MARFA: A Country & Western Big Band Suite

Join us for the Austin premiere of Graham Reynolds’ MARFA: A Country & Western Big Band Suite, sponsored by Kathleen & Harvey Guion!

Originally commissioned by Ballroom Marfa, the work is composed by Golden Hornet Artistic Director Graham Reynolds and merges instrumental country music and western soundtracks with a power jazz rhythm section, a classic string quartet, all alongside horns. In total, a fourteen member ensemble featuring legendary country guitarist Redd Volkaert (Merle Haggard) and ever-smiling pedal steel player Ricky Davis (Dale Watson).

Celebrate the album release and experience this work – revamped and in its full fourteen piece form – for the first time since 2013 while enjoying drinks of your choice at The Highball on South Lamar!

Good times will follow the show, so stick around as more folks mingle in.

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Golden Hornet is an Austin based 501(c) non-profit which commissions new music, supports young and emerging composers, and presents adventurous works in non-traditional settings.

We are grateful to all the donors who made this work possible.

Golden Hornet and this event are supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin’s Economic Development Department.