Updated on 5/31/26

Upcoming and Past Performances of Works by Garry Eister

News and Upcoming Performances:

• GE's first guitar quartet, CHASING LiGHT
  - as performed by the San Francisco Guitar Quartet
  -will be heard on June 17th on radio station KCBX
  -90.1 FM on the Central Coast of California,
  -The program, In Concert, is hosted by Craig Russell
  -and runs from 6:30 PM- 8:00 PM.
  -Click the link above to stream the program.
  
  
• GE's IN MEMORIAM DANIEL LENTZ can be heard here.
  -Note: "From 1974 to 1981, Daniel was my mentor, good friend and one of the most important influences in my musical life." GE
  -Lentz died on 7/25/25.
  
  

Past Performances/ Old News:

• The Glass Duo performed GE's THIS IS NOT A BUDDHIST PRAYER
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on June 13, 2026 at the Marienkirche in Gardelegen, Germany
  -as a part of the Altmark Festspiele
  
  
• A video of a studio performance of GE's
  -SONATINA FOR MARIMBA AND ELECTRONICS
  -performed by Douglas Ovens
  - is available here.
  
  
• An audio-only video of GE's QUARTET #6 THE ACOUSTIC
  -is available here.
  
  

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• A video with score and live audio of GE's
  -THREE OBJECTS AND AN ANIMATION for solo piano can be seen here.
  -This performance is by my longtime friend Arlene Dunlap who passed on 11/27/24.
  
  
• Phillip Marguerre played FOR SERAPHIM ALONE
  -on September 8th in Schneeberg, Germany
  -as part of a concert with the Kreuzchor Dresden.
  
  
• On 6/3/24, Philipp Marguerre played
  -FOR SERAPHIM ALONE
  -at the Japanese-German Center in Berlin
  -as part of the opening of an exhibit of Murano Glass artists.
  
  
• DREAMLAND an EP of GE songs performed by Soprano Ann Moss and guitarist Carrie Smith
  -was released on 6/28/24 on Angels Share Records
  -You can hear it here.
  
  

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• Initial tracks for the DREAMLAND EP,
  -featuring soprano Ann Moss and guitarist Carrie Smith,
  -were recorded at the Opus Studio in Berkeley, CA on 9/17/23
  -The release is planned for 6/28/24 on Angel Share Records
  
  
• On 11/26/23, Philipp Marguerre and a pickup string quartet
  -played mvt. 3 of GE's QUINTET FOR GLASS AND STRINGS
  -at 2 PM and 4PM at the Tumcafe in Dresden, Germany
  
  
• "DREAMLAND." a song about covid for voice and guitar
  -was premiered on September 15th
  -by soprano Ann Moss and guitarist Carrie Smith
  -at the Slate Contemporary Gallery in Oakland, CA.
  -The program also included GE's songs From Memory, Pretty Little Horses, and Rest in Peace Bruce Jones.
  
  
• GE was Craig Russell's guest on KCBX In Concert
  -on Wednesday, July 26th at 6:30 PM on KCBX 90.1 FM on California's Central Coast.
  -The program presented the premier broadcast of GE's made-for-radio western melodrama THE BALLAD OF PANWALLA.
  
  
• In 2014, GE was interviewed by Craig Russell for his radio program KCBX In Concert
  The program was re-broadcast on 6/28/23.
  The subject of the program was GE's opera, THE GLASS ARMONICA.
  
  

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• The score (and parts) of GE's first guitar quartet, CHASING LIGHT
  -have been published by the California Guitar Archives.
  -Their catalog is here.
  
  
• Three new video collaborations with pop-surrealist painter Mark Bryan:
  -s short ugly piece called PUTIN
  -a lowbrow comic opera called THE HOTEL CORBEROSA
  -and a whirlwind tour, with music, of FANTASY ISLAND
  -are all available here.
  
  
• GE has contributed an a capella song to artist Dana Berman Duff's
  -BIRDSONG PROJECT, an art installation.
  -The song was sung by soprano Risa Larson
  -and animated by CGI artist Sonya Sofiya Fayzieva.
  -The animated song is here.
  
  
• GE's video performance of his NIGHT SONG for voice, guitar and virtual instruments
  is available here.
  
  
• GE's WE LIVE TOGETHER, WE DIE ALONE for eight guitars,
  -was premiered by the ENSAMBLE DE GUITARRAS DE CHILE, Javier Farias, artistic director
  -on July 28, 2022, at the Universidad Andres Bello in Santiago, Chile.
  - DAVID TANNENBAUM conducted.
  -The concert was live-streamed on YouTube and is available to be seen here.
  -GE's piece is the first on the program, after introductory remarks. It begins at the 12-minute mark.
  
  
• A virtual performance of GE's CONCERTO FOR GLASS AND ORCHESTRA
  -is available here.
  
  
• A video of GE's THE ROSE OF BORKHEIDE.
  -for bassoon and piano,
  -performed by Maria and Philipp Marguerre,
  -is available here
  
  

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• A virtual instrument version of GE's TWO PIECES FOR WIND QUINTET
  -is available here.
  
  
• A virtual instrument version of GE's STRING QUARTET
  -is available here.
  
  
• GE's song cycle THE SHORT MAN,
  -played and sung by GE
  -is available here
  
  

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• GE's QUI TOLLIS for Glass Instruments and Choir
  -received its premier performances by Christa and Gerald Schoenfeldinger, The Glass Harmonika Duo of Vienna and
  -The Sacred Music Society of Hartberg, under the direction of Mag. Dr. Johannes Steinwender
  -on October 9th at 7PM at the Maria Lebing church in Hartberg, Austria and
  -and on October 10th at 6PM at the Pfarrkirche Anger in Weiz, Austria
  
  
• GE's THE DEPOSIT, a short movie with two songlets
  -featuring Alexandra Grabarchuk
  -is available for viewing here.
  
  
• -On July 19th, 2020 -KCBX, 90.1 FM, Public Radio for California's Central Coast aired an hour-long program called THE CROSSING
  -The themes of the program resonate with our current pandemic circumstance.
  -The program includes a 4-episode futuristic sci-fi thriller of the same name,
  -written for the radio by GE and Michael Glaviano, and based on Glaviano's story of the same name.
  -The drama includes performances by Billy Breed, Garry, Mary and Joe Eister, Jackie Hildebrand, Suzy Newman and Eric Stein.
  -There will also be performances of GE's "Slam!" and "Sorrow," two pieces of music for glass and other instruments, performed by Philipp Marguerre of Borkheide, Germany and The Glass Duo of Gdansk, Poland.
  -There will also be the premier of GE's "Bob Drops His Name at the Pearly Gates," a tiny comic radio opera featuring GE and soprano Ann Moss
  -Finally, we will hear from the Glass Duo and London recording studio owner Lucinda Gallant about how the pandemic is effecting their musical livelihoods.
  
  THE CROSSING is available for streaming here.
  
  
• Mark Bryan Paints
  -a new short movie (17 min. 43 sec.) by GE is available here.
  -the PR says this:
  -Witness as pop-surrealist Mark Bryan starts with a blank canvas
  -and creates a modern masterpiece of whimsical social commentary.


• GE's tiny slideshow opera Before Going to Work,
  -featuring Alexandra Grabarchuk and ensembleFRET
  -is available for viewing here
  
  
• On 5/5, GE's "On This Wondrous Sea" from his song cycle Rest in Peace, Bruce Jones
  -was performed by soprano Ann Moss and guitarist Carrie Smith
  -and live-streamed for the Tiny Dorm Concert series of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
  - Their performance was archived here.
  -Their set beginnings at the 2:00 mark; GE's song starts at 7:46.



• GE's song cycle Folk People is available for purchase as a download at Microfest Records.
  -Here's what the PR says:
  -Taking the conventions of courtship songs, prisoner laments, lullabies, and
  -adventures-at-sea to a new level, the set closes with an extraordinary ballad taken
  -from the autobiography of the Irish immigrant who became The Most Dangerous Woman in
  -America, labor leader Mother Jones. Eister accompanies himself on a most unusual
  -instrument, too, a metal resonator guitar refretted to pure intervals of Just
  -Intonation that produces melodies & harmonies not possible on the standard version.
  -Futuristic folk music? Only time will tell!




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• A video of A Line Alone, for solo baritone resonator guitar,
  - performed by GE,
  -is available for viewing on GE's Music channel on Vimeo
  
  
• Soprano Ann Moss and guitarist Carrie Smith performed GE's
  -Rest in Peace, Bruce Jones, three songs on texts by Emiliy Dickinson
  -on March 19th at The Hot Air Music Festival
  -at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music



• Soprano Ann Moss and guitarist Carrie Smith performed GE's
  -Rest in Peace, Bruce Jones, three songs on texts by Emiliy Dickinson,
  -on May 16th, on the Tangents Guitar Extravaganza
  -at the San Francisco Center for New Music.
  
  

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• Alexandra Grabarchuk and ensembleFRET
  -performed GE's opera brevis
  -Before Going to Work for mezzo soprano, mandolin, guitar and arpeggione.
  -at the Yates Summer Solstice Celebration
  -Sunday, June 17th -They were joined by guitarist Alan Berman
  -for a performance of GEs first guitar quartet- Chasing Light
  
  
• The Renegade Duo performed GE's Rest in Peace Bruce Jones for voice and guitar
  -on June 16th at Trinity Chapel, in Berkley, CA
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet performed GE's Chasing Light
  -on Saturday, June 2nd at the Museum at China Camp State Park
  - 100 China Camp Village Road, San Rafael, CA
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet performed GE's Chasing Light
  - on the 405 Shrader Concert Series
  - on Friday, June 1, at 405 Shrader Street, San Francisco, CA
  
  
• UCLA guitar students played movement one of
  -GE's Chasing Light
  -May 31st at the UCLA Organ Studio
  
  
• The Renegade Duo performed GE's Rest in Peace Bruce Jones for voice and guitar
  -on May 12th, at the Davis Art Center, in Davis, CA
  
  
• -On Sunday, April 29
  -at the UCLA Music Department Organ Studio
  Alexandra Grabarchuk and ensembleFRET
  -presented the second performance of GE's little opera
  -Before Going to Work for mezzo soprano, mandolin, guitar and arpeggione.
  -They were joined by guitarist Alan Berman
  -for a performance of GEs first guitar quartet- Chasing Light
  -and by Philipp Graulty who performed GE's Toccata for Electric Guitar.
  
  
• On Wednesday, April 24th
  -at the Music Recital Hall at Cal Poly Pomona
  - Alexandra Grabarchuk and ensembleFRET
  -presented the premier performance of GE's little opera
  -Before Going to Work for mezzo soprano, mandolin, guitar and arpeggione.
  -They were joined by guitarist Alan Berman
  -for a performance of GEs first guitar quartet- Chasing Light
  -and by Philipp Graulty who performed GE's Toccata for Electric Guitar.
  
  
• GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -was performed by Philipp Alexander Marguerre and Martin Hilmer
  -on Saturday, April 21st
  -on a concert presented by the Obenauf Thuringen at the Stadtkirche in Lauscha, Germany
  
  
• The Renegade Duo performed GE's Rest in Peace Bruce Jones for voice and guitar
  -on Friday, March 16th at the Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco, CA
  
  
• Guitarist Philip Graulty performed GE's Toccata for solo electric guitar
  -Friday, February 23rd
  -on a concert with the Los Angeles Electric 8
  -at the Miles Playhouse, in Santa Monica, CA
  
  

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• A video of The Song of the Sky at Sea, for voice and resonator guitar,
  - performed by GE,
  -is available for viewing on GE's Music channel on Vimeo
  
  
• A video of GE's Toccata, for electric guitar,
  - performed by Mark Simons,
  -is availalble for viewing on GE's Music channel on Vimeo
  
  
• A video of GE's SLAM!, for verrophone and piano,
  -both parts performed by Philipp Marguerre,
  -is availalble for viewing on GE's Music channel on Vimeo



• The Renegade Duo performed GE's Rest in Peace Bruce Jones for voice and guitar
  -on Friday, December 8th on The Vernon Salon Series, in Oakland, CA
  
  
• The Renegade Duo performed GE's Rest in Peace Bruce Jones for voice and guitar
  -on Sunday, December 3rd, at the National Hotel in Jackson, CA.
  



• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on October 1st, at the Cultural Center of Stazow, in Stazow, Poland
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet performed GE's CHASING LIGHT
  -on Tuesday, September 19
  -at Eastern Kentucky University's Gifford Theater in Richmond, KY
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet performed GE's CHASING LIGHT
  -on Thursday, September 21st at Wright State University in Dayton, OH
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet performed GE's CHASING LIGHT
  -for the Knoxville Guitar Society
  -on Saturday, September 23,
  -at the Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan in Knoxville, TN
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet performed GE's CHASING LIGHT
  -on Monday, September 18,
  -at the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in Elizabethtown, KY
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet performed GE's CHASING LIGHT
  at the University of Louisville Guitar Festival and Competition
  -September 16th, 2017
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet performed GE's CHASING LIGHT
  for the Classical Guitar Project
  -on Saturday, September 9
  -at the New Vision United Church of Christ in Chico, CA
  
  
• GE gave a preview performance of "The Song of the Sky at Sea," for terserola and voice
  -music by GE, words from THE EXPEDITION, by Jason Lewis
  -on 8/12/17, in San Luis Obispo, CA,
  -at a house concert sponsored by the Central Coast Guitar Society
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet performed GE's CHASING LIGHT
  -on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 7:00pm
  -at the Kilaga Springs Presentation Hall, in Lincoln, CA
  
  
• Melinda Becker sang GE's Rest in Peace, Bruce Jones,
  -accompanied by guitarist Jon Mendle
  -on the series Salle des Artistes
  -on June 30th, 2017 at the International Museum of America in San Francisco, CA


• Four pieces from GE's "At the Circus."
  -were broadcast on Wednesday, June 28th on "KCBX in Concert," hosted by Craig Russell.
  -(KCBX in San Luis Obispo is at 90.1 on the fm dial)
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet played GE's CHASING LIGHT
  -April 1st on the SUNSET MUSIC ARTS Concert Series in San Francisco, CA.
  
  
• Peter Yates and Buzz Gravelle of EnsembleFRET
  -performed GE's STRUM FURIOUSLY for guitar and mandolin
  -on January 27th
  -On KPFK, on John Schneider's program, The Global Village
  
  
• Peter Yates and Buzz Gravelle of EnsembleFRET
  -performed GE's STRUM FURIOUSLY for guitar and mandolin
  -on January 28th, 2017 at the Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica, CA
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet played GE's CHASING LIGHT
  -on January 20th at the Little Mission Studio, San Francisco, CA
  
  

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• Peter Yates and Buzz Gravelle of EnsembleFRET
  -performed GE's STRUM FURIOUSLY for guitar and mandolin
  -on December 21st at a house concert in Pacific Palisades, CA
  
  
• Matthew Fish played GE's MEDITATIONS ON THE MOTIONS OF WATER
  -on the St. Paul's Concert Series
  -on Friday, December 16th, 2016
  -at the St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Walnut Creek, CA
  
  
• EnsembleFRET's new album Stuck in Your Head
  -includes the premier recording of GE's Sleep Another Night,
  -for mandolin, guitar and arpeggione.
  -check it out here
  -the video is available for viewing on GE's Music channel on Vimeo
  
  
• A new video of The Glass Duo
  -playing GE's THIS IS NOT A BUDDHIST PRAYER
  -is available for viewing on GE's Music channel on Vimeo
  
  
• A revised video of From Emptiness, a song for tenor, guitar, glass and percussion
  -performed by GE
  -is availalble for viewing on - GE's Music channel on Vimeo



• A new video of Sleep Another Night, a lullaby for mandolin, guitar and arpeggione
  -performed by EnsembleFRET
  -is availalble for viewing on - GE's Music channel on Vimeo



• A video performance by ensembleFRET playing GE's
  -QUARTET #3- "The Microtonal" for mandolin, slide guitar, classical guitar and 12-string guitar
  -is availalble for viewing on - GE's Music channel on Vimeo
  
  
• A video performance of guitarist Matthew Fish playing GE's
  -MEDITATIONS ON THE MOTIONS OF WATER for solo guitar
  -is availalble for viewing on - GE's Music channel on Vimeo
  
  
• GE's short movie, THE GOD GUY HAS A VISION OF HEAVEN, is now available for viewing on Vimeo
  -It features Billy Breed in the title role.
  - Here's a brief description:
  The God Guy claims to have been God's personal adviser and present at the creation of the Universe.
  He's not sure why he's not in Heaven anymore and finds himself uncertain and perplexed by the nature
  of the afterlife, the existence of suffering and the extinction of dinosaurs. We see him write
  his personal recollection and produce a video version of his memories in a guided tour of his vision of Heaven.
  The piece neither disparages nor espouses any particular religious viewpoint, but instead, with humor and
  poignance, focuses on the God Guy's longing for answers to some nearly universal questions.



• Matthew Fish played GE's MEDITATIONS ON THE MOTIONS OF WATER
  -on Saturday, December 10th, 2016
  -for the Classical Guitar Project
  -at the 1078 Art Gallery in Chico, CA
  
  

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• Peter Yates and Buzz Gravelle of EnsembleFRET
  -performed GE's STRUM FURIOUSLY for guitar and mandolin
  -November 9th at Cal Poly Pomona
  
  
• For Seraphim Alone
  -was performed by Philipp Alexander Marguerre
  -on Sunday, October 23rd
  -on the Abendmusiken Series
  -at the Franziskanerkirche in Lucerne, Switzerland
  
  
• Peter Yates and Buzz Gravelle of EnsembleFRET
  -performed GE's STRUM FURIOUSLY for guitar and mandolin
  -on October 20th at CSU Dominguez Hills
  
  
• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on October 11th
  -at the Archcathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus Kostka in Lodz, Poland
  
  
• Matthew Fish played GE's MEDITATIONS ON THE MOTIONS OF WATER
  -at the SF Bay Classical Guitar Festival and Competition
  -on Saturday, October 15, 2016
  -at the First Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, CA
  
  
• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on September 16th
  -at the Albert Church in Monki, Poland
  
  
• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on September 17th
  -at the Santa Madonna Church in Wasilkow, Poland
  
  
• Guitarist Matthew Fish played GE's
  -MEDITATIONS ON THE MOTIONS OF WATER for solo guitar
  -for the Springfield Classical Guitar Society
  -on Saturday, September 17th
  -at the Grace Lutheran Church in Springfield, IL
  
  
• Guitarist Matthew Fish played GE's
  -MEDITATIONS ON THE MOTIONS OF WATER for solo guitar
  -at his CD release concert
  -on Sunday, September 25th
  -at 4 PM at the a.Muse Art Gallery in San Francisco, CA
  
  
• Philipp Marguerre performed GE's MUSIC FOR NEW YEAR'S, for verrophone and orchestra
  -with the Robert Schumann Philharmonie under the direction of Stefan Politzka
  -on September 25th in Chemnitz, Germany
  -in the Opernhaus of Die Theater Chemnitz
  
  
• Giacomo Fiore performed GE's En la tarde for solo guitar
  -on September 30th at the Santa Barbara Acoustic Instrument Celebration
  -at the Center Stage Paso Nuevo in Santa Barbara, CA
  
  
• Guitarist Matthew Fish
  -presented the premier public performance of GE's
  -MEDITATIONS ON THE MOTIONS OF WATER for solo guitar
  -on Thursday, September 15th
  -at Illinois Wesleyan University
  
  
• EnsembleFRET performed GE's Quartet #3 The Microtonal
  -on 6/26/16 at the Yates' Summer Solstice party



• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on March 31st in Cultural Center of Zemaiciy Kalvarija, Lithuania
  -as a part of the Resurexit Festival
  
  
• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on April 1st at the Polifonija Chamber Hall in Siaulia, Lithuania
  
  
• The EnsembleFRET did a preview performance
  -of GE's Quartet #3 The Microtonal
  -for mandolin, classical guitar/acoustic 6-string slide guitar (one player), 12-string acoustic guitar and an additional acoustic 6-string slide guitar
  -on 3/1/16 at a closed concert at Los Angeles City College
  
  
• -The EnsembleFRET presented the premier public performance
  -of GE's Quartet #3 The Microtonal
  -at 8 PM on 3/4/16 at the Music Recital Hall at Cal Poly Pomona
  
  
• -The EnsembleFRET performed
  -GEs Quartet #3 The Microtonal
  - on 3/5/16 at a house concert in Pacific Palisades, CA.
  
  

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• We are most honored to note that GE's "Arirang and Small Sanjo in Song Form" and "Fantasia on a Traditional Persian Song"
  -have both merited a brief discussion (and an audio example) in the revised and expanded edition of
  -John Schneider's THE CONTEMPORARY GUITAR, published by Rowman and Littlefield.
  -Guitarmeister extraordinaire Eliot Fisk writes this about John's book:
  -"This book is a marvel: encyclopedic in scope, inter-disciplinary in a way far too little of our standard literature is, and yet
  -always enlivened by his [Schneider's] passion for an immense subject he knows more about than any of the rest of us."
  
  
• GE's short movie Monkey Dreams is now available for viewing online. Monkey Dreams stars GE's brother Joey, and is a silly comedy about an impossible romance between Joey and the Monkey Girl, who is made of socks. It's about 8 minutes in length.
  
  
• The Glass Duo has a new album out called GLASSIFIED.
  -It includes GE's "Dance for Anna and Arek."
  -Check it out here.
  -release date- March, 2015
  
  
• GE's short documentary "Timo's Face"
  -is now available to view online on the Vimeo website.
  -The piece is about 14 minutes in length and shows the extraordinary artist Timo Beckwith at work.
  
  
• Robo Bunny 9000- a new animated sculpture by artist Mark Bryan, with a video track by GE
  -made his debut rant at an art show called
  -Robot Carnival at Gallery 1988 (West) in LA, CA
  -The show opened on Friday, October 23rd and ran through November 7th.
  
  
• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -at 8 PM on September 19th at the Festival Musical de Marchiennes at Notre Dame de Misericorde, Marcheinne au Pont, in Charleroi, Belgium.
  
  
• Jon Mendle performed GE's Into the Open Air for 11-stringed archguitar
  -at an Inside-Out Concert
  -on Saturday, April 18 at the Atelier del Feld in San Francisco, CA
  
  
• Jon Mendle performed GE's Into the Open Air for 11-stringed archguitar
  --on March 21st, at the Loyola-Marymount University Guitar Festival
  -at Loyola-Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
  
  
• Jon Mendle performed GE's Into the Open Air for 11-stringed archguitar
  -Saturday, March 14th at the 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet
  -played GE's Quartet #2 Meditations on the Motions of Water
  -for mandolin, classical guitar, acoustic guitar and electric guitar
  -on March 7th at Le Petit Trianon, in San Jose CA.
  -on a concert sponsored by the South Bay Guitar Society
  
  
• GE performed The Boy and the Chocolate and gave a talk titled "Opera Outside the Opera House"
  -for the Opera Lovers Meet, of San Luis Obispo
  -3/4/15
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet
  -played GE's Quartet #2 Meditations on the Motions of Water
  -for mandolin, classical guitar, acoustic guitar and electric guitar
  -on February 21st at the Davis Art Center
  
  
• Philipp-Alexander Marguerre and the Cottbus State Theater Orchestra, under the direction Ivo Hentschel
  -presented the second performance of GE's Music for New Year's for verrophone and orchestra
  -on 1/1/15 at the Cottbus Staatstheater in Cottbuss, Germany
  
  

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• Philipp-Alexander Marguerre and the Cottbus State Theater Orchestra, under the direction Ivo Hentschel
  -presented the premier performance of GE's Music for New Year's for verrophone and orchestra
  -on 12/31/14 at the Cottbuss Staatstheater in Cottbuss, Germany
  
  
• ensembleFRET: Buzz Gravelle, Walter Marsh and Peter Yates
  -played GE's Sleep Another Night, for mandolin, guitar and arpeggione
  -at the Music Recital Hall of California State University at Pomona
  -on Friday, November 21st
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet
  --performed GE's Quartet #2 Meditations on the Motions of Water
  -for mandolin, classical guitar, acoustic guitar and electric guitar
  -on November 1st at the Trinity Chapel in Berkeley, CA
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet
  --performed GE's Quartet #2 Meditations on the Motions of Water
  -for mandolin, classical guitar, acoustic guitar and electric guitar
  -on October 25th on the Public Events Series
  -at the Yuba College Theatre in Marysville, CA.
  
  
• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on September 11th at the Bach's Family Music Festival
  -in the chamber hall at the Czestochowa Philharmonic in Czestochowa, Poland.
  -For Glass Duo info. click here.
  
  
• GE presented the world premier of his song cycle FOLK PEOPLE
  -at 8 PM on Saturday, 8/23/14
  -at The Brickyard Theatre at the home of Charley and Anet Carlin
  
  
  
• Jon Mendle played GE's As If You Were Alone for 11-stringed archguitar
  -at the 2014 Convention of the Guitar Foundation of America
  -Tuesday, June 24 at 11:00AM
  -at the California State University at Fullerton
  
  
• GE played selections from his song cycle FOLK PEOPLE
  -and ensembleFRET: Buzz Gravelle, Walter Marsh and Peter Yates
  -played GE's Sleep Another Night, for mandolin, guitar and arpeggione
  -at the Yates' Summer Solstice Concert
  -on Sunday, June 23rd
  
  
• On May 22nd, we launched Garry Eister Music , a VIMEO channel featuring in-studio performances of GE's Music.
  -The first addition was of Jon Mendle playing Into the Open Air, two pieces for 11-stringed archguitar
  
  
• Jon Mendle played GE's Into the Open Air, two pieces for 11-stringed archguitar
  -on Sunday, May 18th at 2:30 PM
  -at St. Benedict's Episcopal Church in Los Osos, CA.
  
  
• The Oliver Yu Duo- John Oliver, guitar; Zhimin Yu, zhongruan
  -premiered GE's Slow Music
  -on May 10th at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre
  -in Vancouver, BC, Canada, at the first
  -Sound of Dragon Music Festival
  
  
• The Guitar Quartet -directed by Alan Berman- of the Ramon C. Cortines School of Performing Arts
  -performed GE's Chasing Light
  -Saturday, April 26th at the Glendale Central Library Auditorium
  
  
• ensembleFRET: Buzz Gravelle, Walter Marsh and Peter Yates
  -played GE's Sleep Another Night, for mandolin, guitar and arpeggione
  -at The Silverlake Lounge, for Classical Revolution: LA
  -Saturday, April 19th, at 6:00 PM
  
  
• GE was Craig Russell's guest on KCBX In Concert
  -6:30-8:00 PM, on Wednesday, March 26th
  -on radio station KCBX, 90.1 FM in San Luis Obispo, CA
  
  
• GE performed three songs -Pretty Little Horses, The Prisoner & The Hearty Bounty
  -from his collection called Folk People, for voice and JI resonator guitar
  -at the 2014 LA MicroFest on a concert called Just Folk: Raggled, Taggled & Retuned
  -on Friday, March 28th at 8 PM at ART SHARE in LA, CA
  
  
• GE's short documentary TIMO'S FACE was shown at the Central Coast Filmmaker's Showcase
  -of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
  -Sunday, March 9th, at 10 AM at the Downtown Center in San Luis Obispo, CA
  -The trailer for the movie can be seen here: TIMO's FACE- trailer
  
  
• For Seraphim Alone
  -was performed by Philipp-Alexander Marguerre
  -at a gallery in the Tagunghaus Weingarten
  -in Diozese Rottenburg, Germany
  -on February 2, 2014
  
  
• On January 23rd, we launched a VIMEO channel called A Moving Picture Book of Artists
  -The channel features GE's videos about visual artists and their work.
  -The first set of featured artists includes Ginny Bayly, Timo Beckwith, Mark Bryan, Dan Eister, and Lori Wolf Grillias



• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet
  -presented the premier performance of GE's
  -Quartet #2 Meditations on the Motions of Water
  -for mandolin, classical guitar, acoustic guitar and electric guitar
  -at the Davis Art Center on Friday, January 17th
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet
  -played GE's Quartet #2 Meditations on the Motions of Water
  -for mandolin, classical guitar, acoustic guitar and electric guitar
  -at the 1078 Gallery in Chico CA, on Saturday, January 18th
  
  

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• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on Sunday, November 24th
  -at the festival Musica de Chiesa
  -at All Saints Parish in Pszczyna, Poland.
  -For Glass Duo info. click here.
  
  
• -GE sang the role of the Old Man and Paula Lerner sang the role of the Boy
  -at the premier public performance of GE's very small opera
  -The Boy and the Chocolate,
  -at Giacomo Fiore's guitar recital on the Seventh Avenue Performances series.
  -Saturday, November 23rd at the Presbyterian Church at 1329 Seventh Ave., San Francisco, CA
  
  
• -Mvt. 1 of GE's Chasing Light was performed by the Guitar Quartet
  -of the Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts in Los Angeles, CA.
  -The group was coached by Alan Berman.
  -November 19th, 2013
  
  
• -GE did a preview performance of his setting of Shakespeare's Sonnet LXXIII
  -for tenor and resonator guitar
  -at the Central Coast Guitar Society Guitar Soiree
  -in San Luis Obispo, CA. 11/6/13
  
  
• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on October 5th at the St. Peter and Paul Church
  -in Pabianice, Poland.
  -For Glass Duo info. click here.
  
  
• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on September 22nd at the Parish Church, Basilica Minor
  -in Poznan, Poland.
  -For Glass Duo info. click here.
  
  
• Philipp-Alexander Marguerre performed GE's
  -This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer for verrophone and Tibetan Singing Bowls
  -For Seraphim Alone for solo verrophone
  -and the world concert premier of Der Leiermann/What the Leiermann Played for verrophone and guitar.
  -at the music festival "Horsch emol"
  -Sept. 7th, at the church in Peterstal-Ziegelhausen, Germany.
  -For the duo pieces, he was joined by Markus Tyroller.
  
  
• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on September 1st at the Lato Mus Wszelakich chamber music festival
  - in Zielona Gora, Poland.
  -For Glass Duo info. click here.
  
  
• Jon Mendle premiered GE's two-piece set
  -As If You Were Alone & Moto Perpetuo for archguitar
  -at a private house concert sponsored by the Central Coast Guitar Society
  -Sunday, August 18th
  -for more about Jon click here.
  
  
• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on July 14th, in the MINOR BASILICA
  -in Augustow, Poland.
  -For Glass Duo info. click here.
  
  
• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on July 21st at the Evangelical Church
  -in Jastrzebie Zdrtoj, Poland.
  -For Glass Duo info. click here.
  
  
• -GE did a preview performance of The Boy and the Chocolate
  -a very small opera for tenor and juvenile voice
  -accompanied by alto guitar
  -at the Central Coast Guitar Society Guitar Soiree
  -in San Luis Obispo, CA. 7/3/13
  
  
• -GE did a preview performance of For Now
  -a song for tenor and baritone resonator guitar
  -at the Central Coast Guitar Society Guitar Soiree
  -in San Luis Obispo, CA. 5/1/13
  
  
• Whom Follows Who a duo for two resonator guitars, one in standard intonation, one in just intonation
  -was premiered at this year's MicroFest
  -by GE and Giacomo Fiore.
  -Saturday, April 13, 2013, at Art Share, in Los Angeles, CA
  -the performance is up on YouTube, here:
  -Whom Follows Who
  
  
• We got a GRAMMY Nomination! (We didn't win, but we did attend the ceremony. It was a kick!))
  -John Schneider's ensemble PARTCH
  -was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Classical Compendium
  -for our 3 CD set called Bitter Music
  -on Bridge Records
  
  
• Andy Harp presented an hour and a half of GE's music on his program
  -KCBX In Concert, 6:30-8:00 on Wednesday, January 30th.
  
  
• MARISA WADELL interviewed GE
  -about the GRAMMY nomination for the CD Bitter Music
  - on her program ISSUES AND IDEAS on KCBX, Public Radio for California's Central Coast
  - The program is archived here.
  
  
• JON MENDLE premiered GE's Moto Perpetuo for solo archguitar
  -as a part of the San Francisco Performances series
  -on January 23rd, 2013 at the Hotel Rex, SF, CA.
  
  

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• The solo guitar version of Meditations on the Motions of Water
  -was played by GE in a preview performance
  -at the Central Coast Guitar Society Guitar Soiree
  -in San Luis Obispo, CA. 11/7/12
  
  
• The revised version of En la tarde for solo guitar
  -was played by GE
  -at the Central Coast Guitar Society Guitar Soiree
  -in San Luis Obispo, CA. 9/5/12
  
  
• The Glass Duo performed GE's This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -for glass harp and Tibetan singing bowls
  -on July 31st, at the KRISTUPO VASARA (the Christopher Summer Festival)
  -at the St. Catherine Church, in Vilnius, Lithuania
  -for Glass Duo info. click here.
  
  
• Guitarist Giacomo Fiore
  -performed GE's Arirang and Sanjo
  -at a house concert sponsored by the Central Coast Guitar Society
  -Saturday, August 25th.
  
  
• GE appeared at Peter Yates' Ecliptical Event,
  -Singing and playing The Short Man, Rest in Peace, Bruce Jones and From Memory.
  -June 23rd, The Yates Compound, Culver City, CA
  
  
• GE appeared with the ensemble PARTCH, performing excerpts from Harry's Partch's hobo journal Bitter Music
  -at the Redcat Theater at Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA, June 14th
  
  
• For Seraphim Alone
  -was performed by Philipp-Alexander Marguerre
  -on concerts with the Homburger Kammer Sinfonie Orchester
  - January 15, 22 and 29
  
  
• video: From Memory
  -was uploaded to GE's YouTube site
  
  
• From Memory for voice and guitar
  -was played and sung by GE in a preview performance
  -at a Central Coast Guitar Society Guitar Soiree
  -in San Luis Obispo, CA. 1/4/12
  
  

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• video: From Emptiness
  -was uploaded to GE's YouTube site
  -December 21st, 2011
  
  
• The Quintet for Glass and Strings
  -was performed by The Glass Duo
  -at the Municipal Theater in Gdynia, Poland
  -December 18th, 2011
  
  
• BITTER MUSIC by Harry Partch
  -complete on Bridge Records
  -performed by the ensemble Partch
  -produced by John Schneider
  -released Dec. 2011
  
  
• The Short Man rev., 2011
  -was played and sung in a guitar/voice version
  -in a preview performance at a private concert for the Central Coast Guitar Society
  -Dec. 18th, 2011, in San Luis Obispo, CA
  
  
• Traveling in Rain
  -for violin and guitar
  -was played by Duo Revirado
  -Thomas Yee, violin and Jose Rodriguez, guitar
  -at a private concert for the Central Coast Guitar Society
  -November 26th, 2011
  
  
• Traveling in Rain
  -for violin and guitar
  -was played by Duo Revirado
  -Thomas Yee, violin and Jose Rodriguez, guitar
  -at the Unitarian Universalist Church Chapel
  -San Francisco, CA, Sunday, November 27, 2011
  
  
• The Quintet for Glass and Strings
  -was performed by The Glass Duo and the Elblaska Chamber Orchestra string quartet
  -at the Old Town Hall in Elblag, Poland
  -October 20th, 2011, at 7 PM
  
  
• At the Circus for voice and guitar
  -was played and sung by GE in a preview performance
  -at a Central Coast Guitar Society Guitar Soiree
  -in San Luis Obispo, CA; 10/5/11
  
  
• For Seraphim Alone
  -was performed by Philipp-Alexander Marguerre
  -on September 19th at the
  -Evangelische Akademie in Stuttgart-Rottenberg, Germany
  
  
• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet played
  -Chasing Light on the opening concert of the 2011
  -La Guitarra California Festival
  -Friday, September 9, 2011
  
  
• From Emptiness for voice and guitar
  -was played and sung by GE in a preview performance
  -at a Central Coast Guitar Society Guitar Soiree
  -in San Luis Obispo, CA; 9/7/11
  
  
• video: Rest in Peace, Bruce Jones
  -was uploaded to GE's YouTube site
  -August 2nd, 2011
  
  
• This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -was played by The Glass Duo
  -on July 3rd, 2011
  -at the Festival of Organ and Chamber Music
  -in Kartuzy, Poland
  
  
• Rest in Peace, Bruce Jones
  -was played and sung by GE in a preview performance
  -at a Central Coast Guitar Society Guitar Soiree
  -in San Luis Obispo, CA
  -6/8/11
  
  
• This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer and For Seraphim Alone
  -were played by Philipp-Alexander Marguerre
  -on May 4th, 2011
  -at a concert called "Klangraumkonzert"
  -in Bonn, Germany
  
  
• GE's YouTube channel launched here
  -on Mar. 23 and Mar. 24
  -with uploads of the video versions of
  -Afternoon Music for cello and piano
  -and Morning Music for solo requinto
  
  

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• The San Francisco Guitar Quartet played
  -Chasing Light
  -at the Dresdner Gitarrenfest!
  -Sunday November 14, 2010
  -at the Club Passage in Dresden, Germany
  
  
• The Glass Duo played mvt. 1 of GE's
  -Quintet for Glass and Strings
  -at the National Palace of Culture
  -in Sofia Bulgaria; October 30th
  
  
• The Glass Duo played mvt. 1 of GE's
  -Quintet for Glass and Strings
  -at the Plevin Gallery
  -in Sofia Bulgaria; October 31st
  
  
• The Glass Duo presented GE's
  -Fantasia on a Song by Chopin: Sorrow
  -at the State Chamber Orchestra Hall
  -in Zilina, Slovakia on September 17th
  
  
• The Glass Duo presented GE's
  -Fantasia on a Song by Chopin: Sorrow
  -at the Haus der Musik
  -in Vienna, Austria; September 16th
  
  
• For Seraphim Alone
  -was performed by Philipp-Alexander Marguerre
  -at 11:00 AM and
  -This Is Not a Buddhist Prayer
  -was premiered by Philipp-Alexander Marguerre and Sascha Reckert
  -at 7:30 PM
  -both concerts on September 4th
  -at the Johanneshaus Oeschelbronn in Pforzheim, Germany
  
  
• Chasing Light for guitar quartet
  -was performed by THE SAN FRANCISCO GUITAR QUARTET
  -at the Monadnock Music Festival
  -Friday, August 6, 2010 at the Louise Shonk Kelly Recital Hall
  -Dublin, NH
  
  
• Chasing Light for guitar quartet
  -was performed by THE SAN FRANCISCO GUITAR QUARTET
  -on the Second Sundays Classical Guitar Concert Series
  -August, 8, 2010, at the Roger Smith Hotel
  -501 Lexington Avenue New York, NY
  
  
• For Seraphim Alone
  -was performed on July 18, 2010
  -in a solo verrophone concert presented by
  -Philipp Alexander Marguerre
  -at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele
  -in Wertheim, Germany
  
  
• For Seraphim Alone
  -was premiered on Sunday June 20th
  -by Phlipp-Alexander Marguerre at the Fahrradkonzert
  -that was a part of the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci 2010.
  -in Potsdam, Germany
  -The Fahrradkonzert was a unique event whereat the audience rode bicycles
  -from venue to venue in the city of Potsdam, stopping along the way
  -to hear brief concerts at each stop.
  -Mr. Marguerre performed in a decommissioned steam machine house
  -which was re-opened specifically for this event.
  
  
• The Glass Duo presented the premier public performance of GE's
  -Fantasia on a Song by Chopin: Sorrow
  -on Friday, June 11th
  -at the Chopin Open Festival, in Warsaw, Poland
  
  SORROW is available on THE GLASS DUO's CD choPINcode
  click here to order
  
  
• Chasing Light for guitar quartet
  -has been recorded by the San Francisco Guitar Quartet
  -on their latest CD, also called CHASING LIGHT.
  -The CD release event was held at 7 PM on April 17th at the
  -San Francisco Community Music Center SF, CA
  
  to order CHASING LIGHT click here
  
  
• -excerpts from GE's Quintet for Glass and Strings
  -were used to accompany a dance called "Ash to Glass"
  -choreographed by Deanna Carter and
  -performed by the Quad Cities Ballet
  -on April 9, 10 and 11
  -at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in NY, NY
  
  
• Strum Furiously for guitar and mandolin
  -was played on April 8, 2010
  -by Peter Yates and Buzz Gravelle
  -at 8 PM at the Jan Popper Theater
  -at UCLA
  
  
• the Quintet for Glass and Strings
  -was performed on March 8th, 2010
  -by Dennis James and the Odeon String Quartet
  -on a concert called Triple Glass
  -at Town Hall, Seattle, WA
  
  
• mvt. 1 of Chasing Light for guitar quartet
  -was played on March 11th, at 8PM
  -by the UCLA Guitar Ensemble, Peter Yates, Director
  -in the Organ Studio at the UCLA Schoenberg Music Bldg.
  
  
• Strum Furiously for guitar and mandolin
  -was premiered on March 5, 2010
  -by Peter Yates and Buzz Gravelle
  -at 8 PM at the music department
  -at the Cal Poly Pomona Music Recital Hall
  
  
• GE presented an evening of songs and instrumental pieces featuring resonator guitars,
  -which included the debut of Jeff Jamieson's wooden-coned resonator guitar
  -in addition to a number of fine instruments from the National Reso-Phonic Guitar Company.
  -Music by Brel, Dowland, Eister, Jones, Noland, Waits and anon. (middle ages).
  -February 26th, at the STEYNBERG GALLERY, San Luis Obispo, CA
  
  
• Chasing Light
  -was performed by the SAN FRANCISCO GUITAR QUARTET
  -Friday, January 15th, 2010
  -at the Davis Art Center
  -Davis, CA
  
  

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• Chasing Light
  -was performed by the SAN FRANCISCO GUITAR QUARTET
  -Friday, November 20th, 2009 at the Old First Church
  -San Francisco, CA
  
  
• The Screaming Bunny sang GE's
  -If Only I Could Be a Man and Bunny Love
  -at the opening of an exhibtion that included the work of artist Mark Bryan
  -at the W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery
  -on the campus of Cal Poly Pomona on Sunday, Oct. 4
  
  
• Dance for Anna and Arek
  -was premiered by the Glass Duo, Anna and Arek Szafraniec
  -at the Old Geyer's White Factory (textiles museum)
  -at 9 PM on August 14th in Lodz, Poland
  
  
• SLEEP: A S'real S'rvey of the Nightscape
  -for storyteller, dancers, guitar orchestra and video puppet
  -was presented on June 5th, 2009 at 8:00 PM
  -at Cal Poly Pomona, Music Recital Hall
  -choreography by Gayle Fekete; music direction by Peter Yates
  
  
• The Sony recording of GE's Quintet for Glass and Strings
  -was danced to by the Bouand Dance Company of Portland, OR
  -on Fri. & Sat., June 5th and 6th at the Newmark Theater
  -as part of a piece called "Within" by choreographer Deanna Carter
  
  
• Chasing Light mvts. 1 and 2
  -was performed by The UCLA Guitar Ensemble, Peter Yates, director
  -Saturday, June 6th at 8 PM
  -at the UCLA Organ Studio in the Schoenberg Music Building
  
  
• Quintet for Glass and Strings
  -for glass armonica and string quartet
  -was performed by Dennis James and the Smith Quartet
  -at the Windy Mountain Music Festival
  -on Friday, May 29, 2009 at the Empress Theatre, Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
  
  
• SLEEP: A S'real S'rvey of the Nightscape
  -for storyteller, dancers, guitar orchestra and video puppet
  -was premiered at MICROFEST 2009
  -on Wednesday, May 27
  -at the Performing Arts Building at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, CA
  -choreography by Gayle Fekete; music direction by Peter Yates
  
  
• GE was John Schneider's guest
  -on The Global Village
  -on KPFK, 90.7 FM in Los Angeles
  -Thursday, 5/21//09
  
  
• SLEEP Part One
  -GE did a private performance for an invited audience
  -Wednesday 5/20 at a private home.
  
  
• GE and Sholly Von Stein sang The Song of St. Nevercome's Day
  -from Bertolt Brecht's "The Good Woman of Setzuan"
  -and GE played "From a Small Room in Fading Sunlight" for requinto
  -at the closing ceremony for the Interact Theater
  -on the campus of Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, CA
  -Sunday, May 10th; 5:00 PM.
  
  
• -GE was Andy Harp's guest on Afternoon Classics
  -on KCBX 90.1 fm, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
  -Monday, April 6th at 3:30 PM
  -to talk about GE's new CD, TRAVELING IN RAIN
  
  
• Traveling in Rain
  -for violin and guitar
  -was played by Marisa Martinez-Esparza and Jesus Saiz-Huedo
  -at the Centro Asturiano de Madrid on February 16th
  
  
• Traveling in Rain
  -for violin and guitar
  -was played by Marisa Martinez-Esparza and Jesus Saiz-Huedo
  -on Sunday, January 4th, 2009, at the Ateneo de Madrid
  
  
• Santa Over Auschwitz, The Insomniac and The God Guy Speaks
  -three pieces of dramatic literature by GE
  -were presented by GE and Joe Eister at the Steynberg Gallery in San Luis Obispo, CA
  -on Friday and Saturday January 23rd and 24th, 2009, at 8 PM
  
  

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• Traveling in Rain
  -for violin and guitar
  -was premiered by Marisa Martinez-Esparza and Jesus Saiz-Huedo
  -on Wednesday, December 3rd
  -at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  
  
• Whose Brighter Sun and Dos canciones sin palabras
  -were performed by JAMES EDWARDS
  -at St. Timothy's Church
  -on Kennedy Way in Morro Bay, CA
  -Friday, October 24 at 7:30
  
  
• Chasing Light
  -was performed by the SAN FRANCISCO GUITAR QUARTET
  -Friday, September 5th at 7 PM at Webster University
  -Community Music School Mainstage; St. Louis, MO
  
  
• Chasing Light
  -was performed by the SAN FRANCISCO GUITAR QUARTET
  -Saturday, September 6th for the Springfield Classical Guitar Society
  -at the First Presbyterian Church; Springfield, IL
  
  
• Chasing Light
  -was performed by the SAN FRANCISCO GUITAR QUARTET
  -Sunday, September 7th at Milikin University- Kauper Hall
  -Decauter, IL
  
  
• Chasing Light
  -was performed by the SAN FRANCISCO GUITAR QUARTET
  -Sunday Aug 10th, 2008 at the Old First Church
  -San Francisco, CA
  
  
• Variations on a Theme by Beethoven
  -for glass armonica solo
  -was performed by Dennis James
  -June 5 and 6, 2008
  -on concerts with the Via Salzburg Chamber Orchestra
  -at the Glenn Gould Studio in the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto, Canada
  
  
• GE presented an eclectic recital of songs
  -featuring works by Purcell, Schubert, Dylan, Brel, Weill, GE and others
  -at 8 PM on Saturday, April 19th, 2008
  -at The Steynberg Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
  
  
• Fantasia on Morgh-eh-Sahar
  -was be performed by Lily Afshar
  -for the Orange County Guitar Circle
  -Saturday, 3/15/08 at 8 p.m.
  -at the Salmon Recital Hall, Conservatory of Music
  -at Chapman College in Orange, CA
  
  
• Fantasia on Morgh-eh-Sahar
  -was performed by Lily Afshar
  -for the Long Beach Classical Guitar Society
  -February 29, 2008
  -at St. Luke's Episcopal Church
  -Long Beach California
  
  
• An Evening of Music, Stories and Stories in Music
  - performed by GE on Saturday, January 19th, 2008
  -at The Steynberg Gallery
  -The evening included the premier performance of GE's song The Prisoner
  
  
• Fantasia on Morgh-eh-Sahar
  -was performed by Lily Afshar
  -for the Minnesota Guitar Society
  -at Sundin Hall in St. Paul, MN
  -on January 18th, 2008
  
  
• Fantasia on Morgh-eh-Sahar (excerpt)
  -was performed by Lily Afshar
  -as part of a radio interview with Alison Young
  -on Minnesota Public Radio
  -on January 19th 2008
  
  
• Fantasia on Morgh-eh-Sahar
  -was performed by Lily Afshar
  -for the Saint Louis Classical Guitar Society
  -at the Ethical Society Concert Hall in St. Louis, MO.
  -on January 26th, 2008
  
  
• Chasing Light
  -performed by The San Francisco Guitar Quartet
  -on January 5th at a private house concert in New Jersey
  -and January 6th, 2008
  -at the Winter Guitarfest
  -at the Roger Smith Hotel Penthouse; 47th and Lexington; New York, New York




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• GE was John Schneider's guest
  -on The Global Village
  -on KPFK, 90.7 FM in Los Angeles
  -Thursday, 11/8/07
  
  
• Fantasia on Morgh-eh-Sahar
  -was performed by Lily Afshar
  -for the Boston Classical Guitar Society
  -at the Old South Church in Boston, MA
  -on 11/4/07
  
  
• Fantasia on Morgh-eh-Sahar
  -was performed by Lily Afshar
  -at the First Parish Brewster in Brewster, MA
  -on 11/2/07
  
  
• GE was Hadley Osran's guest
  -on La Guitarra
  -on KCBX, 90.1 FM in San Luis Obispo, CA
  -Sunday, 10/21/07
  
  
• Fantasia on Morgh-eh-Sahar
  -was performed by Lily Afshar
  -at Vanderbilt University
  -on their Blair Global Music Series
  -9/15/07
  
  
• Recital of music for guitar and steel drums
  -with some songs by others and guitar solos by GE
  -with special guest PATTY DEE
  -concert included the premiers of
  
• Music for Steel Drums and Resonator Guitar
  
• Three Miniatures for Pan and Charango
  -and-
  
• Ariang and Sanjo
  -for resonator guitar in just intonation
  -at the Steynberg Gallery
  -Friday, August 31, '07
  
  
• The Glass Armonica opera
  -and-
  
• Like Writing on Water
  -were performed at Schloss Burgfarrnbach in Furth Germany on August 19th, '07
  -by the Sinfonia di Vetro
  -as a part of the Sommernachtspiele
  
  
• Toccata for solo electric guitar
  -was premiered by GE
  -at Cupertino Union Church, 6/24/07
  -at A Musical Tribute to Roger Letson
  
  
• Chasing Light
  -was premiered by the San Francisco Guitar Quartet
  -Sunday May 27th, 2007
  -at Old First Church, San Francisco, CA
  
  
• The Screaming Bunny
  -was at Carlotta's Passion
  -at 8PM on Saturday March 17th
  -in Eagle Rock (LA, CA)
  
  
• El Tigre- for solo guitar
  -Peter Yates, guitar
  -LA City College
  -11 am; Feb 20, '07
  
  
• El Tigre- for solo guitar
  -Peter Yates, guitar
  -Cal Poly Pomona Recital Hall
  -8 pm; Feb 16, '07
  
  
• El Tigre- for solo guitar
  -Peter Yates, guitar
  -UCLA Organ Studio
  -8pm, Feb 17
  
  
• Recital of guitar pieces by GE and songs by others
  -including the premiers of
  -Corbetta Non for baroque guitar
  -Joey's Hinky Rondo for prepared guitar
  -and
  -In December, We Wait, Distracted, Anxious for the Sun, for Light and Longer Days for resonator guitar
  -and performances of
  -Dos Canciones sin palabras for guitar
  -and some coffeehouse songs and poetry
  -at the Steynberg Gallery
  -Saturday January 13th, '07
  
  

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• The Glass Armonica- opera
  and
  Like Writing On Water
  -performed at the castle
  -in Bruchsal, Germany
  -by Sinfonia di vetro
  -November 18, '06
  -Sascha Reckert, producer
  
  
• Like Writing on Water
  -monodrama for mezzo soprano and instruments
  -performed by Sinfonia di vetro and Alexandra Paulmichl
  -Sascha Reckert, producer
  -October 3rd, '06
  
  
• The Screaming Bunny
  -at the Steynberg Gallery
  -1531 Monterey St.
  -San Luis Obispo, CA
  -Saturdays, 8/12/06 and 8/19/06; 8 PM
  
  
• Recital of guitar pieces and some coffee-house songs
  -by GE
  -at the Steynberg Gallery
  -Saturday July 15th, '06; 8 PM
  -included premiers of:
  -From a Small Room in Fading Sunlight for solo requinto
  and
  -I'll Never Play Like Munir Bashir for mariachi-style vihuela
  -and performances of
  -Morning Music
  -En la tarde
  and
  Whose Brighter Sun
  
  
• "Once before, Twice after"
  -a dance by choreographer Thaddeus Davis,
  -used some of the Quintet for Glass and Strings
  -at the Joyce Theater in NY, NY
  -6/29
  
  

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• Whose Brighter Sun-for Baroque guitar
  -and Morning Music- for solo requinto
  - James Edwards, guitar
  - Nov. 16th, '05
  - for the Jefferson Classical Guitar Society
  - Ashland, Oregon
  
  
• Morning Music-for solo requinto
  and
• Whose Brighter Sun-for Baroque guitar
  -James Edwards, guitar
  -La Guitarra California
  -Classical Guitar Festival
  -Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
  -Sept. 23rd, 7:00 PM
  
  
• Arirang and Refrain
  -for solo resonator guitar fretted in just intonation
  -John Schneider, guitar
  -La Guitarra California
  -Classical Guitar Festival
  -Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
  -Sept. 24th, 2:45 PM
  
  
• Fantasia on a Traditional Persian Song (Morgh-eh-Sahar: Bird of Dawn)
  -Lily Afshar, guitar
  -August 5th, 6th
  -Farhangsarayeh Niavaran
  -Teheran, Iran
  
  
• Just Strings
  - John Schneider et al were at the
  -Redcat Theater at Disney Hall
  -for a Harry Partch performance
  -as part of Microfest, 2005
  -6/20/05
  
  
• re. E.O. 9066
  -Words and Music about the internment of 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry
  -many of them American citizens,
  -by the United States Government during WWII.
  -for Mezzo Soprano, Narrator and Orchestra
  -texts based on the experiences of Japanese-American internees during WWII.
  -San Luis Obispo Youth Orchestra
  -Kent Nagano, guest conductor
  -Jacalyn Kreitzer, mezzo soprano
  -Andrew Harp, narrator
  -7 P.M., June 18th, 2005
  -PAC, SLO
  
  
• Fantasia on a Traditional Persian Song (Morgh-eh-Sahar: Bird of Dawn)
  -Lily Afshar, guitar
  -Unitarian Universalist Church
  -Fresno, CA
  
  
• En la tarde
  and
  
• Dos canciones sin palabras
  -Jesus Saiz Huedo, guitar
  -official premier
  -May 16th, 12:30 PM
  -Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
  -Centro Superior Investigacion & Promocion de la Musica
  
  
• Fantasia on a Traditional Persian Song (Morgh-eh-Sahar: Bird of Dawn)
  -Lily Afshar, guitar
  - May 17th, 6 PM
  -Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
  -Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Fantasia on a Traditional Persian Song (Morgh-eh-Sahar: Bird of Dawn)
  -Lily Afshar, guitar
  -7:30 PM, April 15th
  -Jacksonville State University
  -Jacksonville, Alabama
  
  
• Fantasia on a Traditional Persian Song (Morgh-eh-Sahar: Bird of Dawn)
  -Lily Afshar, guitar
  -8 PM, March 20th
  -Dansk Guitar Selskab
  -Rundetaarn Bibliotekssal
  -Copenhagen, Denmark
  
  
• Fantasia on a Traditional Persian Song (Morgh-eh-Sahar: Bird of Dawn)
  -Lily Afshar, guitar
  -official premier
  -8 PM, March 18th
  -Wigmore Hall
  -London, England
  
  
• En la tarde
  and
  
• Dos canciones sin palabras
  -Jesus Saiz Huedo, guitar
  -preview performance
  -8 PM, March 14th
  -Centro Asturiano de Madrid
  -C/ Farmacia 2, 28004 Madrid
  
  -Radio performance of
  
• Dos canciones sin palabras
  GE, guitar
  Music of the World's People hosted by Jim Dee
  Sunday, March 13th
  - KCBX, F.M., San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
  
  -Radio performances of
  
• En la tarde
  -GE, guitar
  -and-
• Again, Last Night, I Dreamt of the Ocean
  -Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Edwin London, conductor
  -on Afternoon Classics, hosted by Andrew Harp, 1/24/05
  - KCBX, F.M., San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
  
  

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• Fantasia on a Traditional Persian Song (Morgh-eh-Sahar: Bird of Dawn)
  -Lily Afshar, guitarist
  -a preview performance
  -5 PM, Nov. 11th, '04
  - Muzeum Tecjniki
  - Warsaw, Poland
  
  
• Fantasia on a Traditional Persian Song (Morgh-eh-Sahar: Bird of Dawn)
  -Lily Afshar, guitarist
  -a preview performance
  -6 PM, Nov. 13th
  -Gliwice International Guitar Festival
  -Gliwice, Poland
  
  
• Fantasia on a Traditional Persian Song (Morgh-eh-Sahar: Bird of Dawn)
  -Lily Afshar, guitarist
  -a preview performance
  -Sardehgnia Festival
  -Sardeghinia, Italy
  -September, 04
  
  
• Bitter Music
  -GE, John Schneider and Just Strings
  -selections from Harry Partch's
  Bitter Music
  -at the REDCAT Theater in LA's new Disney Hall
  -Fri. June 11th, '04, 8 PM
  
  
• Bitter Music
  -on March 1st, '04
  -GE and John Schneider appeared at Mills College
  -doing the music of Harry Partch.
  
  

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• Radio Appearance
  -Linda Ronstadt and GE were guests
  -discussing "Cristal: Glass Music Through the Ages"
  -on Afternoon Classics hosted by Marisa Waddell
  -on Tuesday, September 30,'03
  -on KCBX, 90.1 FM in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.



• Quintet for Glass and Strings
  Prime Time!
  a couple of minutes of the Quintet provided background for a scene on
  CBS' hit series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  Thursday, March 13th, '03, 9 P.M.
  
  

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• "Once before, Twice after"
  a dance by choreographer Thaddeus Davis,
  used some of the Quintet for Glass and Strings
  at a Dance Galaxy performance
  at Symphony Space, NYC; week of 6/25/02
  
  
• The Time Machine
  -an opera for children
  -Battles Elementary School
  -June 18th, AM, Battles School Cafeteria
  
  
• Audio Excursions
  An interview with Jim Dee, owner of the Palm Theater in San Luis Obispo
  Wednesday, April 3rd, 4:30 PM.
  KCBX. 90.1 FM in San Luis Obispo
  
  
• In-Store CD Promo
  -MAKING THE GLASS ALBUM (a talk about the same)
  -4 PM on 3/23/02 at Boo Boo Records in SLO, CA



• GE is guest artist with John Schneider's group Just Strings
  -at San Jose State's Harry Partch Centennial Celebration.
  -GE and John Schneider did excerpts from Partch's Bitter Music.
  -2/2/02.
  
  
• Radio appearance
  -GE and Dennis James were featured guests on John Schneider's Global Village
  -on KPFK, 90.7 FM, Los Angeles at 10 AM on Thursday, January 17th.




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• Afternoon Music
  -for cello and piano- Nancy Nagano and Kiyomi Kato
  - 11/28 on Afternoon Classics, hosted by Marisa Waddell
  - on KCBX 90.1 FM, SLO and Santa Barbara Counties



• Just Strings was at Sacramento State on 11/13/01
  -Performing the music of Harry Partch
  -as a part of Sac State's Festival of New American Music
  -GE and John Schneider did excerpts from Partch's Bitter Music.



• Afternoon Music
  -for cello and piano- Nancy Nagano and Kiyomi Kato
  -Atherton Art Center in Atherton, CA
  -9/30/01



• The Screaming Bunny Songs
  -The Complete Screaming Bunny, including the premier of part three
  -August Editions Gallery.
  -Saturday, June 23rd, '01, 8 PM
  -See the Bunny's picture on the | hee hee | page.



• Afternoon Music
  for cello and piano- Nancy Nagano and Kiyomi Kato
  7 PM, June 14th, '01 at Ars Locus, Kyoto, JAPAN



• Afternoon Music
  -for cello and piano
  -written for and performed by Nancy Nagano, cello, and Kiyomi Kato, piano
  -7:30 PM, Saturday, June 2nd, '01
  -Pacific Unitarian Church
  -Rancho Palos Verdes, CA



• METROPOLIS (the 1926 Fritz Lang classic silent film)
  accompanied by The Filmharmonia Duo (Dennis James, organ and GE, electronics)
  at the 44th annual SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
  on Friday April 20th at 7 PM at The Castro Theater in SF.



• Like Writing on Water
  -for mezzo soprano, piano and cello
  -preview
  -Sunday, April 8, 2001
  -Cal Poly Theater, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
  -and-
  -premier- Saturday, April 14, 2001 at
  -Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, NY, NY
  -mezzo soprano Jacalyn Kreitzer accompanied by Susan Davies and Nancy Nagano
  
  

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• Variations on a Theme by Beethoven
  for solo Glass Armonica
  was performed by Dennis James
  at an evening concert on 1/13/00
  at the SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART



• Song and Dance
  (re-named- "Avila")
  for John Schneider and Just Strings
  trio for guitar, harp, percussion and electronics
  May 7th, 2000
  at this year's Microfest at Pierce College- Los Angeles



• The Insomniac, II- Love Song, Baby and The Screaming Bunny II- The Bunny Sings
  two pieces of performance art for actor, audio tracks and videosculptures
  8 PM, Halloween, 2000
  at the August Editions Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
  
  

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• Variations on a Theme by Beethoven
  for solo Glass Armonica
  was performed by Dennis James
  at an afternoon concert on 12/12/99
  at the Dabney Lounge at Cal Tech in Pasadena, CA
  
  
• The Screaming Bunny Songs and excerpts from The Landscape of Hell
  HALLOWEEN '99 at the new August Editions Gallery in The Creamery in San Luis Obispo, CA.
  
  
• Anonymous X episode of
  The Pictures in My Head Radio Theater
  was aired on KCBX 90.1 FM in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties (CA, USA)
  on Wed., October 6th at 9 P.M.
  visit KCBX here:
  KCBX 90.1 FM
  
  
• Variations on a Theme by Beethoven
  for solo Glass Armonica
  performed by Dennis James on 9/13/99
  at the Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori
  in Florence, Italy
  
  
• Anonymous X episode of
  The Pictures in My Head Radio Theater
  was aired in South Australia
  by Rod Lewis on his program Playtime on 93.7 FM in Adelaide
  on Tues. September 28
  
  
• The Insomniac episode of
  The Pictures in My Head Radio Theater
  was aired in South Australia
  by Rod Lewis on his program Playtime on 93.7 FM in Adelaide
  on 6/2/99



• Variations on a Theme by Beethoven
  for solo Glass Armonica
  was performed by Dennis James
  at an evening concert on 3/7/99
  at the SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART
  and at an afternoon concert on 3/28/99
  at the L.A. COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
  (this concert was simulcast on KUSC)




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• Quintet for Glass and Strings for String Quartet and Glass Armonica
  was premiered at the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival
  on a concert featuring glass player extraordinaire Dennis James
  July 29, '98 at the San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center.
  
  
• Radio appearance
  GE was featured guest on John Schneider's Global Village on KPFA, Los Angeles; Thursday, July 16th from 10:00 AM to Noon.



• Missa Brevis for unaccompanied chorus (SATB with some divisi and tenor and baritone soloists) which was composed for Thomas Davies and his Polyphonics, was premiered (in its entirety) at the Cal Poly Choirs' Home Concert on 4/4/98 at SLO Performing Arts Center at 8 pm.


This group also performed the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus from Missa Brevis on their Spring Tour:


• 3/21/98, 7:30 PM
  St. Paul's Episcopal Church/Bakersfield, CA



• 3/22/98, 7:30 PM
  All Hallow's Catholic Church/ San Diego, CA



• 3/23/98, 7:30 PM
  Performing Arts Center/ Victor Valley College



• 3/24/98
  UNLV in Las Vegas, NV.



• The Kyrie and Gloria from were performed at the Chapman Festival
  2/27/98 at Chapman University in Orange, CA
  
  
• Sonatina for Marimba, Electronic Reverb and Tape
  was performed by percussionist, Douglas Ovens
  on a program entitled Mallet Kat and Music Mouse
  
  1/24/98 at 8 PM at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA
  -and-
  2/1/98 at 1 PM at the Allentown Art Museum
  Allentown, PA




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• The Screaming Bunny Songs
  was performed by GE on 11/8/97 (during Sacramento's Second Saturday art scene) at Ed Claudio's Actor's Workshop, Sacramento, CA
  
  
• Incidental Music for The Merchant Of Venice
  Presented by the Northwest Shakespeare Ensemble
  Seattle, WA
  October 31st to November 22nd, '97
  
  



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