Update
Here’s a picture of me with the Pittsburgh Symphony Percussion Section during a recent intermission. I’ll be back in Raleigh for a few weeks now for performances of Carmina Burana with the Carolina Ballet, Il Trovatore with the North Carolina Opera and two shows with New Music Raleigh. I hope to see you soon!
Big Star NYC Press Round-up
If you’ve watched this space, you’re aware of the Big Star Third Live show that I have been playing. The most blown out version of it happened over the weekend in NYC with a great cast of rock star contributers. Here’s a round-up of the press from the weekend. NY Times and Rolling Stone are...
Big Star’s Third Live in NY
It has been great fun getting to know the music of Big Star over the last few months. We just had another performance of our live fully orchestrated version the Big Star’s Third on Tuesday at Historic Playmakers Theater on the campus of UNC – Chapel Hill. It was our last warm up for our...
Big Star’s Third
I’m part of a very cool project on Thursday and Friday of this week at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC. It’s a fully orchestrated live performance of Big Star’s third album – Sister Lovers. Big Star was the band formed by Alex Chilton that so many musicians site as a major influence. Local record producer,...