Graham Reynolds Named Austin's Best Composer...Again!
For the sixth year running the readers of The Austin Chronicle have voted Graham Reynolds the best composer in town. Graham has won this honor every year since the category was introduced.
GHP, the artist driven cultural non-profit run by Rampant founder John Riedie along with co-artistic directors Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski presented the latest in its popular series of concerts about hitting things, Percussion VII, to an over capacity audience at the ND. featuring an The ensemble of Owen Weaver, Thomas Burritt and Chuck Fischer along side Reynolds and Stopschinski performed world premieres by Peter and Graham, as well as newly commissioned pieces by Josh Robins of the Invincible Czars, Reed Wallsmith of Portland's Blue Cranes, St. Paul based Christopher Campbell and the Apple Trio, an ensemble of young women still in high school.
Austin Critics Table Winners!
The Austin Critics' Table Awards were announced at a ceremony on June 7 and Rampant artists received two of the major awards: Forklift Danceworks' The Trash Project won for Best Dance Concert and Golden Hornet Project's Symphony VI won for Best Symphonic Concert. In addition, Graham Reynolds received the John Bustin Award for Conspicuous Versatility and Don Anderson received The Graced in the Machine Award for his performance of “The Crane Dance” in The Trash Project.
The Asylum Street Spankers appeared on Weekend Edition Sunday on February 7 to talk about their latest album, God's Favorite Band, and play a few songs. Listen at npr.org. Read some reviews of the Spankers' new album: Lucid Culture, Acoustic Music and BlogCritics.
