MIKE BLOCK STRING CAMP IS GOING ONLINE: JULY 6-11

Mike Block String Camp ONLINE 2020 is a "GO" for launch, July 6-11! :) Our hope is to make the virtual experience as meaningful as possible by maintaining our level-based classes, community-building activities, the ever-popular Elective Classes, as well as nightly play-along jams, and performances by both faculty and students. All students this year will be together in the ONLINE TRACK, and when you enroll, you will gain access to "Member Only" pages of the website, which is where we will share elective class options, and Zoom meeting links to all the classes. Students will even be able to create a profile and connect with each other through our member directory. :) http://www.MikeBlockStringCamp.com/

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Online Performance raising funds for Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater

Join me this Friday, May 15th at 8:30-9:30p ET for a special Facebook Live concert fundraiser to help raise funds for Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic house built in the late 1930s. Fallingwater, recently added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. is unable to host visitors and lead tours at this time, preventing them from bringing in the necessary funds for regular care of the house, its collection, and the natural landscape. All of their major restoration projects are on hold.

Watch on Facebook, or Youtube.

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Great review from Bluegrass Today of my album "Walls of Time"

HERE you can read a glowing review from Bluegrass Today of of my recent folk album Walls of Time: "an album that’s singularly spectacular … a daring musical venture that brings new life to classic songs … Block breaks boundaries in wholly unexpected ways ... Walls of Time is an album that excels through invention and ingenuity. It reflects the vision of a true musical master … A transformative tapestry, it sets a standard few others will ever attain.”

You can get the album HERE!

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New Album! Step Into the Void: The Complete Bach Cello suites

 I’ve got a once-in-a-lifetime album coming out in a few weeks, which you can buy NOW on Pre-Sale: Step Into the Void: The Complete Bach Cello Suites! https://www.brightshiny.ninja/step-into-the-void 

The Bach Cello Suites have been a part of my life as long as I’ve been playing cello. In spite of my stylistic restlessness and years of artistic exploration outside of the Western Classical tradition, this is probably the repertoire I’ve played and thought about the most during my life, so I’m excited to share it with you all!

You may ask yourself, “did he record this in a bathroom?!”

NO! I payed for an ACTUAL recording studio this time, with MICROPHONES! :) It came out really beautifully, and your support of this project would be particularly meaningful.

You can purchase the album HERE:

 https://www.brightshiny.ninja/step-into-the-void 

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New Folk Album "WALLS OF TIME" Pre-Sale

I’m excited to announce that I’m releasing a new American folk album, Walls of Time, and you can get it for 50% off during this Pre-Sale before November 8th! Just takes a few clicks, starting HERE. Use the discount code BRIGHTSHINY50

In the pursuit of expanding the sound of what “American” music sounds like, Walls of Time features some incredible musicains from other cultures/styles: Wu Tong (China), Sandeep Das (India), Tunde Jegede (Nigeria), and Derek Gripper (South Africa), in addition to American musicians Bruce Molsky, Darol Anger, Joe K. Walsh, Zachariah Hickman, Dietrich Strauss, and Mark Erelli.

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