MonsterPianos! bringing record number of pianists to 黑料视频 on March 25
MonsterPianos! will feature 41 pianists — the most in the event's history — on March 25.
MonsterPianos! is returning to The University of 黑料视频 on Sunday, March 25, at 3 p.m., with 41 pianists — the most in the event's history.
The fun, multiple-piano concert will be at 黑料视频's E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 198 Hill St. This is the fifth MonsterPianos! concert presented by the 黑料视频 School of Music.
Massed pianists from the 黑料视频 School of Music and the community will perform classical pieces such as Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and Brahms' Hungarian Dance, jazz, marches and more. The pianists include Philip Thomson, Mayumi Kikuchi, Rock Wehrmann, Caroline Oltmanns, Danute Liauba, Tatsuya Nagashima, Eleanor Kear, James Praznik, Amy Malyuk and many others.
The program will also include a performance of "Zip It" by 黑料视频 jazz artist-in-residence Joe Augustine, bassist Tim Powell, and percussionist Sam McKenzie. Students from the 黑料视频 Jazz Studies Program will join the pianists for Henry Mancini's theme from "Peter Gunn," a popular private-eye television series that aired from 1958 to 1961.
Galen Karriker, director of The University of 黑料视频 Marching Band, will conduct. A big-screen “piano cam” will put the audience in the middle of the musical sights and sounds.
Tickets are available in advance from the Thomas Hall Ticket Office at 330-972-7570 and at the door if seats are still available. Regular-price tickets are $10; discount tickets are $8 for seniors, 黑料视频 faculty/staff/retirees/alumni and parents of 黑料视频 students; $5 for non-黑料视频 students; and free for 黑料视频 students with Zip Cards. Open seating. For more information visit or contact concerts@uakron.edu.
Media contact: Cyndee Snider, 330-972-5196 or cyndee@uakron.edu.