Editor: Keith Davis Writers: Alex Dippold, Dave Maley Publisher: Office of Public Information Volume 22, No.10   January 31, 2000

Edgar Meyer to Perform at Ithaca College Double bassist Edgar Meyer, a master of classi- cal, jazz, and bluegrass music, will appear on Thursday, February 10, to play both selections from the classical bass repertoire and his own compositions. Meyer’s performance is the second in the Ithaca College Concerts 1999–2000 series, titled "MMusic." (MM — the Roman numerals for 2,000 — are the inspiration for the title.) It will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music. A pre-concert lecture by music professor Henry Neubert will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Iger Lecture Hall in the Whalen Center. Tickets for the performance are now available at the Clinton House ticket center (273-4497) or at Rebop Records, Tapes, and Compact Discs in Collegetown (273-0737). Tickets will also be sold at the door if seats are available. Call 274-3171 for more information. Prices are $9 — children, senior citizens, and Ithaca College students $15 — Ithaca College alumni, faculty, staff, and administrators; Friends of Ithaca College; other students $18 — general public Hailed by Strings magazine as "the finest classical bass player of our time," Edgar Meyer is also a member of a bluegrass trio and has been a guest bass player for such recording artists as Garth Brooks, Hank Williams Jr., James Taylor, the Indigo Girls, and the Chieftains. Versatility is a word that fits Meyer. So is excellence. One critic recently proclaimed him "quite simply, the best bassist alive." His works have been premiered by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Emerson String Quartet. Meyer’s Double Concerto for Bass, supported by a grant from the Meet the Composer/Reader’s Digest commissioning program, was premiered by the San Luis Mozart Festival Orchestra in 1995. Meyer is in great demand as both a performer and a composer in music festivals, including Aspen, Caramoor, Chamber Music Northwest, Marlboro, and Tanglewood. He also appeared as a regular guest artist at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival from 1985 to 1993, during which time he composed six works for the festival. A member of the bluegrass trio Douglas/Barenberg/Meyer, he also performs regularly with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Meyer and colleagues Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O’Connor reached critical acclaim with their release on the Sony Classical label of Appalachia Waltz, which remained at the top of the charts for 16 weeks. The trio was featured on the Late Show with David Letterman and at the 1997 presidential inaugural gala. The 1999–2000 concert series will conclude on Monday, April 3, with a performance by the Bang on a Can All-Stars, a "new age" ensemble. For more information on the performers and the series, visit the MMusic Web site at www.ithaca.edu/music/guestartists.

Created by Andrejs Ozolins. Updated 31. Jan. 2000