Saturday May 10 I'll be performing with Tina Marsh, Eddy Hobizal and Blue Lapis Light at the Hill Country Conservatory's Spring Gala.

 

Sunday, May 18, 2008
Laguna Gloria Amphitheatre (3809 West 35th St.) 6 to 9 PM.
Not to be missed, Enchanted Evening at Laguna Gloria: A benefit for Tina Marsh. I'm thrilled to be a part of this program which will feature many of Austin's best musicians and performers.

 

Upcoming Recital.
I'm happy to be playing a short recital with fabulous pianist Tony Tobin
on April 17 at Noon in downtown Austin. You can find all the specifics here:
Central Presbyterian Church. Tony and I will be playing the rarely heard
Beethoven Mandolin Variations and a bit of the Brahms e-minor Sonata.
You can even stay for lunch after the show.

February 22, 2008

I'm back in Austin!!! It's great to be here again and it feels like I never left. I'm teaching at Austin Lyric Opera again and have played several interesting concerts already, including one at the beautiful new Long Center. I look forward to many happy and productive years to come in Austin. Drop me a line.

February 12, 2007

A new review for the CD, one bordering on hagiography, appears this month in Jazz Times:

JazzTimes January/February 2007

“It has been just over 25 years since Tina Marsh founded Austin’s
Creative Opportunity Orchestra, and she’s celebrating a belated silver
anniversary by taking a short break from the CO2’s bold, brave
experimentation to record in a far more intimate setting. Bracketed by
CO2 pianist Eddy Hobizal and cellist Terry Muir, Marsh promises “pop
songs, standards, arias and Ornette.” And that’s precisely what she
delivers, laying her majesty bare on a trio of Puccini arias, gems from
the Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Ray Noble songbooks,
contemporary compositions by Sting and Leonard Cohen, and Coleman’s
despair-lined masterpiece, “Lonely Woman.”

In doing so, Marsh somehow manages to simultaneously channel the
soaring theatricality of Broadway divas (Julie Andrews and Debbie
Gravite come most immediately to mind), the showmanship of Madonna, the
sly intelligence of Janis Siegel and the flawless diamond clarity of
Renee Fleming. Less an album than a multi-discipline art installation,
Inside the Breaking requires more introspection than inspection.
Indeed, you don’t listen to Tina Marsh; you simply absorb her spring
water purity and natural, Sequoia-esque grandeur.” 

September 19, 2006

Once again I can be heard in Requiem, October 5 through November 5. This performance takes place on the concrete columns and over the edges of the floors of the five-story Intel Building in downtown Austin. The dancers and climbers will ascend and descend through the use of ropes, cloth, bungee cords, and other techniques to reach heights of up to 80 feet. Over 8,000 people attended the June performances - don't miss this last chance to see one of Austin's cultural highlights of the year!

September 18, 2006

My favorite cellist has finally shown up on youtube and google video.

September 6, 2006

The CD 'Inside the Breaking' can now be purchased at The Jazz Loft.

August 3, 2006

A long interview and performance I did with Tina and Eddy on John Aielli's program Eklektikos on Kut FM can be heard here. (Scroll down to May 25)

July 29, 2006

Another great review for the CD with Tina and Eddy!

June 30, 2006

Check out the new website of my friend and musical partner William Goodwin.  Look for a joint site for the two of us in the near future.

June 29, 2006

I can be seen this week on the Emmy award winning show Downtown on KLRU.

June 17, 2006

Here's an excellent article on Sally Jacques and her current show that I can be heard in.  And for those of you in Austin, don't miss   the Mingus Festival this week.

June 15, 2006

Check out the latest review of the CD. Four stars!

June 7, 2006

The CD Release concert in Austin was a big success! Thanks to all of you that made it.  The CD can be purchased at http://www.creop.org/.

May 12, 2006

I just found out that my regular summer shows with amazing choreographer Sally Jacques are being canned. Literally. Due to budget problems, Sally has decided to make a recording of us and use that rather than having us play live every night. While I'll miss playing the shows, I'm all too aware of money issues surrounding most any arts organization these days and I'll look forward to working with Sally again soon. This year's show looks like it's going to be incredible, so don't miss it.
I'm just finishing a book about Tibet and it's culture called The Dance of 17 Lives. It's a very fun read and I've learned all sorts of things. For example, the Dalai Lama got so mad at this fellow once that he passed a law prohibiting him from reincarnating on earth again! Check it out.

May 11, 2006

For the first time Ever, I just saw a video of cellist Emanuel Feuermann. I had read about this film a couple of decades ago, so It was great to finally see it. There's a lot more great stuff on this website, including several videos of Casals and Yo Yo, and George Neikrug playing the cadenza to the Paganini Concerto--not to be missed!

May 8, 2006

There's a great new interview with Rostropovich over at the Internet Cello Society. Well done Tim!

May 4, 2006

Thank you for visiting my website!  It's my first ever, so it's been very exciting to create.  Don't worry, it'll get better.
Things are slowing down here in Gainesville, Florida as summer
approaches and temps rise.  I've been exploring the state--places
like Paynes Prairie and the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg--both
of which are amazing in quite different ways.
I've also been reading a lot. I Highly recommend the new novel by
Debra Dean, The Madonnas of Leningrad.  Beautiful! For you
cellists out there, if you haven't read the now out of print bio
Pablo Casals by Robert Baldock, find it ASAP! It's by far the
best book I've ever read about Casals. 
I'm off to practice. Drop me a line!
PS Oh right--don't forget to check out the new recording of Brahms
Cello Sonatas with Isserlis/Hough. It's one of the all time great
recordings, I think.