looking to hire someone to arrange Bruce Springsteen's "For You" for solo cello

I'm looking to hire someone to arrange Bruce Springsteen's "For You" for solo cello. I'll be performing it with a male vocalist.

Quick heads up on timing: this is for a performance on June 13th, so there's some urgency — I need the arrangement soon enough to actually learn and rehearse it.

Here's what I'm going for:

Feel/reference: I want it to sound like Bruce's solo live versions, not the album. This is the vibe I'm after: ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvMRVGjvLus

Tempo: Slightly faster than that video, but still slower than the album version.

Length: 4–5 minutes. We'll cut a verse to get there.

Pacing: More evenly paced than the reference — it'll be hard for us to stay in time with the looser phrasing, so I'd like it a bit more steady and predictable.

My level: I'm an intermediate cellist and, full disclosure, I haven't played in years. Up to 4th position is fine if you need it. Thumb position is a stretch for me ;)

One idea on how to start: could we do a 1-minute version first (paid, of course), so I can test whether I can actually play it before we commit to the full arrangement? If it works, we'd extend to the complete 4–5 minute version.

Let me know if this is something you can take on, and roughly what the timeline and cost would look like. Thanks!

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