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Neil Haverstick
As a guitarist, the Denver Post called him "one of the most sought
after session players in town." Haverstick has performed zillions
of
gigs, such as playing and recording with the Colorado Symphony,
including appearances with Judy Collins, Diahann Carroll, Tommy
Tune, Ferrante and Teicher, and Bill Conti. He has also played in
orchestras backing such artists as Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Charley
Pride, and others. With his own bands, he has opened shows for
B.B.King, Steve Miller,and King Sunny Ade; he has also backed up
blues greats Jim Schwall and Joe Houston. As a freelance guitarist he
has played blues, jazz, classical, country, flamenco, and folk, as well
as plays (Man of La Mancha, Grease, Always Patsy Cline, and
A Dream Play,(at the Cleveland Playhouse), with noted director
Pavel Dobrusky) and many private functions. He has also appeared on
numerous CD projects by Denver artists, including Clay Kirkland and
Mary Stribling
As a composer, Haverstick won Guitar Player magazine's 1992
Ultimate Guitar Competition (Experimental Division) with a 19 tone
piece, "Spider Chimes." He also won the 1996 arts Innovation
Award
in Denver for another 19 tone song, "Jimmy and Joe," and the
1999
Composition Fellowship from the Colorado Council on the Arts. He
has 4 CD's of original music available, "The Gate," "Acoustic
Stick,"
"Other Worlds," and "If The Earth Was a Woman," featuring
music in
new tuning systems of 19 and 34 notes per octave, as well as fretless
guitar. His Microstock festival is in its 7th year, and he has performed
at concerts in New York, Los Angeles, El Paso, and Albuquerque.
Guitar Player mag said of his compositions, "Bold and daring,
Haverstick ventures into distant aural galaxies."
As an author, Haverstick has written for Guitar Player and Cadence,
and has written two music theory books. "The Form of No Forms"
was praised by the late studio guitarist Tommy Tedesco, who called
it "A great book. I am still learning with Neil." Neil's latest
book, "19 Tones: A New Beginning," is a look at the 19 tone
system
of tuning which Haverstick has been working in since 1989.
As an instructor, Niel has taught hundreds of students, both
privately and in classes.
microstick@msn.com
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