George Maurer releases new CD “Elegy”

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…

George Maurer presents World Premier of First Theatrical Production: Autumn Song

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…

Empire Builder: George’s Train Opera

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…