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A rare opportunity to experience a live performance of the formidable Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach. New York pianist Chip Miller delivers a special performance of this massive work. Visit www.32pianos.com for more information. 

March 6, 3pm: Austin Waldorf School, 8700 S View Rd, 512/288-5942
March 12, 4pm: Steinway Gallery, 12980 US-183, 512/887-7389
 

Event Details

• Date: March 6 & 12, 2016
• Time: 3 PM & 4 PM
• Venue: Austin Waldorf School
• Website: http://www.32pianos.com/

Ticket Information

• Cost: Free

Presenter Details

• Name: Chip Miller

Dr. Willis Glen "Chip" Miller, III began piano studies at the age of 4, and had his professional debut at age 11. He has received international recognition at the Young Keyboard Artists Association, Music Teacher's National Association Competition, and the Stravinsky International Piano Competition. Since 2003, he has specialized in the music of J. S. Bach.

In the 2010-2011 season, Dr. Miller presented twenty-five recitals in Austin, TX, and Boulder, CO, as an overview of piano literature, including works of Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Liszt, Busoni, Ginastera, and Bolcom. These presentations included interpretative biographies and anecdotes of the composers, as well as backgrounds of the compositions themselves, giving audiences new and living insight into these masterpieces of art and geniouses of the craft. Since then, he has been promoting unequal temperament in performances that include literature from the baroque through the romantic eras.

Dr. Miller received his Bachelor's degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, his Master's from Eastman, and Doctorate from the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. His teachers have included Wesley Ball, Landon Bilyeu, Benjamin Yu, Charles Asche, Nelita True, Mark Gibson, Timothy Hester, Horatio Guitierrez, and Ruth Tomfohrde. He has held a private studio for ten years, and has been a guest artist and faculty member at the Austin Waldorf School, the University of Houston, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Interlochen Pathfinder School, and the Interlochen Arts Academy.

Dr. Miller's career is a blend of performing, education, and software development. This past year, he founded Colormusik, the world's first full-color music publishing company. The software, available through colormusik.com, paints shades of color using both harmonic and polyphonic algorithms according to color theory and his own synethetic tendencies. This performance of the Goldberg Variations is part of a larger project called "Thirty-Two Pianos", detailed at 32pianos.com.

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