In no order: Wilco, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Ligeti, Carole King, Johnny Cash, Neutral Milk Hotel, Joanna Newsom, The Walkmen, Okkervil River, Devendra Banhart, Iron and Wine, Castanets, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Midlake, Tin Hat Trio, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, M. Ward, Tom Waits, Talking Heads, Sufjan Stevens, Battle Bend Taraf de Haidouks
I play violin, guitar, bass, and/or keys in Tristero (Austin), as well as with friends in Ithaca, NY. In the past, I've played with the Red Armada Quartet, The Bishop Elect, and the Golden Hornet Project. This page is just for me to put my own music, whatever it might be. I used to live in Austin, but now I spend most of my year in Ithaca, NY, studying music, sound, and the Middle East, among other things.
If you like singing and guitars, listen to In White or When we Lose Color
If you like talking and violins, listen to A Completed Portrait of Picasso
If you like Rihanna, listen to Umbrella
Greetings from the West Coast! I am eyeing Fri. Aug 29 as an attractive date for a show @ The Nines. Before I contact them about it, are you interested?
maurice! happy new year duuude. i forgot to follow up with you about "sous le ciel de paris" -- just for you, i put the entire recording on my myspace page, available to download. i'll leave it up for about a week, mmkay? enjoy it!
Hey mO! Nice version of Umbrilla on your other page. How long you in town? I'll try to make it to the parlor on dec 29. Still need to learn how to ride a bike? I still need to learn how to violin correctly!
Yes definitely... unfortunately I never ended up doing an Ithaca show this semester. But we must join forces at some point... let's shoot for February?
Maurice, great great songs, I am really impressed. If you're in Ithaca this semester I'm going to be doing a show @ the Nines with a friend of mine in the near future (date TBD). I'll keep you posted and perhaps a joint-show is in order. See ya around
i'm going to demand a copy of your ep upon your return to austin. and dude, i just posted a version of "your king" i recorded in santa fe. check it out!
hey, so is tristero gonna still play some shows in ithica without danny and i? hope you guys do. we should talk agian soon about preparing for the tour and summer plans. i've got midterms this coming week, so after that. peace!
Aurélien Pétillot, violist and artistic director, presents the inaugural concert of the non-profit organization VIOLA BY CHOICE which seeks to showcase the originality, versatility and importance of the viola and its glorious repertoire through engaging, accessible, and bonding chamber music performances by the foremost local and visiting musicians. The concert “Viola confessions: Composers exposed,” will celebrate some of the most illustrious composers in history who not only wrote for viola, but were violists themselves. It will feature duets by Mozart and Beethoven, Bach’s 6th Brandenburg Concerto, Hindemith’s revolutionary Sonata for Solo Viola Op.25/1, and Paganini’s Trio Concertante for viola, cello and guitar. With special guest appearance by John Largess, violist from the Miró Quartet, alongside James Brown (viola da gamba), Elise Winters (violin), Margaret Coltman and Jonathan Dexter (cello), Jessica Valls (double-bass), and Jonathan Dotson (guitar).
Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 8 pm. Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, Christ Chapel. 31st Street and Duval, Austin 78705. $8/students, $15/general admission, at the door.
VIOLA BY CHOICE. seeks to showcase the originality, versatility and importance of the viola and its glorious repertoire through engaging, accessible, and bonding chamber music performances by the foremost local and visiting musicians. It wishes to foster sincere and lasting cultural and personal exchanges with as diverse and broad an audience as it can reach and touch, within and beyond Austin’s vibrant community, whether in traditional or more progressive venues. The viola is the perfect symbol of irresistible, boundless beauty too often concealed. As such it is the hope of VIOLA BY CHOICE that it will encourage all to awaken, embrace, and share their inner viola, while reconnecting with each other and to Music.
hey maurice, i wanted to say that i was at the Scanner Darkly show and I really enjoyed it...you guys all sounded incredible...i didnt even know it was you until they said your name. i was thinking wow that's really good and then i was like o thats why....hope your success continues
^_^ lydia
