by oldwp | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
For more information and ticket purchases for this weekend’s performance of Madama Butterfly at the MAC, click here.
New Philharmonic – Madama Butterfly (concert version)
Friday, January 27, 2012 starting at 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
ALSO APPEARING: Saturday, Jan. 28, 8 p.m. McAninch Arts Center, Mainstage.Giacomo Puccini transports us to a faraway land, Nagaski, Japan, in his tragic, love-story masterwork. Filled with memorable arias and heart-felt duets, Puccini’s music will soar at the hands of Maestro Muspratt and a cast of fine young opera singers. In Italian with English supertitles and featuring soloists Michele Areyzaga, John Sumners, Kathryn Leemhuis and Paul Scholten. Tickets: $38 adult/36 senior/28 youth. For more information, call the MAC Ticket Office, (630) 942-4000, or
purchase tickets online.
MAC CHAT Information: 7 to 7:40 p.m., Room 139
Speaker: Steven J. Pearson, Ph.D.
COD and Wheaton College Instructor
by oldwp | Jan 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Many a New Year’s resolution begins with, “this is the year I learn how to play ____________(musical instrument)”. Why is that?
Ah, could it be that you “know” you like music and you want to “know” how?
As a strolling violinist, I have had many people tell me time and again that they “used” to play and how they wished their parents hadn’t let them quit! I have only had less than a handful tell me otherwise.
- Birthday Serenade at Durty Nellie’s in Palatine, Illinois
You can still capture that magic of discovery!
Did you learn how to read music with “Every Good Boy Does Fine” or “Elvis’ Guitar Broke Down Friday”? Did you attend music concerts and enjoy them and now you wish you could capture that priority in your life again? If the answer is yes, then go from the “known to the unknown” from there!
So many clients book repeat performances of “A Day in the Life of a Strolling Violinist”. Why? Though they “know” what is in store for them is a reliable performer with an entertaining program, they also want the “unknown” because no two performances are alike. That is because different requests change the music portion of the program and different audiences change the dynamics of it.
Some people claim they don’t know how to “play” anything but the radio or they were told they have a tin ear. I find that those people are the biggest music appreciators I have ever had the privilege to entertain for.
If money were no object and you had the choice to listen and/or learn music from the best computer program out there or from talented musicians, which would you pick? I thought so….have a great day!
by oldwp | Jan 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
What a fantastic December playing for so many people, parties and places!
I look forward to seeing YOU and playing your requests in 2012 – remember there are only 3 songs I don’t know…
