MAX DYER is a cellist with over
30 years of professional experience in the United States
and abroad. As an improvising cellist, he is fluent in
many musical styles and performs at festivals, jazz and
folk clubs, churches and recording studios.
As a classical cellist,
he plays with the Houston Ballet Orchestra and is solo
cellist with Houston Grand Opera's "Opera To Go".
He is on the roster as sub solo cellist for Cirque du
Soleil, and played for three seasons with The Houston
Symphony.
2010 NEWS
Current studio projects:
Max joins Jazz singer
Jacqui Sutton and the Pioneer Jazz Orchestra, for
their new CD Billie and Dolly, featuring an eclectic mix
of blues and bluegrass. CD Release at Ovations Houston
TX Sept 2010 Time TBA
July 2010 A live CD
recorded with Windham Hill recording artists pianist Dana
Cunningham and trumpeter Jeff Ostler recorded in concert
at Stone
Mountain Arts Center Brownfield, Maine.
Various Projects with
Nashville producers Jeff Nelson, Steve Dady, Nashville
Gospel singer Kim Hill.
Atlanta producer Jason
Hoard, Harpist Sarah Mullen, Reggae/blues artist Rory
Jagdeo, Atlanta- based rockers Jack Cadillac.
Max is producer for
new albums by Andean multi- instrumentalist Conrado
"Charry" Garcia and co-producer for Lebanese
composer
Mahmoud Salha.
Fall 2010 continues
Max contines as solo cellist in the new opera by Ethan
Frederick Greene "A Way Home" for 6 singers,
solo electric cello and keyboard in a series of concerts
with Houston Grand Opera's Opera
To Go.
Max continues his music
collaboration with classical Indian vocalist Nanda
Banerjee and keyboardist John
Hardesty. Together they form the East/West
improv trio The
Language of Peace and perform March 13 at
the The
Rothko Chapel University of St. Thomas, Houston.
December 4-7 2010 Christmas
Concerts in Maine, New Hampshire and Texas with pianist
Dana Cunningham. go to danacunningham.com
for more details on these concerts.
Max continues in his
25th year with his Renaissance Festival band Cantiga.
Peforms April 20 2010 with Cantiga with Middle Eastern
drum master Jamal Mohamed at Tarrant County College. Arlington
TX and more performances selected weekends fall 2010 at
Texas
Renaissance Festival.
Max and Cantiga are
working on their 5th CD. This one is a Christmas album-
release date Oct 2010.
