I'll be performing with the il Troubadore Klingon Music Project tomorrow night (Saturday, 2011 October 29) at the 2nd Annual "Tricks and Treats for All You Geeks" which will feature us and Wild Mercy and a very special guest magician, Graham Walker! Doors open at 7pm and music starts at 7:30pm.
Tonight (Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011) I will be appearing with my Classical Arabic Band, Ahel El Nagam, at Cafe Django in Bloomington, Indiana. We will be playing music from all around the Middle East. The cover is $5 and we will be there from 8pm till 11pm. For more info please visit the facebook event page.
I'll be appearing with il Troubadore at this month's installment of the Greek Islands Hafla tonight (Thursday, October 20, 2011). This will be a special event as we are attempting to raise funds for a child with a genetic mitochondrial disease. Also appearing will be a special guest magician, Graham Walker, to do some magic in between our sets.
On Sunday, I'll be making an appearance with an alumni based ensemble at New Albany High School as part of the NAHS Hall of Fame celebration.
Tonight I will be playing with my group Raks Makam for the Louisville tour stop of Club Bellydance. The show will take place at the Eifler Theatre inside the beautiful and historic Clifton Center at 2117 Payne St, Louisville KY 40206. Ticket prices are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. To order online and more info about this show please visit this link here or here.
Tomorrow I'll be performing the Beethoven Clarinet Trio (No. 4, Opus 11) in B flat with Carrie Ravenscraft and Grace Baugh-Bennett. This is for one of the weekly performance classes sponsored by IU Southeast Music Department and will be held in the IUS recital hall. Carrie and Grace will also be performing a few other selections from the upcoming recital. The performance begins at 4pm.
So on Thursday I drove up to my Alma mater, DePauw University, to
attend this year's DePauw Discourse. This year's guest was Yo-Yo Ma,
who probably doesn't need any introduction (just click on the link to
his website
for more info). The entire schedule may be found here, though there
were a number of concurrent events happening as Mr. Ma had many other
appearances throughout the event which were not publicly announced
including a masterclass for the music students as well as other performances.
One performance not mentioned took place immediately after his talk Thursday night--a performance with members of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, DePauw University School of Music students and faculty and, well, me. I happened to have my cello with me as I had a performance in Indianapolis last night and wouldn't have had time to get back home. So I was asked to join the performance of a reading of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. My stand partners (three of us shared a stand of music) were my cello prof while I was at DePauw, Eric Edberg (who is still teaching there), and Mr. Ma himself. The former was to my right and the latter to my left. It was an unexpected,, but pleasant, surprise. After that reading those of us left broke out in a group improv/drum circle which Mr. Ma declined to participate in as he had another engagement.
The whole weekend was chock full of events and I must admit I had to miss a number of them for various reasons. I'm still reeling from the experience and all the stimulating discourse. I'm not entirely sure how long it will take to process but will probably blog about some thoughts over the next few days as I know I have tons to say about it.
Last night was a performance with one of my groups in Indianapolis which brought some surprise family visitors who wanted to celebrate my birthday (which was yesterday) and brought me a birthday cheesecake and cupcakes for all the participants in the show. I ended up playing the third movement of the Cassado suite for solo cello (which went much better than a previous performance I did at Derby City Espresso a couple weeks ago), but more about that later.
For now, check out the links above and this one in particular which has video excerpts of Mr. Ma's talk from Thursday, 'Reflections on a Life in Music.' Also, a photoalbum of the talk by DePauw staff photographer, Larry Ligget, may be found here.
This post was originally posted at my blog here.
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