Theodore Mook
American musician

Theodore Mook

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Theodore Mook performing at Star Island

Theodore Mook (born February 26, 1953, Mount Kisco, New York) is an American cellist who has played in more than 1,000 Broadway performances in New York City, produced records, played on motion picture soundtracks and, along with Ezra Sims, invented computer fonts used in microtonal music composition. He is best known for his interest and contributions to microtonality music.

Mook began his music career in Boston, Massachusetts after graduating Boston University. He was a member of Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble and played with other ensembles in the area before relocating to New York City in 1983. In New York, Mook performed cello in Broadway shows Little Women, Bombay Dreams, Taboo and Jekyll & Hyde. He also played with the New York Consortium for New Music, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and at other venues around the city.

Outside of New York City, Mook has performed at the Library of Congress, the American Academy in Rome, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, among other venues. He performed cello for the soundtracks for the Wendigo (film) and Space Cowboys.

After moving to Charlestown, Rhode Island, Mook played alongside Grammy-winning artist Eugene Friesen.

Discography

Year Album Credit
1985 All Done From Memory Cello
Music For String Quartet And Synthesizer Cello
Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill Cello
1989 Entelechron: Time + Memory Producer
Bach, Handel, Telemann: Trio Sonatas on Period Instruments Assistant Engineer
Vivaldi: The Miraculous Mandolin Cello
1992 Entelechron: Time + MemoryLois V. Vierk: Simoom Celli
Big Noise from Nicaragua Cello
1993 Sims: Concert Piece; Night Piece Cello
Greatest Hits for String Quartet Cello
Keith Jarrett: Bridge Of Light & Other Works Cello
Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Vol. 4 - Scherzi & Variations Assistant Engineer
Bang on a Can Live, Vol. 2 Cello
The Microtonal Music Of Ezra Sims Cello
1994 Play Microtonal Works, Vol. 2 Cello, Gong, Gourd, Liner Notes, Producer
Lee Hyla: In Double Light Cello
Bridge Of Light Cello
Play Microtonal Works Gong
1995 Leo Ornstein: Nocturne for Clarinet and Piano; Erik Lundborg: Ghost Sonatine; Michael Dellaira: Maud; etc. Cello
17 Lyrics Of Li Po Producer, Violin, Liner Notes
Berio: The Great Works for Voice Cello
Realm of My Senses Cello
1996 On the Tip of My Tongue: Music of Eric Moe Producer
Judith Lang Zaimont: Chamber Music Cello
Dance Of The Seven Veils Cello
And Trouble Came: Musical Responses to AIDS Cello
1997 Karchin: Galactic Folds; Songs of Distance & Light; Ricercare; Sonata for Violoncello & Piano Cello
Jekyll & Hyde (Original Broadway Cast) Cello, Orchestra
Kraanerg Cello
Davies: Le Jongleur De Notre Dame/String Quartet Cello
Cézanne's Doubt Cello
1998 Being And Time (Series) Cello
Leo Kraft: Spring in the Harbor Cello
Robert Savage: An Eye-Sky Symphony Cello
Scarlet Pimpernel (Original Broadway Cast) Cello
Ariadne Music Cello
1999 Rosenblum: Ancient Eyes Executive Producer, Liner Notes
It's No Secret Anymore Calliope, Cello
Scarlet Pimpernel: Encore Cello
2000 Music From The Motion Picture Space Cowboys Cello
River Beneath The River Cello
Another Rosie Christmas Celli, Cello
Christmas Stays the Same Celli
2001 Hesher Cello
2002 Wendigo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Cello
Up & At 'Em: Chamber & Electroacoustic Music by Eric Moe Producer
2004 Lee Hyla: Trans Liner Notes
All in Your Mind: Music of Julia Werntz and John Mallia Cello
2005 Little Women: Original Broadway Cast Recording Cello
2006 Le Temps D'Une Chanson Cello
The Great Works For Voice Cello
2010 Musing And Reminiscence Cello
2012 Annea Lockwood: In Our Name Cello, Tape
2014 Lois V Vierk: Words Fail Me Cello