| Date: | February 19, 2018 |
| Time: | 8:00 - 9:30 PM |
| Venue: | Squires Recital Salon |
| Organizations: | Kevin Chance, Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts |
| Cost: |
General Public: $15.00 Seniors: $12.00 Students: $7.00
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| Description: |
The Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts continues their 2017/2018 Music on Mondays concert series with Visiting Artist Kevin Chance on Monday, February 19, 2018 at the Squires Recital Salon. Visiting pianist Kevin Chance performs an evening recital. Named Teacher of the Year by the Alabama Music Teachers Association, pianist Kevin T. Chance has been hailed as “a superlative musician” playing “with musical conviction and muscularity.” He has performed throughout the United States and abroad as both soloist and collaborator. In 2003, he was invited to the Lake District Summer Music Festival in England where he was featured on both of the festival’s gala performances. Recent engagements include performances at Carnegie Hall as well as concerto appearances with Rachamninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini with the Huxford Symphony Orchestra, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the University of Alabama Wind Ensemble, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with the Athens Chorale in Georgia, and Gerald Finzi’s Eclogue. Dr. Chance is a member of the Semplice Duo with flutist Cristina Ballatori. In August 2004, they were named the winners of the Notes at 9,000 Emerging Artist Series Competition in Colorado. Past seasons have taken them to Texas, Colorado, New York, and Louisiana, and they were selected as artist fellows for the 2005 Hampden-Sydney Music Festival in Virginia, where they returned for a series of performances in 2008. They have twice performed in recital on the “Live from Hochstein” series, which were broadcast live on WXXI radio in Rochester, NY, and in 2014, they made their European debut in Paris. In 2017, they will make their Asian debut in a tour of China. Serving as Assistant Professor of Piano and Chair of the Gloria Narramore Moody Piano Area at the University of Alabama, Dr. Chance is a former faculty member at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music where he was awarded the Jerald C. Graue Fellowship for academic excellence. Link: http://www.kevinchance.com Admission is $15.00 for the general public, $12.00 for seniors and $7.00 for students. Tickets can be purchased online, in person at the Student Centers and Activities Ticket Office on the first floor of the Squires Student Center or by phone by calling the Ticket Office at 540-231-5615. Advance ticket purchases are encouraged to avoid waiting in-line at the box office. Tickets will also be available at the box office one hour prior to the performance. To purchase tickets online, visit: https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/studentcenters/online/. For more information on the Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts, visit: http://www.performingarts.vt.edu/events or http://facebook.com/VTperformingarts. |