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