When Pablo Casals reached 95, a young reporter threw him the following question: “Mr. Casals, you are 95 and the greatest cellist that ever lived. Why do you still practice six hours a day?” Mr. Casals answered, “Because I think I’m making progress.”
Sounds Like
A giant wall of 100 watt Marshall full stack amps and speakers capabable of parting the earth in half at will. All of the volume knobs are turned up to 11, but the amps are all mysteriously turned off. There's one lone guitarist sitting in a chair in front of the giant wall of amps and speakers plucking the nylon strings of his acoustic guitar, and it sounds wonderfully refreshing.
Lee Zimmer is a world-class performer who has delighted audiences with his virtuosity and sense of musicality both as a soloist and ensemble player. Performing and teaching guitar for most of his life, he heads the guitar studies at La Sierra and California Baptist Universities. Lee is also the music department chairperson at the Fender Center for the Performing Arts where he teaches guitar, bass, and band classes.
Mr. Zimmer studied classical guitar privately for several years with Maestro Seiko Sesoko. Along with that, he has performed in Master classes with Manuel Barrueco, Sharon Isben, David Russell, Michael Newman, and Jorge Morel. As well as performing and teaching, Lee has arranged music for one, two, and four guitars. His arrangement for two guitars of Le Tombeau de Couperin, by Maurice Ravel, is featured on a CD that he recorded along with guitarist Eric Brenton as Duo Sesoko, a premier guitar ensemble. Lee performs concerts regularly with the duo, as well as performing solo.
Since 1985, Lee has been on the board of directors for the Orange County Guitar Circle, a guitar society that has been in existence for over 30 years. He was the president of the organization from 1996 to 2005.
Lee's new cd, encarnacion, is available at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/leezimmer
It seems Michelangelo didn't view himself as a genius while painting great art like the Sistine Chapel, but moreso as someone who remained patient. I gotta master the patience thing! More attitude than anything?
I hope that whatever you are currently tackling, you will find renewed strength to sustain though it!
hahaha...thank you...by "the beast" you mean the A/A, right?? lol..that thing kept seemin so out of reach. Every year..your gonna graduate this semester...yeah right..haha. Oh well Im all done now =)
yeah :-) Thats weird that its not working. Here it is again: http://www.realitywanted.com/member/id/124764 Maybe myspace blocked the link because its for a different site, they do that sometimes. I hope all is well with you! Thanks, Brittney
Hey Lee, we all just wanted to thank you for allowing us to play at Fender. We had a lot of fun playing and hopefully everyone really enjoyed us. Please let us know anytime when we can do anything to help the center
Yeah my dad showed me your videos and your music. It sounds like you all are doing well thats good. We need to do one of those big reunions again like we used to do in the past. Keep in touch.
