The UNM Department of Music presents guest cellist Paul Christopher in a free concert on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m. at Keller Hall, UNM Center for the Arts. Christopher will perform music by Jacques Offenbach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Dinos Constantinides, Auguste Franchomme and Mark Prince Lee. Accompanying him are freelance musician Mary Ann Ybarra on piano and UNM Associate Professor David Schepps on cello.
Photo: Paul Christopher
Christopher is assistant professor of music theory and low strings at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La. He received a Bachelor of Music Education from the New England Conservatory of Music and Master of Music in cello performance from the University of Memphis.
Christopher has appeared on numerous recordings as a member of the Nashville String Machine with artists such as Faith Hill, Ricky Skaggs, Bruce Springsteen and George Strait. He has also recorded four CDs devoted to the cello duos of Jacques Offenbach on the Human Metronome label. His articles have been published in the Jacques Offenbach Society Newsletter, Strings and American String Teacher. In the summers he performs as assistant principal cello with the Peter Britt Festival Orchestra in Jacksonville, Ore. and principal cello with the Des Moines Metro Opera in Indianola, Iowa.
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