Cellist, vocalist and composer Jami Sieber, a one-time Vashon resident in the 1980s, is a celebrated pioneer of the electric cello, garnering awards and rave reviews in Europe, Asia and North America. She will bring her evocative music to the Vashon High School theater for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14.

Today, the electric cello ranks among the commonly known electronic instruments, but in 1984, when Sieber first played the electric cello in her band “Rumors of the Big Wave,” the instrument was a novelty. Its sound hooked Sieber’s musical imagination and heart.

“To me it speaks like soul music, like journey music,” Sieber said, adding that it conveys a visionary presence beyond gorgeous melodies and tribal rhythms.

To create her distinctive music, Sieber said she uses looping techniques to produce sounds never before heard from a cello, even conjuring a full orchestral sound.

Over her solo career, beginning in 1994, Sieber has collaborated with a number of dancers, actors, visual artists, poets and other musicians, and has composed for film, including the sound track for islander Stephen Silha’s film, “BIG JOY: The Adventures of James Broughton.” She is also committed to the environment, social justice, the healing arts and music’s power.

“Music is a balm,” she said. “I’m a big believer in its power to nourish. The cello has a resonance like the human voice and has a way of reaching in and embracing people from the inside.”

Sieber will perform with Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Nancy Rumbel, well-known for her 28 years with guitarist Eric Tingstad.

The concert is produced by Woman’s Way Red Lodge (WWRL), a nonprofit that began on Vashon in 2005 with a mission to take action to care for the earth. Today, the organization incudes subscribers of all genders throughout Puget Sound and from Vermont to California. The concert is part of WWRL’s annual fall membership drive.

Tickets are sold at Vashon Bookshop, brownpapertickets.com and Vashon Intuitive Arts.

— Juli Goetz Morser