Up for 5 GRAMMYS!
Our album that just one Best Jazz Album of the Year from the Nashville Independent Music Awards, THE INSIDE OF THE OUTSIDE, is up for consideration in 5 categories in this year’s GRAMMY AWARDS voting!...
View ArticleSome New Compositions
2016 has been a great year! Just completed my 1st semester at Berklee College of Music and am now entering my 4th semester after getting credit for college courses previously taken in high school, plus...
View ArticleClassical Improvisation
I’m currently in my 4th semester at Berklee, after completing 49 credits in semester 1. I’m taking 12 classes this term, looking forward to getting deeper into improvisation with Kenny Werner, and...
View ArticleReview of The Inside of the Outside
I previously missed this nice review on All About Jazz of my album with Jeff Coffin and the Crescent Super Band, The Inside of the Outside: Jeff Coffin With Caleb Chapman’s Crescent Super Band: The...
View ArticleBrad Mehldau
Here I am with jazz pianist Brad Mehldau, after a concert in Cambridge. He improvised Bach. I saw him a few years ago in Miami, too. There’s a pic of us together then, too.
View ArticleReaching Fourth
A video recording I recently made with some friends at Berklee College of Music of McCoy Tyner’s Reaching Fourth. Piano solo, jazz, straight ahead. Video shot at Berklee College of Music ensemble room...
View ArticleQuincy Patriot-Ledger Blurb about Me
The local Quincy, MA paper of record The Patriot-Ledger posted my picture and a short news item about my Honorable Mention from the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition.
View ArticleMax Holm Quartet at Nordic Hall
The Max Holm Quartet, featuring Tristan Mitchell, Stefano Battaglia, Julian Gutbrod and me, will be performing at the Scandinavian Cultural Center in West Newton, MA on Friday, March 2, starting at 7...
View ArticleAward Winner Original Classical Composition: Counterpoint in G
My Counterpoint in G classical composition was chosen by the Berklee College of Music’s Composition Department as one of the best of 2017. It will be performed by Berklee Professor Marti Epstein on...
View ArticleCollege Club of Boston March 8, 2018
I performed Jazz, Great American Songbook, and some pop at The College Club of Boston’s monthly happy hour on March 8, 2018. Pic by Vivian Bolt
View Article2018 Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition Winner for Jazz
The Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition is a prestigious competition for 18 to 22 year old US musicians. The categories of classical, contemporary and jazz music are combined to choose one...
View ArticleSolo in 10th Intervals: Coltrane’s Moment’s Notice
On my left hand I’ve transcribed from Moment’s Notice John Coltrane’s solo. I’m also harmonizing the solo a 10th higher with my right hand. I’m an award-winning pianist, known for jazz, I but play many...
View ArticleTEDXBeaconStreet Performance at EY Kendall Square
I had the honor of performing for the TEDXBeaconStreet audience before and in between speakers at the beautiful offices of EY (fka Ernst & Young), the accounting firm. It’s always inspiring to me...
View ArticleI’ll be giving a TED Talk!
I’ve been asked to do a TED Talk on August 16, 2018 at the TripAdvisor HQ. The talk will be about how a near-death experience turned me into an award-winning jazz musician. Thanks to TEDXBeaconStreet...
View ArticleI’m a TED Speaker!
On August 16, I gave a TED talk at the Trip Advisor global headquarters in Massachusetts. There was an audience of about 800 people, although the main audience for a TED talk is the hundreds of...
View ArticleFenway Park TEDx Beacon Street Performance
Here’s a pic with my trio after our performance at the TEDx Beacon Street Salon at Fenway Park, the home of the Boston Red Sox, yesterday on August 27, 2018. Joining me were Kristalis Sotomayor from...
View ArticleArt & Life With Max Holm in the Boston Voyager
Thanks to the Boston Voyager Magazine, who write about “Boston’s Most Inspiring Stories” for the post about me. You can read it at http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/art-life-max-holm/
View ArticleRehearsing for Scandinavian Cultural Center Gig
Getting ready for our gig at the Scandinavian Cultural Center in Newton on September 29, 2018. My band is Tristan Boyadiev Mitchell on sax, Tuomas Räsänen on drums and Sam Smith on bass.
View ArticleLast Week of September 2018 – And Things are Heating Up!
This is going to be my favorite semester at Berklee College of Music. It’s not just because I’m getting into singing and songwriting, but because I have a lot more time to collaborate with other...
View ArticleRubi & Coffee Web TV Series
I’m so excited to announce that I’m the Music Composer for Season 2 of the web TV series RUBI & COFFEE! Season 2 premieres January 2019, so I’m going to be hard at work over the coming weeks to...
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