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	Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer to Give Laxson Auditorium Concert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Meyer holds the bass as if it were another limb of his own body, he composes music to help it develop its voice, and he navigates over its long strings with a fantastic accuracy, as if nothing could be more natural.
		Meyer premiered his bass concerto in 1993 with Edo de Waart and the Minnesota Orchestra, and in 1995, he showcased his Quintet for Bass and String Quartet in collaboration with the Emerson String Quartet, which was later recorded.
		Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer are presented by Chico Performances and are supported, in part, by grants from the California Arts Council, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; Western States Arts Federation; and the City of Chico and its Arts Commission.
	www.csuchico.edu /hfa/chicoarts/belaedgarpr.html (924 words)

	Edgar Meyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Meyer is noted for achieving virtuosity on an instrument usually neglected by exceptionally talented players.
		Meyer frequently records and performs with other outstanding artists, including: Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, Béla Fleck, Sam Bush,, and Mark O'Connor.
		Meyer has also composed a number of works that break the traditional mold of classical music, including two double bass concertos, a double concerto for bass and cello, and a violin concerto composed specifically for.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Edgar_Meyer (203 words)

	Edgar Meyer - Biography
		Meyer is the principal soloist on the recording, joined by two of his most frequent collaborators – cellist Yo-Yo Ma in the Double Concerto and violinist Joshua Bell in the Gran Duo Concertante.
		Meyer was a nominee for the same award in 2000 for Short Trip Home, a Sony Classical recording on which he led a quartet made up of violinist Joshua Bell and legendary bluegrass musicians Sam Bush and Mike Marshall.
		In October 1999, Edgar Meyer’s Violin Concerto –; written for violinist Hilary Hahn – had its premiered and was recorded by Hahn for Sony Classical, with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, led by Hugh Wolff.
	www.sonyclassical.com /artists/meyer/bio.html (806 words)

	Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer - Center for Macular Degeneration - University of Iowa
		Edgar Meyer, prominently established as a unique and masterful instrumentalist, delights his audiences both as a vibrant performer and an innovative composer.
		Meyer's unparalleled technique and musicianship in combination with his gift for composition have brought him to the fore, where he is appreciated by a vast, varied audience.
		Meyer was involved in an inventive trio project with Béla Fleck on banjo and Mike Marshall on mandolin, performing original compositions marrying bluegrass, classical and other traditional styles.
	cmd.ophth.uiowa.edu /hancher/meyer-thile.html (1446 words)

	ET Research (2002) Iceberg at the Golden Gate by Jan C. Nielsen - 12 February 2002
		Meyer left San Francisco for New York, in 1893, when he became a partner in the investment banking house of Lazard Freres.
		His son was Eugene Meyer, Jr., who became a major financial and political icon, and whose daughter was the late Katherine Graham, of Washington Post fame.
		Some of the shareholders were relatives of Edgar Meyer, a fellow passenger who had honorably sacrificed himself so that women and children could be rescued.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /item/1487 (6006 words)

	Edgar Meyer
		An exclusive Sony Classical artist, Edgar Meyer brings a new dimension to his long-standing friendship and collaboration with banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck on Music for Two, their new recording for the label, which features live performances from the pair's first tour as a duo.
		Meyer began studying bass at the age of five under the instruction of his father, and continued further to study with Stuart Sankey.
		Meyer premiered his bass concerto in 1993 with Edo de Waart and the Minnesota Orchestra, and in 1995, he premiered his Quintet for Bass and String Quartet in collaboration with the Emerson String Quartet, which was later recorded on the Deutsche Grammophon label.
	www.sonyclassical.com /artists/meyer/adbio.html (895 words)

	Edgar Meyer
		Edgar Meyer emerged in the 1990s as one of the world1s most talented string bass players, at home, remarkably, in both the classical repertory and in bluegrass.
		Meyer has said that he grew up with the bass as his primary means of personal expression, and became committed to the instrument so early that he is unable to remember a time when he was not.
		Meyer won numerous competitions, and from the beginning forged a crossover career, playing with classical musicians as well as popular and country acts.
	www.findthefun.com /bands/lists/..\b01\b0015684.htm (506 words)

	Greg Sandow -- Edgar Meyer at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
		Edgar Meyer, by this definition, is one of Sony's chief alternative classical prospects, or as Mr.
		Meyer himself is too busy playing the bass to think about these issues much -- he even describes himself, engagingly, as "conservative" -- though he finds it natural to play in many styles, and thinks that classical music "has gotten in a little bit of trouble, boxed itself into a corner."
		Meyer's playing elsewhere there are hardly any words; even in a simple walking bass he'd offer a palette of colors, shaping the rhythmic flow even while he faithfully accompanied someone else's melody.
	www.gregsandow.com /meyer.htm (994 words)

	Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board: Edgar Meyer
		Meyer filled in his "likes," "abominations," etc., and then came to the column marked "madnesses." He laughed as he said: "I have only one - to live," and wrote it down.
		Edgar Meyer was one of about five 1st class passengers whose photograph I doubted I would ever see.
		Rosalie, of course, was the older sister to Edgar Meyer.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /discus/messages/5811/7247.html (3120 words)

	AETN Presents: Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		UCA was the final stop for Meyer and Thile on a tour that included Carnegie Hall, Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, Disney Hall in Los Angeles and the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois.
		Meyer's unparalleled technique and musicianship in combination with his gift for composition have brought him to the fore, where he is appreciated by a vast, caried audience.
		Meyer and colleagues Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor have been widely acclaimed for the sony release of Appalachia Waltz, which soared to the top of the charts and remained there for 16 weeks.
	www.aetn.org /aetnpresents/meyerandthile.html (557 words)

	Borders - Feature - The Best of Both Worlds: A Conversation with Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer
		Edgar was a very unusual musician to me. When we met, I was blown away.
		Edgar Meyer: I think we each relish both the traditional roles that our instruments fall into and also trying to expand or use our instruments in ways that wouldn't be as obvious; in the case of the bass, making it a more vocal instrument sometimes.
		Edgar was trying to write it because it was very important to him to show that side of his writing.
	www.bordersstores.com /features/feature.jsp?file=fleckmeyer (2651 words)

	Vanderbilt University Register: Blair faculty member Edgar Meyer receives MacArthur çgenius grantÇ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Edgar Meyer, Vanderbilt faculty member and award-winning bassist and composer noted for his innovative blending of musical styles, was named Wednesday as a MacArthur Fellow.
		Meyer, who is an adjunct associate professor of bass at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music, said the award won’t affect his immediate plans.
		Meyer, who grew up in Oak Ridge, Tenn., began studying bass at age 5 under the instruction of his father, who initially had started his son on the violin.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /htdocs/register/Sep23_02/20020925geniusgrant.html (754 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Bela Fleck/Edgar Meyer
		Although Fleck and Meyer have occasionally made music together over the past 20 years (including their shared membership in the progressive bluegrass band Strength in Numbers in the late 1980s), this is their first pure duet recording.
		Meyer, on the other hand, approaches their collaboration from a deep background in classical music that began with bass lessons at age five.
		Meyer has been a featured soloist with many major orchestras, and performed his own Double Concerto for Double Bass and Cello with Jeffrey Kahane and the Santa Rosa Symphony back in January 1999.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/05.26.04/fleck-0422.html (715 words)

	Amazon.com: Meyer & Bottesini Concertos: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Meyer's cadenza in the last movement of Bottesini's Second Concerto for Double Bass and orchestra is the unquestionable highlight of the piece.
		Edgar Meyer fans will know only too well what "the other shoe" refers to: The balance (No.'s 3, 4 and 6) of Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, to follow up on his earlier recording of No.'s 1, 2 and 5.
		Meyer and Yo-Yo Ma are perfectly matched in this work, to the extent that there are places in the work where it is difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins, or which of the two of them is carrying the higher line.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000667R3?v=glance (2881 words)

	Edgar Meyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The UNLV Performing Arts Center welcomes Grammy-nominated bassist Edgar Meyer and violinist Caitlin Tully at 8 pm on Friday, October 14 as part of the Charles...
		Edgar Meyer Carnegie Hall Workshop To Include Mandolin Track with...
		Edgar Meyer's string trio rings playful changes on folk and country music, and the dancers (including Yayoi Kambara, Corey Brady, Marina Fukushima, and...
	www.wikiverse.org /edgar-meyer (326 words)

	Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer, Music for Two and Obstinato
		Fleck and Meyer, who have collaborated on many projects over the years, did a short tour together in 2003, which was the source of the sixteen tracks on the Music For Two CD and the 40-minute DVD, Obstinato.
		Meyer in particular puts on a dazzling display of bass virtuosity, soaring and swooping over and around the banjo's melody line.
		Finally, there's Meyer's deceptively simple "Canon," a round for bass and banjo played in a demanding 15/8 time signature, combining stately classical lines with dazzling jazzy sections that feel improvised but are in reality tightly scripted.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_fleckandmeyer_musicfortwo.html (788 words)

	IU alumnus Edgar Meyer a MacArthur Fellow
		Edgar Meyer, renowned bass virtuoso and IU Bloomington School of Music graduate, has been named one of 24 new MacArthur Fellows by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
		In addition to Meyer, this year’s honorees include a seismologist, a trombonist, a journalist, a molecular ecobiologist, a roboticist and an intellectual historian.
		Meyer has collaborated with such musical luminaries as Yo-Yo Ma, Bela Fleck, Mark O’Connor, James Taylor, Garth Brooks, Sam Bush, Mike Marshall and fellow IU School of Music alumnus Joshua Bell.
	www.indiana.edu /~ocmhp/101102/text/meyer.html (221 words)

	Edgar Meyer - Topix.net
		Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile look like such a mismatched pair.
		Edgar Meyer played "Tambourine Chinois," Fritz Kreisler's famous violin showpiece, on the double bass Tuesday night at the Pabst Theater.
		Bassist Edgar Meyer regularly works with such pop, folk and country musicians as Garth Brooks, Bruce Cockburn, Hank Williams Jr., Emmylou Harris, Jerry Douglas, Mary Chapin Carpenter,...
	rss.topix.net /rss/who/edgar-meyer.xml (303 words)

	George Graham Reviews Joshua Bell & Edgar Meyer's "Short Trip Home"
		Meyer has also established a reputation as a composer of difficult to categorize music, and over the last few years, has made a two interesting collaborations, Appalachia Waltz with classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma and fiddler Mark O'Connor; and Uncommon Ritual a joint recording with Béla Fleck and Mike Marshall.
		Meyer knew the other three well and had played with them individually, but this was the first time they had really worked together on a project.
		Meyer and Bell are both signed to Sony's classical division, and the CD will presumably be marketed as a classical release.
	www.georgegraham.com /reviews/bellmeyr.html (1441 words)

	Encyclopedia: Edgar Meyer
		A cropped image to show the relative size of a cello to a human (Uncropped Version) The cello (also violoncello or cello) is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family.
		1999 Appalachian Journey is the second album from the string trio of bassist and composer Edgar Meyer, fiddler and composer Mark OConnor, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
		Appalachia Waltz is the first album from the trio of fiddler and composer Mark OConnor, double-bassist and composer Edgar Meyer, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Edgar-Meyer (765 words)

	Edgar Meyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Meyer frequently records and performs with other outstanding artists, including: Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, Béla Fleck, Sam Bush, Mike Marshall, and Mark O'Connor.
		Meyer has also composed a number of works that break the traditional mold of classical music, including two double bass concertos, a double concerto for bass and cello, and a violin concerto composed specifically for Hilary Hahn.
		Meyer Bottesini Concertos with Joshua Bell and Yo-Yo Ma Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edgar_Meyer (216 words)

	Edgar Meyer
		A master instrumentalist and chameleon of styles, Edgar Meyer has established himself as a vibrant performer and an innovative composer in a variety of arenas from classical to bluegrass.
		Combining live performance and backstage footage with a close-up view of Fleck and Meyer composing together, rehearsing and refining their emerging repertoire, it is a rare and compelling documentary glimpse into a highly creative collaboration as it develops.
		Meyer follows up his Perpetual Motion (SK 89610) Grammy®s with two premiere concertos (Double Concerto for Cello and Double Bass, Concerto in D for Double Bass and Orchestra) and the music of Italian composer Giovanni Bottesini.
	www.sonyclassical.com /artists/meyer/adhome.html (639 words)

	Edgar Meyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Meyer’s unparalled technique and musicianship in combination with his gift for composition have brought him to the fore, where he is appreciated by a vast, varied audience.
		Meyer has recently released an album of Bach’s Unaccompanied Suites for Cello and just recorded a concerto album with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra featuring Bottesini’s Gran Duo with Joshua Bell; Meyer’s Double Concerto for Bass and Cello with Yo-Yo Ma; Bottesini’s Bass Concerto No. 2 and Meyer’s Concerto in D for Bass.
		Meyer and colleagues Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O’ Connor have been widely acclaimed for the Sony release of Appalachia Waltz, which soared to the top of the charts and remained there for 16 weeks.
	www.andrewdegrado.org /adv_board/edgar.htm (851 words)

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