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A Conversation with Edgar Meyer and the Scottish Ensemble
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Edgar Meyer
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech presents A Conversation with Edgar Meyer and the Scottish Ensemble on Thursday, March 31, 2022.

Members of the U.K.'s leading chamber orchestra the Scottish Ensemble and multi-Grammy Award-winning bassist Edgar Meyer come together for wide-ranging conversation on collaboration, composition, and performance before their concert later in the evening at 7:30 PM.

In demand as both a performer and a composer, Edgar Meyer has formed a role in the music world unlike any other. Hailed by The New Yorker as “…the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively un-chronicled history of his instrument”, Mr. 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. His uniqueness in the field was recognized by a MacArthur Award in 2002.

As a solo classical bassist, Mr. Meyer can be heard on a concerto album with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff, Meyer’s own Double Concerto for Bass and Cello with Yo-Yo Ma, Bottesini’s Bass Concerto No. 2, and Meyer’s own Concerto in D for Bass. In 2006, he released a self-titled solo recording on which he wrote and recorded all of the music, incorporating piano, guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo, gamba, and double bass. In 2007, recognizing his wide-ranging recording achievements, Sony/BMG released a compilation of The Best of Edgar Meyer.

His list of collaborators reflects the unique niche he’s carved in the musical world. Meyer has worked with some of the world’s top musicians from a variety of genres, including Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Stuart Duncan, Chris Thile, and Mark O’Connor.

In 2011 Mr. Meyer joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mandolinist Chris Thile, and fiddler Stuart Duncan for the Sony Masterworks recording “The Goat Rodeo Sessions” which was awarded the 2012 Grammy® Award for Best Folk Album. In all Meyer has received five Grammy awards for his collaborative work. In 2000, he became the only bassist to receive the coveted Avery Fisher Prize.

Links:

• http://edgarmeyer.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/EdgarMeyerBass
• https://www.twitter.com/EdgarMeyerJr
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEuBrvB39laRlyJyQ1r_SQ/videos

Admission is free though registration is required.

To register online, visit: https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/online/seatSelect.asp?createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadBestAvailable::performance_ids=C76910B9-B295-4602-BC00-C364C3CBD323.

To view more information on the evening concert, visit: http://nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=645105.

This event is also available to view as a livestream.

For more information, visit: https://artscenter.vt.edu/experiences/conversation-meyer-scottish-ensemble.html or https://www.facebook.com/artscenteratvt or call 540-231-5300.