Piano Magic at MERA

May 28, 2015

As the second of this summer's Blue Jeans Classical music series, MERA is presented the master pianist, Michel Szezesniak on Sunday, June 7th at 2:00 PM at the MERA Schoolhouse in McDonald's Corners.  Many music lovers will recall his memorable performance at MERA as part of the Woodwinds and Piano recital in November, 2014.

Entitled "Fascinating Miniatures", the concert will feature piano gems by Beethoven, Scriabin, Gershwin, Satie and compositions by the pianist himself.  The common thread will be that all of the composers of these charming piano pieces are themselves pianists.  Along with playing these pieces, Michel will use his considerable wit and wisdom to entertain the audience about the music and the composers.

Michel moved to Canada from the United States in 1983, and since then has as a soloist and part of chamber recitals on CBC Radio, with five major symphony orchestras across Canada, and his compositions and playing has been featured on two recordings.

He has been based in Kingston since 1989 where he is a piano instructor at Queen's University School of Music, pianist for the Kingston Chamber players and accompanist for the Cantabile Choirs of Kingston.

The third in the Blue Jeans series will be held at 2:00 PM  on Sunday, July 12th, featuring the dynamic duo of Keenan Reimer-Watts, piano, and Emily Kennedy, cello.

Tickets for these concerts are available for $25 plus administration fee at Ticketsplease.ca, by telephone at 613-485-6434 or in person at Jo's Clothes, 39 Foster Street, Perth.  Children accompanied by an adult are free.