Joe Plays Guitar

Austin Pictures by Joseph V Williams II is now online.
I. Hill Country
II. Floating on Lady Bird Lake
III. Dance of the Grackles
IV. Violet Crown with Cicadas
V. Capitol City Construction

Performed Live at the Austin City Limits Moodey Theater.
Peter Bay Conductor, Miro String Quartet and a classical guitar orchestra. The orchestra was coached by the following outstanding Guitar Directors: Michael Quantz, Jeremy Osborne, Travis Marcum, Andrew Clark, Matt Denman, Jeremy Mayne, Mick Jones, David Conger, and Eric Pearson.

Peter Bay Conducts the Classical Guitar Orchestra | Arts In Context from KLRU-TV on Vimeo.

Watch the full KLRU broadcast with Jorge Caballero here.

The video of Austin Pictures will be available online soon, but, if you cant wait, you can hear the live audio broadcast right now. The Austin Classical Guitar Society presented the Maestro Peter Bay conducts the Miro String Quartet, and a massive guitar orchestra. The orchestra features guitarists from New Mexico, Oklahoma, and all over Texas. Special thanks to for KMFA for broadcasting the Austin Pictures event and providing the audio here.

AP III Dance of the Grackles by joeplaysguitar

Listen to all five movements here

You can pre-order a copy of the Texas Guitar Quartet’s debut CD and make sure it will be recorded all at the same time. We’ve got 11 days to raise about $1100 and we need you to make it happen.

Go to Kickstarter to see how you can help.

Tonight, KLRU’s Arts in Context will feature Jorge Caballero and the Austin Pictures Event presented by the Austin Classical Guitar Society. In addition to Caballero’s incredible performance of Mussorgsky’s Pictures an Exhibition, it will also feature the Miro String Quartet, Peter Bay, and the massive guitarist orchestra performing my newest piece: Austin Pictures.

In the Austin area, tune in tonight at 7:30PM on KLRU. If you do not live in the Austin area, you will be able to find it soon at KLRU.org. Here is a short preview:

Jorge Caballero | Arts In Context from KLRU-TV on Vimeo.

There are seven new videos from our concert in Huntsville, TX up on the Texas Guitar Quartet youtube page. Check out a wild new version of Cells Making Cells Making Cells:

The premiere performance of the Red Quartet by Joseph Williams II will be tomorrow (Friday, April 15th at 5:00 PM). The piece will be performed by the Austin Guitar Quartet (Janet Grohovac, Chad Ibison, Jay Kacherski, and Joseph Williams II).

The concert will also feature various chamber works by the students of the University of Texas Butler School of Music.

The event is free to the public and is also available for live streaming online. For all details and streaming go here.

Music & A Movie: Immortal Beloved

PKWproductions, P. Kellach Waddle director
Music & a Movie “Immortal Beloved”
Sunday, December 12 at 7 pm
Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek, 13729 Research Blvd, (512) 219-780

PRE MOVIE CONCERT
· ” Ah perfido”, Concert Aria for Soprano and Piano L. V. Beethoven
Emily Breedlove, Soprano Nikki Birdsong, Piano
· Variations on a Swiss Song for Harp - LVB
Elaine Barber, Harp
· String Quintet #2: ” Meditation on Beethoven’s Death Mask” (Austin Premiere) P. K. Waddle
J. Desautels, M. Petrone, Violins M. Carpetyan, Viola K. Hammelin, Cello P. K. Waddle, Bass

INTERMISSION CONCERT
· Piano Sonata #14, Opus 27 #2 (“Moonlight”) Movement 1 : Adagio Sostenuto – LVB arr. for Guitar and Bass by P. K. Waddle
· Piano Sonata #8, Opus 13 (“Pathetique”) Movement 2 : Adagio Cantabile, LVB, Arr. for Guitar and Bass by P. K. Waddle
Joseph V. Williams II, Guitar P., K. Waddle, Bass
· Prelude in C Minor for Solo Bass: Psychosis; Haunted by Ludwig at 4:38 AM for Solo Bass P. K. Waddle

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