[ABOVE: Photo Courtesy of GeorgeWalker; BELOW: GeorgeWalker: Chamber Music, Son Sonora String Quartet; Angelo Frascarelli, conductor; Naxos 8.559659 (2009) (73:43)] AfriClassical learned of this release from our friend Sergio Mims, a classical music radio host at WHPK-FM, Chicago. On Thursday, Dec. 10, violinist Gregory Walker , Professor of Music at the University...
[Electric Vivaldi, The Four Seasons; Antonio Vivaldi, composer; Gregory Walker, electronic violin; Marcelo Sanches, cello; Lori Walker, synthesizer; Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra; Eric Bertoluzzi, conductor; Newport Classic 85569 (2006)] By Wes Blomster Camera Classical Music Critic Posted: 11/29/2009 10:03:57 AM MST “ Gregory Walker calls it 'a Cinderella story.' On December...
[ABOVE: Gregory Walker; BELOW: GeorgeWalker] Posted on Fri, Dec. 4, 2009 The Philadelphia Daily News interviewed composer GeorgeWalker about his new Violin Concerto, to be premiered by his son Gregory Walker: Philly.com By Tom Di Nardo For the Daily News “From the days of Bach, Mozart and Haydn, all the way to the more recent Shostakovich and Jarvi...
Muntadhar al-Zeidi threw two shoes at President GeorgeWalker Bush at a press conference in Baghdad a year ago. Al-Zeidi went to jail for this. Now freed, he held a press conference in Paris to discuss the matter. Someone threw a shoe at him. Turnabout is fair play. I always liked how Bush laughed [...]
[ Black Composers Series ; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Dr. Paul Freeman, conductor; Natalie Hinderas, piano; Sanford Allen, violin; Hale Smith: Ritual and Incantations; GeorgeWalker: Piano Concerto; Adolphus Hailstork: Celebration!; Roque Cordero: Violin Concerto, Eight Miniatures; Sony DSO-1111 (2002). Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma worked closely with Dr. Paul Freeman on the...
