Welcome new low string musicians!

Standing from left to right: Richard Campbell, Michael Herren, Micah Sasser, Hannah McEvoy and Eva Wilson. Front row: Christine Davis and Laura Helton.

Musical Farm Equipment from the University of Iowa

Turn your sound on for this video from the University of Iowa. This is almost unbelievable! See how all of the balls wind up in catcher cones. This incredible machine was built as a collaborative effort between the Robert M. Trammell Music Conservatory and the Sharon Wick School of Engineering at the University of Iowa. Amazingly 97% of the machines components came from John Deere Industries and Irrigation Equipment of Bancroft, Iowa. Yes, farm equipment! It took the team a combined 13,029 hours of set-up, alignment, calibration, and tuning before filming this video but as you can see it was WELL worth the effort. It is now on display in the Matthew Gerhard Alumni Hall at the University and is already slated to be donated to the Smithsonian.

Sunday, August 10, 2008 @ 2:30 pm

Britt Music Festival Chamber Music Program
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Medford, Oregon

PROGRAM includes:

Libertango ..... Astor Piazzolla

Whitney Allen, Rebecca Thornblade,
Ida Mercer and Paul Christopher, celli

Tango Fugue ..... Patrick Horn

E-Chen Hsu, clarinet
Daniela Sheterva, violin
Patrick Horn, viola
Paul Christopher, cello
James Chubet, piano

Duo in D Major ..... Gioachino Rossini
Allegro
Andante molto
Allegro

Bert Witzel, bass and Paul Christopher, cello

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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Peter Britt Music Festival
August 1-17, 2008
Jacksonville, Oregon

I will be serving as Acting Principal Cello this summer for the Classical Festival series. Please visit me to attend these wonderful outdoor concerts!

Sunday, July 6, 2008 @ 7:30 pm

DMMO 2008 Chamber Concert Series
Lekberg Recital Hall
Simpson College
Indianola, Iowa




Niuko Wadden, harp
Paul Christopher, cello




Fantasie on Motives from the Opera "Norma"
by Vincenzo Bellini, Opus 73 .... Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)


This performance is dedicated to my wife on our 23rd wedding anniversary.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Dr. Isidor Saslav presented a master class for Mrs. Olson's Central High School String Orchestra students in Magale Recital Hall @ NSU.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Des Moines Metro Opera
36th Anniversary Season
June 9-July 13, 2008
Indianola, Iowa

A Masked Ball by Giuseppe Verdi
Regina by Marc Blitzstein

The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti

I am once again serving as Acting Principal Cellist with DMMO playing three wonderful operas! Please visit me @ Simpson College to attend these productions.

Monday, May 5, 2008

On Monday, May 5, 2008, NSU's Office of Research and Sponsored Programs awarded Mr. Paul Christopher an Enrichment Fund Professional Development grant for the project entitled: "New Music for Low String Ensemble." Funding of this project provides a commission for a composition by a native Louisiana composer, Thomas H. Hundemer, for NSU's low string studio ensemble.

This new work will be premiered on October 21, 2008, (tentative date) at NSU with a repeat performance on October 23 or 24, 2008, at the Louisiana Music Teacher's Association annual conference meeting at Centenary College in Shreveport. Mr. Christopher undertook this project because of the lack of compositions for this ensemble. In building a low string studio class, this composition fills a void while also promoting NSU's music program in a state-wide venue.