Edgar Meyer News

BMNN wrote: on Nov. 24, 2009: When Mark O'Connor performs at Berklee College of Music on Dec.

Brevard County scores another cultural coup of sorts this week when famed violinist/composer/teacher Mark O'Connor comes to Melbourne .

The Ann Arbor-born fiddler/violinist/composer Jeremy Kittel is backed up by some musical heavy-hitters on his fourth album, "Chasing Sparks," including bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin masters Chris Thile and Mike Marshall .

What: Alabama Symphony. Symphony 7: "Classical Jam." Justin Brown, conductor; Chris Thile, mandolinist.

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After piling up 10 Grammy awards and three decades of critical raves, cellist Yo-Yo Ma can play where he wants, when he wants and with anyone he chooses.

ELKHART COUNTY SYMPHONY: The symphony opens its 62nd season, "Always About the Song," with a featured performance by cellist Wendy Warner at 7:30 p.m. Oct.

Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, and Zakir Hussain Sunday, October 18, at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, 174 E. Flagler St., Miami.

Just as all basketball players are compared to Michael Jordan, all banjo players are compared to Bla Fleck, and for good reason: The human mind can't keep up with how quickly he plays, how cleanly he plays and how musically he plays, and with what seeming ease he does it all.

There was a time when Bela Fleck simply played bluegrass music on a banjo, just like any number of young men captivated by the instrument's cannon-like sonics and the music's inherent agility.

GOSHEN a ' Renowned banjo player Bela Fleck, tabla player Zakir Hussain and virtuoso bassist Edgar Meyer will ride a wave of critical acclaim into Goshen Oct.

Concert: Goshen College Performing Arts Series Bla Fleck / Zakir Hussain / Edgar Meyer Date: Friday, Oct.

Music, dance and other events in your community. 'Camelot' comes to Zoellner BETHLEHEM Lerner & Loewe's "Camelot" opens 7 p.m. Sunday at Zoellner Arts Center.

Banjoist Bela Fleck, bassist Edgar Meyer and tabla player Zakir Hussain may play the most intriguing and international music of the seven shows at The Egg in the hyperactive next seven days a ' songs that blend bluegrass, classical and Indian traditions.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Li Robbins Last updated on Wednesday, Sep. 30, 2009 06:39PM EDT B At Koerner Hall in Toronto on Tuesday It was three for three at the Royal Conservatory of Music's Koerner Hall Tuesday night.

The Kentucky Center is a multiheaded organism with missions that, sometimes a bit awkwardly, must serve multiple masters.

This is the tip of the concert iceberg at Koerner Hall's inaugural season: Tomorrow: Pianist Anton Kuerti joins an all-star lineup of young artists with ties to the Royal Conservatory for a concert of solo, chamber, orchestral and vocal music to open Koerner Hall.

Symphony-goers expect tradition. The classic, romantic pieces of the early 20th century are regularly performed to the delight of symphony patrons everywhere, while the music that was composed after this period remains largely a mystery.

The Honolulu Symphony is back! Technically, it never left, but with all the financial uncertainty at the end of last season, this season's opener felt like a resurrection.

The Honolulu Symphony has emerged from months of financial uncertainty, and rehearsals began Thursday for a pair of remarkable concerts you can still get tickets for this weekend.