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词条 Mike Block
释义

  1. Career

  2. Camps and teaching

  3. Other work

  4. Collaborations

  5. Automobile accident

  6. Discography

  7. References

  8. Sources

  9. External links

{{Multiple issues|section=|{{COI|date=May 2018}}{{POV|date=May 2018}}{{original research|date=May 2018}}
}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mike Block
| image = Mike Block.jpg
| caption = Mike Block plays the cello
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Michael Glen Block
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|05|25}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
| genre = Classical, folk, jazz, bluegrass, rock, pop
| occupation = Musician, composer, arranger
| instrument = Cello, voice
| years_active = 2006–present
| associated_acts = Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Mark O'Connor, Darol Anger
| website = {{URL|MikeBlockMusic.com}}
}}Michael Glen Block (born May 25, 1982) is an American cellist, singer, composer, and arranger.[1]

Career

Block has worked with Yo-Yo Ma, Bobby McFerrin, Lenny Kravitz, Shakira, The National, Joe Zawinul, Alison Krauss, Rachel Barton Pine, and Mark O'Connor.[2] Block plays with the Silk Road Ensemble.[3] In January, 2014, Block married fiddler and composer Hanneke Cassel.[4] He attended Cleveland Institute of Music[5] and The Juilliard School.[6] He has played second cello alongside Yo-Yo Ma.[7] He also performed in Mark O'Connor's Appalachia Waltz trio for three years.[8] Block has served as musical director for Yo-Yo Ma, Bobby McFerrin, Lil' Buck, Bill Irwin, Marcus Printup, The Silk Road Ensemble, and The Knights.

Camps and teaching

In 2009 he founded the Mike Block String Camp in Vero Beach, Florida. Teachers provide instruction in multiple traditions, develop improvisational skills, and coach student bands to prepare for performances.[9] In 2012 Block started the Brooklyn Pop String Camp in New York City to nurture children's passion for playing music.[10] In 2012, Block was appointed Associate Professor of Music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.[11] He has presented at Stanford University, Princeton University, Harvard University, New York University, Berklee College of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, Belmont University, Southern Methodist University, Sam Houston State University, Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, and University of Arkansas. In 2006, he received Suzuki method certification in music education from the New York City-based School for Strings, under Pamela Devenport.[12] From 2009 to 2012, he was the Lead Teaching Artist for Silk Road Connect, a partnership between the Silk Road Project and schools in New York City and Boston.[13] In 2015 he began teaching cello online through the ArtistWorks music education website.[14]

Other work

From 2011–2012, he was the Artistic Director and host of GALA Brooklyn: "Global Art - Local Art:", a Music Festival in Brooklyn.[15] Block started the Vero Beach International Music Festival in 2014, which features performances by students and faculty of the Mike Block String Camp.[16] He has appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, National Public Radio's St. Paul Sunday, Regis and Kelly, VH1, the Disney Channel, WNBC-TV with Chuck Scarborough, and the CBS Early Show.[17] He worked with director Yaron Zilberman as a music consultant for A Late Quartet, a 2011 movie starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Christopher Walken.[18]

Collaborations

  • Duo with Darol Anger, fiddler[19]
  • Duo with Hanneke Cassel, Celtic fiddler[20]
  • Duo with Sandeep Das, Indian tabla player[21]
  • Duo with Balla Kouyate, balafon player from Mali[22]
  • Duo with Rachel Barton Pine, classical violinist[23]
  • Duo with Clay Ross, guitarist and singer[24]
  • Duo with Yang Wei, Chinese pipa player[25]

Automobile accident

On April 4, 2009, Block was struck by a taxi while walking at the corner of W85th St. and West End Ave in Manhattan. Injuries included broken rib, jaw, cheek, nose, and he lost nine teeth. His reconstruction required multiple surgeries; his missing teeth were restored on February 15, 2012.

Discography

  • Words R Words (2009)
  • After the Factory Closes (2010)
  • Naïve Melody (2011)
  • Brick by Brick (2012)

References

1. ^{{cite web |title=Cellist & Composer Mike Block Reinvents Concert Series at Brooklyn Lyceum |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Cellist-Composer-Mike-Block-Reinvents-Concert-Series-at-Brooklyn-Lyceum-20110318 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |accessdate=29 March 2019 |date=18 March 2011}}
2. ^{{Cite news|title=A Brooklyn Buffet: Local Cellist Launches New Music Fest |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703992704576305420517397498 |publisher=Wall St Journal |first=Andy |last=Battaglia |date=May 6, 2011}}
3. ^{{Cite web |title=The Silk Road Project: Mike Block |url=http://www.silkroadproject.org/MusicArtists/TheSilkRoadEnsemble/PerformersComposersTabbed/MikeBlock/tabid/238/Default.aspx |website=Silk Road Project}}
4. ^{{Cite news|title=Marriage |url=http://www.HannekeAndMIke.com }}
5. ^{{Cite web | url=http://mediarelations.illinoisstate.edu/report/1112/nov8/block.asp | title=Cellist Mike Block recital Nov. 9|publisher=Illinois State University}}
6. ^{{Cite web | url=http://cornellsun.com/node/35738 | title=Student Artist Spotlight: Adrianne Ngam '13|publisher=The Cornell Daily Sun}}
7. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.davisenterprise.com/entertainment/yo-yo-ma-silk-road-ensemble-return-to-mondavi |title=Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble return to Mondavi |website=The Davis Enterprise}}
8. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.andover.edu/About/Newsroom/Pages/AppalachiaWaltzTriotoPerformFriday,Jan18.aspx |title=Appalachia Waltz Trio to Perform Friday, Jan. 18 |publisher=Phillips Academy Andover}}
9. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.MikeBlockStringCamp.com |title=Mike Block String camp|website=Mike Block}}
10. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.BrooklynPopStringCamp.com |title=BPSC|publisher=Mike Block}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.berklee.edu/people/mike-block|title=Berklee - Mike Block |publisher=Berklee}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.theknightsnyc.com/about-us/meet-the-musicians/36-cello/56-mike-block|title=The Knights: Mike Block|publisher=The Knights}}
13. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.silkroadproject.org/Education/SilkRoadConnect/tabid/455/Default.aspx |title=Silk Road Connect |publisher=Silk Road Project |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306093701/http://www.silkroadproject.org/Education/SilkRoadConnect/tabid/455/Default.aspx |archivedate=2013-03-06 |df= }}
14. ^[https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150811006347/en/#.VhWgUhNVhBc ArtistWorks Engages Esteemed Cellist for Multi-Style Cello Online Teaching]
15. ^{{Cite web |title=GALA Brooklyn |url=http://www.GALAnyc.com/ |publisher=GALA NYC}}
16. ^{{Cite web |title=VBIMF |url=http://www.VeroBeachInternationalMusicFestival.com/ |publisher=VBIMF}}
17. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.galanyc.com/founderartistic-director|title=Founder: Mike Block|publisher=GALA NYC}}
18. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.MikeBlockMusic.com |title=Founder: Mike Block|publisher=Block}}
19. ^{{Cite web|title=Duo with Darol Anger|url=http://www.www.DarolAnger.com|publisher=Darol Anger}}
20. ^{{Cite web|title=Duo with Hanneke Cassel| url=http://www.www.HannekeCassel.com|publisher=Hanneke Cassel}}
21. ^{{Cite web|title=Sandeep Das|url=http://www.rachelbartonpine.com|publisher=Rachel Barton-Pine}}
22. ^{{Cite web|title=Duo with Balla Kouyate|url=http://passim.org/club/mike-block-balla-kouyate|publisher=Club Passim}}
23. ^{{Cite web|title=Rachel Barton|url=http://www.rachelbartonpine.com|publisher=Rachel Barton-Pine}}
24. ^{{Cite web|title=Duo with Clay Ross|url=http://www.www.ClayRoss.com|publisher=Clay Ross}}
25. ^{{Cite web|title=Duo with Yang Wei|url=http://www.pipasensation.com/|publisher=Pipa Sensation}}

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  • [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/arts/music/02mata.html - review of cello concerto]
  • [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703992704576305420517397498]

External links

  • Official site
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