Nicholas Walker

I have three solo recitals in Ithaca this week: tonight at Longview at 7:00, tomorrow at Bridges at Cornell Heights at 6:30, and Friday at Kendal at 6:30. Would live to see you there; please check with venues about available seats.   

I've just been invited to give a featured performance on the final day of the International Society of Bassists convention in San Francisco. What an amazing honor this is. I'm totally blown away. Hope to see many of my bass friends there. More info about the convention here and about the schedule here. I've got a really fun program planned, and I'll get to play with the amazing pianist, Bill Mays, something I've longed to do for two decades! This is going to be a blast!

I had a fabulous trip to Michaelstein Germany last month where I enjoyed working with outstanding students and faculty at Kaleidoskop http://www.kontrabass-kaleidoskop.de/index.php?language=en&hauptrubrik=2011&subrubrik=dozenten. What a special environment - all about openiness and resonance in all respects.

I'll be playing with the Ithaca College Jazz Collective Wed.February 16, 8:15PM in Hockett, Ithaca College. If you are nearby, please join me and these great artists:

Louise Mygatt - Singer
Catherine Gale - Singer
Frank Campos - Trumpet
John White - Piano
Peter Chwazik - Guitar/Electric Bass
Greg Evans - Drums

Hope to see you there.

Tonight at 8:15 PM in Ford Hall: Ithaca College jazz faculty Mike Titlebaum, Greg Evans, Catherine Gale and myself will be performing music of Thelonious Monk, Sting, George Gershwin and Irving Berlin.

Concerto Premiere - This Saturday, December 4, 2010, at 8:15 in Ford Hall, Ithaca College, I will premiere a fabulous new concerto by composer, Dana Wilson. The concerto is in three movements and features the many languages of the double bass. From the powerful lowest register to mournful tenor melodies in the upper tessitura, the concerto showcases virtuosic filigree and funky pizzicato panache. Orchestra Director, Jeffrey Meyer, will lead the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra for this world premiere. The remainder of the program features Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliees (“The forgotten offerings”) and Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, op.47, D minor.

Please join the Ithaca College Faculty Jazz Quintet at 8:15 pm in Ford Hall on Wed., September 29th for our fall showcase. Details at http://www.ithaca.edu/music/ensembles/jazzquartet/

I will present a faculty recital of North and South American crossover music at 7:00 pm this Wednesday, September 15th, in The Hockett Family Recital Hall located in the Whalen Center for Music. Hank Roberts, Brian Dozoretz and fellow School of Music faculty members, Louise Mygatt, and Carolyn Grossmann will be joining me for this eclectic program which features compositions by Dana Wilson (IC Faculty), Astor Piazzolla, Egberto Gismonte, Ornette Coleman, Frank Proto, and myself.

7pm 7pm 7pm 7pm 7pm - on Wed., July 7th
(I just found out the concert starts at 7pm on Wed., not 8)
I'll be performing my Grease Fantasy (a fantasy for double bass and piano on the music of the tv/musical Grease) at the Lutheran Church of St. Andrew, in Silver Spring, Maryland on Wed. night (July 7th). I'll be part of a short program with three other performers honoring George Vance, Katherine's first teacher, and an important mentor and friend to us both. The concert is free and open to the public and ought to start about 7pm. (If any of this changes, I'll post it here). Hope to see you there. More info at www.slavapub.net

Come see the Ithaca College Period Instrument Performance Ensemble on Thursday May 6th at 7:00 pm in the Hockett Family Recital Hall. Works by,
Dario Castello
Jean Baptiste Lully
François Couperin
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini

Performers include:
Nicholas Walker director, viola da gamba Erik Johnson recorder, Sarah Koop recorder, Sarah Plunkett traverso, L.J. Neil cornetto & recorder, Josh Oxford harpsichord & organ, Eric Pearson baroque lute, David Moore treble lute, Kate Goldstein baroque violin, Bryn Digney baroque violin, Rosie Newton baroque viola, T.J. Borden baroque cello, Evan Hong baroque cello, Jordan Morton viola da gamba, John Romey violone