Show Rock Violinist Visits Redwood Campus Jeren W. W Canning Campus students listened ii to a world class violinist d' d dat x last Wednesday at the Redwood Campus P Aaron Aaron Meyer The Rock Violinist played along with band mate and producer Bill LambIt LambIt Lamb p pIt It was a lot of fun a Their music was I like ke Kenny G or Yanni but butmore butmore butmore more rock similar to John said concert attendee Jodee Taylor 5 o native of Meyer a ro Portland Oregon began F m studying the violin with his father when he was 5 o 8 While still a child he began to study under Associate Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra Aaron Meyer and band mates performs for students at the Redwood Campus r Luis Biava He continued his his' studies at Indiana University under Yuval Meyer has been in the spotlight spotlight spotlight spot spot- light for many years he made his professional violin debut at the age of 11 with the Philadelphia Orchestra He graduated from Lewis and Clark University in 1995 after which he traveled the world for a year to enhance his creativity Meyers Meyer's music hasn't been confined to only the musical halls of the world He has also played at the National Basketball Association Western y Conference Finals as well as several appear appearances at the See Meyer continued on page 2 Meyer continued from front United Nations and the 1999 World Peace Conference held in The Hague Holland Meyer has also had the opportunity to work with other artists such as the rock band the legendary Smokey Robinson The Temptations and Katie Harman the 2002 Miss America Meyer was recently selected to arrange string parts for upcoming album For the last few weeks Meyer has been performing performing per per- forming concerts in Asia He was in Thailand when the recent recent tsunami hit After his concert at he headed back home to Portland where he headlined the Aaron Meyer Tsunami Benefit Concert on January 21 zi All proceeds from that concert went directly to the Northwest Medical Teams Tsunami relief efforts Accompanying Meyer at the concert was Bill Lamb Lamb plays almost all instruments when accompanying Meyer Lamb also happens to be the co- co producer for Meyers Meyer's albums Lamb himself has written songs performed by Kenny Rogers and Randy of The Eagles He also worked with Elton John and Eric Clapton In March of 2001 the album that Meyer and Lambs Lamb's wrote co-wrote and produced co-produced Near the Edge deput with Oregon Ballet Theatre Near th Edge solo album Listening to the music took me back to my modem modern dance days I could have choreographed some great work with their music adds Taylor a modern dance major Everyone that attended the concert seemed to like the music It was a good change from the usual lectures that are so common |