March 10, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Collective Unconscious and jazz group band mate Muggsy Lauer joins George Maurer for 3rd ‘Stripped Down’ at Pioneer Place ST. CLOUD — George Maurer and Muggsy Lauer have been playing music together since Maurer had a monster mullet and Lauer had a full head of hair. Nearly two decades …
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After a lengthy month of travel in January (NYC, KY, NOLA, FL, AL, MS ending with a 10 day visit to the Mexican Riviera to visit a good friend), I decided I needed to take a break away from travel and postings and Facebook itself…and get some work done! So, I deactivated my account and …
Here’s my interview with my friend (and fellow Saint John’s University graduate) Maury Glover from FOX-9 News in Minneapolis. He came over to my home on Nicollet Island to do this interview, and it was great being able to share some more of my journey to benefit cancer research at the Mayo Clinic with others. …
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Here’s where you can give to The Carolyn Held Memorial Fund Your contribution is 100% tax deductible. You can also support George directly: If you have extra to share, you are welcome to contribute to George’s food, camping and equipment expenses. These donations are not tax deductible. However, they do help offset the cost of George …
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George Maurer’s new solo piano release ‘Elegy’ spans more than 25 years of music, brings him back to his recording roots MINNEAPOLIS — The name of George Maurer’s new solo piano CD is “Elegy,” but it’s definitely no lament. Rather, Minneapolis composer, producer and performer Maurer’s latest recording finds him on the verge of new …
I’ve been asked to post the libretto for my recent production of Autumn Song, so friends and fans can spend more time with the poetry of Rilke and Tennessee Williams. This will be our script for the performances in Provincetown in September. Click here for pdf of all the poems.
Poetry becomes song on July 23rd, when two world-renowned poets enjoy a musical conversation infused with soaring jazz, gospel and art song. Composer/pianist George Maurer sets the poems of Rainer Maria Rilke and Tennessee Williams to imaginative melodies that liberate a heartbroken young writer. Autumn Song is a deeply moving evening of new music, where beautiful poems meet fresh …
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You just never know who is going to show up and jam with the George Maurer Trio! Doc is 84 and STILL kickin’! See the video here
It’s hard to articulate why trains matter to me, though clearly they do, since I’m working on this project. The first thing that comes to mind is an image from my childhood: nighttime in my grandmother’s farmhouse in West Chicago, Illinois, the view out the picture window in the living room. Wide, dark fields under …
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I’ve always been fascinated by trains, but not in the way some rail enthusiasts tend to be; lauding a mode of transportation that, while destined to join the American public, her industries, and her coasts together by 1876, also ended up permanently scattering her Indigenous peoples and exploiting immigrant labor in it’s rush to gain …