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The American Evolution: Turtle Island Quartet marks 25 years on the cutting edge of chamber jazz

09.01.10 | David Templeton | Strings Magazine

Wrapped in a jaggedly corrugated cocoon of wooden sound baffles, and surrounded by a forest of microphones and mountains of high-tech recording gear, members of the Turtle Island Quartet, bows in hand, are sitting in silent concentration, waiting for their signal to continue. From inside the sound booth at Skywalker Sound, in Marin County, California,the four musicians—violinists David Balakrishnan and Mads Tolling, violist Jeremy Kittel, and cellist Mark Summer—look so distant, so small, clustered together on the vast and yawning soundstage. In the booth, four-time Grammy-winning producer Thom Moore and veteran engineer Robert Friedrich are listening to the playback, chatting softly in musical tech-speak.

Turtle Island Quartet - The Making of Have You Ever Been...

08.05.10 | Baylin Artists Management

Turtle Island Quartet – behind the scenes making their new Hendrix album Have You Ever Been…

 

Baylin Artists Selected to Showcase at Fall 2010 Conferences

08.02.10 | Baylin Artists Management | Press Release

Baylin Artists Management proudly announces that three of its performing ensembles – Turtle Island Quartet, Luna Negra Dance Theater and Viver Brasil were selected for showcases at the Arts Midwest and Performing Arts Exchange conferences in the Fall of 2010.

Guitarist Alex de Grassi to Perform Live Score to Silent Film

06.10.10 | By Lee Mergner | JazzTimes

Guitarist, Alex de Grassi, performs original score for Yasujiro Ozu’s silent film A Story of Floating Weeds in Columbia, MD

Hot 8 Brass Band to be featured in new Spike Lee film for HBO

06.02.10 | Baylin Artists Management | Press Release

The Hot 8 Brass Band is featured in the upcoming Spike Lee film "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise," the sequel to Lee's film "When the Levees Broke."  The release will mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and how it forever changed the city of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

Viver Brasil wins Lester Horton Dance Award

05.24.10 | Baylin Artists Management | Press Release

Viver Brasil recently won the Lester Horton Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in World Dance at the 19th Annual Dance Resource Center award ceremony.

2010 Family & Education Artist Showcase

04.19.10 | Baylin Artists Management

Join us for the 2010 Family & Education Artist Showcase in Glastonbury, CT.  This showcase is for Presenters and K-12 school representatives.  For more information please contact Kristi Chester, School Programs Manager, at kchester@baylinartists.com

2010-2011 Roster Addition

04.14.10 | Baylin Artists Management

Baylin Artists Management is pleased to announce the addition of cellist, Matt Haimovitz to its roster.  For more information please contact Marc Baylin at mbaylin@baylinartists.com or Michael Fox at mfox@baylinartists.com

Aquila Theatre Receives Major NEH Grant

04.01.10 | Baylin Artists Management

Aquila Theatre has received a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives.

Luna Negra Dance Theater at Strathmore

03.22.10 | Rebecca J. Ritzel | The Washington Post

In a collaboration to remember, Luna Negra Dance Theater, a Chicago troupe, shared the stage with Turtle Island Quartet and jazz clarinet legend Paquito D'Rivera.

News and Events

09.01.10
The American Evolution: Turtle Island Quartet marks 25 years on the cutting edge of chamber jazz

08.02.10
Baylin Artists Selected to Showcase at Fall 2010 Conferences
Turtle Island, Luna Negra and Viver Brasil were selected to showcase at fall conferences

Performance Highlights

09.02.10
The Cashore Marionettes
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, VA

09.04.10
Hot 8 Brass Band
Arts Festival Oklahoma Arts Stage
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City, OK

09.05.10
ETHEL
Moab Music Festival
Moab, UT