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Spring Concert: Tuesday May 4th

evanspiano — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:10:43 +0000

Happy spring!!!!!!

This is to announce the next concert at Brenton Evans Pianos!!

ALL HAYDN PROGRAM

William Braun -piano
Joanna Becker-violin
Tom Hudson-cello
Sergio Pallottelli-flute

Tuesday May 4th
8PM

Brenton Evans Pianos
963 State Street in New Haven.

As usual RSVP is appreciated as seating is limited!!!!! www.brent@evanspiano.com

On the program:

-Trio in F major for flute, cello and piano

-Fantasy for solo piano

-Sonata in G major for flute and piano

-Trio for violin, cello and piano (Gypsy)

All by Haydn

We look forward to seeing you.

Sergio, Brent and Francis

Welcome Back Concert~!

evanspiano — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:16:16 +0000

This is our first concert of Autumn 2009. I hope you all can join us!

We are considering presenting this same program for a second time to accommodate our loyal music lovers as well as some of our new neighbors and friends.

Please RSVP if you will join us on Oct. 30th. Depending on the response, we will set a date for a second performance of this program.

When: OCTOBER 30th, 8PM

Where: EVANS Piano Shop…963 State Street New Haven, CT Suggested donation: $20. Reception and refreshments to follow.

RSVP: brent@evanspiano.com or 203-785-8780.

Program: Sergio Pallottelli and William Braun in Recital of 20th and 21st century masterpieces.
Music by Prokofiev, Kernis and Jolivet
Seating is limited and RSVP is appreciated on this occasion as well.

We really look forward to seeing you.

Brent Evans

A Summer Chamber Music Evening

evanspiano — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:10:16 +0000

Friday, August 7th, 8PM

THIS CONCERT WAS ANOTHER ‘STANDING ROOM ONLY’ turnout.

The ensemble was brilliant and we celebrate Christopher Grundy going to Indiana University to the masters program this fall!

Ciao and Bon Chance for now Christopher!

BRENTON EVANS PIANOS
963 State Street
New Haven, CT

Joanna Becker-violin
William Braun-piano
Christopher Grundy-baritone
Mihai Marica-cello
Sergio Pallottelli-flute
Francis Rosselli-lute

Music by Thompson, Ravel, Haendel and Bach.

Please join us for an exciting and varied concert.
Reception with the musicians, wine and cheese afterward. Suggested donation of $20 at the door.
Please RSVP if you can attend this concert.

See on August 7th!!!

Sergio, Brent and Friends……

JEFF FULLER JAZZ at 963

evanspiano — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:12:59 +0000

First Saturday Jazz Piano Series, Recital #3!

Saturday, June 6th, at 8:00 pm

At Brent Evans Piano Shop, 963 State Street, New Haven

The First Saturday Jazz Piano series at Brent Evans’ intimate piano salon continues on Saturday, June 6th, with Connecticut’s finest jazz pianist, Kent Hewitt, and New Haven’s own Jeff Fuller on acoustic bass. The program will include jazz standards and arrangements by Hewitt, in preparation for his July residency at Summer Keys in Lubec, Maine. Hewitt will be featured on a 1903 Steinway Model O, meticulously restored by Brent Evans. Fuller will be playing his Upton Hybrid double bass, made by Gary Upton in Stonington, CT.

Date: Saturday, June 6th   Time: 8:00pm

Location: Brent Evans Piano Shop, 963 State Street, New Haven, CT

Suggested donation: $20 Reservations: (203) 785-8780

Refreshments will be served.

Kent Hewitt (b. 1944, New London) earned degrees from Boston University and the University of Connecticut, the latter in Music Theory and Composition. He studied with Ray Santisi, Charlie Mariano, Hal Galper, Fred Hersch, and Ron Brown. Mr. Hewitt has taught at Berklee College of Music, Trinity College, The Hartford Conservatory, and led music clinics for the Hartford Jazz Society. A consummate soloist and accompanist, he has become a mainstay of jazz and popular music in Connecticut and has been musical director of several popular jazz clubs in the state. He has recorded extensively and performed concerts with jazz notables, including Clark Terry, Phil Woods, Kenny Burrell, Jackie McLean, Steve Rossi, and Jon Hendricks. Mr. Hewitt was the first pianist to open at the Tropicana Hotel in Atlantic City, has been solo house pianist at Jimmy Ryan’s in New York, and has toured Europe with trumpeter Laco Dezci.

Jeff Fuller (b. 1945, Southbridge, MA). Has toured worldwide and recorded with bebop master saxophonist Lou Donaldson and with Cuban saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera, and has appeared with jazz artists from all eras, including Dizzy Gillespie, Mose Allison, “Papa” Jo Jones, Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry, “Big Nick” Nicholas, Claudio Roditi and many others. Jeff leads his own jazz and Latin ensembles, Jeff Fuller & Friends and Samba Brasil. He is a composer, arranger and jazz educator, who teaches at ACES Educational Center for the Arts and the Neighborhood Music School.

Websites for reference: http://evanspiano.com/news/

http://www.jefffuller.net

http://www.kenthewitt.com/

Spring Piano Concert-Tom Dickinson

evanspiano — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:03:37 +0000

Please join us: Please let me know if you will or will not join us…

Tuesday, May 26th, seating 5:30, Downbeat 6 pm.

The Piano Shop 963 State St. New Haven, CT

RSVP: brent@evanspiano.com or 203-785-8780

There will be refreshments served, a short intermission and refreshments to follow.

PROGRAM:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in F Major, K. 332

1. Allegro

2. Adagio

3. (Allegro assai)

Franz Liszt: Three Concert Etudes

1. A capriccio; Allegro cantabile

2. A capriccio; Quasi allegretto

3. Allegro affettuoso

intermission

Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816

1. Allemande

2. Courante

3. Sarabande

4. Gavotte

5. Bourrée

6. Louré

7. Gigue

Frédéric Chopin: Sonata in b minor, Op. 58

1. Allegro maestoso

2. Scherzo: Molto vivace

3. Largo

Thomas Dickinson has performed as soloist across the United States from New York to Florida, to Hawaii and Alaska. He performed abroad in England, the Czech Republic, Russia, Taiwan and China. His London debut was with the Orchestra of St. John’s at St. John’s Smith Square in 1988, after which the conductor invited him to perform the Barber Piano Concerto with the Salomon Orchestra the following season. He was guest artist for the Czech Republic’s 1992 month-long festival celebrating the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ discovery of America, performing Leonard Bernstein’s symphony/concerto “The Age of Anxiety” in Prague’s historic Smetana Hall. Other concerto performances include the Fairbanks Symphony where he stepped in for Edward Auer on four days notice to perform Bartok’s Third Piano Concerto, and the Liaoning (China) Orchestra. With the Chita (Russia) Music College Orchestra, an ensemble of Russian folk instruments, he performed a transcription of Saint Saens’ G Minor Piano Concerto that was later broadcast on Russian national television.

Mr. Dickinson began playing at the age of five, and gave his first recital at the age of seven. His teachers include Sue Liu Wen, Frances Clark, Donald Betts and Donald Currier. Additional studies were with Jerome Lowenthal, Richard Goode and André Watts. He was ITT Fellow for two years of study with Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen of the Paris Conservatory. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Yale University where he won both the undergraduate and graduate concerto competitions. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale in 1991.

In 1988 he was a founding member of Augustine’s Artists Music Festival in Anchorage and was its first President.

In 1989 he was the first Western artist to cross the Sino-Russian border in more than thirty years, and the first to perform in the formerly closed Russian city of Chita in 75 years. He returned to Chita on tour in 1991, and again in 1992 and 1995 to teach and perform.

In 1993 he founded Musical Bridges, Inc., now called Siberian Bridges, Inc., a cultural exchange non-profit which focuses on education support and cooperation between the Upper Midwest of the U.S. and the area east of Lake Baikal, called “Zabaikalye,” and its center, the city of Chita. Siberian Bridges has sent English teachers and teaching materials to Chita and outlying villages and assisted in several exchanges, including a partnership between Southern Connecticut State University and Chita State Technical University. His 2005 recital in Chita lay the foundation for Chita’s first non-governmental classical performance series at the Art Museum, which led to the formation of Sibirsky Mostiy (trans: Siberian Bridges), a new Russian NGO formed to partner with Siberian Bridges on projects of mutual interest.

Mr Dickinson teaches privately in his home in Minneapolis.

Mazurka Madness…a brief, informative history

evanspiano — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:47:47 +0000

Dear Music Lovers,

I hope you can join us…It is short and sweet and very good. 5 pm. Stop in for a treat before dinner or the theatre. No strings, (except in the piano).

Where: The Piano Shop at 963 State St.

When: Next Saturday! April 25 th! 5 PM

Please RSVP

As described by performer Larry Axelrod…

“I will be doing a version of my Mazurka Mania program that I have done many times over the last two and a half years. It is a fun, varied program with “classic” works by Chopin, Szymanowski, Fauré and Liadov, as well as newly-composed works in/inspired by the genre by Lew Spratlan, Johannes Somary, myself and several other of my friends. The program lasts just a bit over an hour and is presented in lecture/recital format.

New Haven 4/25 Mazurka Mania Program.
Three Mazurkas Op. 59 (1845) Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
No. 1 in a minor
No. 2 in A-flat major
No. 3 in F-sharp minor
If Chopin Danced With Ligeti (2008) Tiffany Sevilla (b. 1970)
Le Tombeau de Chopin (2006) Lawrence Axelrod (b. 1960)
Two Mazurkas Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
Op. 57 No. 3 in f minor (1906)
Op. 42 No. 3 in A major (1898)
Mazurka in A+ (2006) Johannes Somary (b. 1935)
Mazurka (2007) M. Lewis Spratlan (b. 1940)
Mazurka Op. 32 (1895) Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
A Walking Meditation (2008) Beth Bradfish (b. 1949)
1. Placing one foot at a time – with loving kindness
2. Distractions
3. Peaceful and at Ease
Mazurka Drammatica (2007) Robert Lombardo (b. 1932)
Mazurka in Memory of Karol Szymanowski (2008) Peter Klatzow (b. 1945)
From Mazurkas Op. 50 (1931) Karol Szymanowski (1881-1937)
No. 13 Moderato
No. 14 Animato
No. 15 Allegretto dolce
No. 16 Allegramente.Vigoroso

MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST:>>>>>

Lawrence Axelrod is a composer, pianist and conductor, whose musical activities have taken him around the United States and Europe. As a composer, Mr. Axelrod has had works done by Pinotage, The Lincoln Trio, The Duo Ahlert/Schwab, the Ensemble JungeMusik Berlin and The Verdi String Quartet in recent seasons. In the dual ca pacities of pianist and composer, he presented two concerts in South Africa in May 2008 – one in Johannesburg and one in Cape Town. He presented an all-Mazurka program at the University of Wisconsin/Madison in March 2008. A variation of this program was also done at Butler University (Indianapolis, IN) as a guest performer in November 2007 and as part of the Fazioli Salon Series on WFMT in April 2007, playing both classic and newly-written compositions in that form. He also opened the Swedish Electroacoustic Music Society’s conference with a recital in Stockholm in May 2007, repeating the program in Lahr, Germany a few days later. The Verdi String Quartet have been strong supporters of Mr. Axelrod’s music, premiering his Diary Pieces, Anges et Déesses (with Ingeborg Danz, mezzo-soprano), and String Quartet No. 1, the last for the opening concert of the Vielsaitig Festival in Füssen, Germany in August, 2004. His music was also presented on a portrait concert featuring four works as part of this festival. His compositions have been performed on composers’ festival concerts around the United States. He was invited to perform a piano recital as part of the Eighth International Festival of Electroacoustic Music held in Havana, Cuba in March 2000, and returned there in March 2004 to give a second recital. His work for orchestra and tape, Cassandra Speaks, was premiered by the San Jose Symphony (CA) in June of 1999 with music director Leonid Grin conducting. This work was previously re corded by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla conducting. Still Life with Sea and Whales, a work for soprano, flute and two guitars has been released on the CRS label. A CD of solo and small chamber works was released in the Fall of 2003.

Mr. Axelrod has received grants from Chorus America, Meet the Composer and Arts International for the performances of his works.

Mr. Axelrod was also a founder and past chairperson of the Chicago Composers’ Consortium, as well as a member of CUBE. He has attended numerous composition residencies around the United States and in Europe. He has taught a highly successful opera appreciation class at Ghost Ranch Santa Fe each summer for nearly ten years. His teaching experience also includes classes for young people. Lawrence Axelrod received his undergraduate degree from Amherst College and a Master of Music Degree in orchestral conducting from Northwestern University.

JAZZ at THE PIANO SHOP

evanspiano — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:17:56 +0000

With the loyal following “Jeff Fuller and Friends” has already established, we expect these dates to fill up fast. PLEASE RSVP to assure a good seat. http://www.brent@evanspiano.com

Your donation of $10. would be graciously accepted to help keep these fine musicians in New Haven, AND IS TAX DEDUCTABLE.

First Saturday Jazz Piano Series

New Havens premier jazz bassist, Jeff Fuller, has invited three acclaimed jazz pianists to join him for a new series of recitals, First Saturday Jazz at Brent Evans Piano Shop, 963 State Street, New Haven, CT. The series begins on Saturday, April 4^th at 8:00 pm with Brazilian pianist Luiz Simas and bassist Fuller performing as a duo. The second installment on May 2^nd at 8:00 pm will feature the renowned pianist Don Friedman, and the series will wind up on June 6^th at 8:00 pm with Connecticuts great jazz pianist, Kent Hewitt.

Luiz Simas was born in Rio de Janeiro and has lived in New York since 1989. A composer, singer and pianist, he is influenced by jazz and bossa nova, along with Brazilian popular, traditional and modern music. He has given sold out performances in venues such as Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall and the Oslo Jazz Festival, and in jazz clubs, such as Mistura Fina in Rio and Birdland in NYC. He has released 5 CDs, including his newest, “Cafun”.

Joined by bassist Jeff Fuller, the program for First Saturday Jazz on April 4^th will include Brazilian music by well-known composers such as Jobim, Ernesto Nazareth and Villa-Lobos, as well as Luiz’s own original compositions, some of which are in “chorinho” style, a delightful mixture of European salon music with lively rhythms of African origin.

“Luiz Simas is not only a wonderful musician, singer and composer, he is an engaging performer who draws his audience into his witty, joyful, sensuous musical world. Simas epitomizes the fantasies we non-Brazilians have about that wonderful country, and with him, we all get to be Brazilian, at least for the a couple hours!” – Judy Carmichael, pianist

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SPECIAL PIANO CONCERT! THIS SUNDAY 3/22…

evanspiano — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:57:07 +0000

Dear Music Lovers,

Pianist, Krystian Tkaczewski is here from Warsaw Poland, for very few concert engagements. He has made time to play at my PIANO SHOP, while being an honored guest of the phenomenal music program at the University of Connecticut and The Chopin Society of Connecticut.

This exciting gifted young pianist will perform at Brenton Evans Piano Shop:

This Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 3PM. Bring family or a friend,,,

We look forward to your Prompt RSVP … Requested $10. donation is important for us to continue to bring and keep this level of musicianship that we all love, here in New Haven.

Thank you for your loyal support.

Brenton Evans Pianos

963 State St. New Haven, Ct.

The Downbeat will be 3pm. Please RSVP by 3/19.

I hope you will join us for this very special performance, while he is here in the U.S.A.

The Program is:….

G.F. Haendel- Chaconne in G major HWV 450
A.Ginastera – Sonata op. 22
F.Chopin- Mazurkas op. 24
S.Rachmaninov- II Sonata op. 36

Program will be about 1 hr. in length.

Kristian’s Biography:
Piano performance, prof. Paweł Skrzypek
Chopin Music College in Warsaw
Dates 01 October 2000 – 17 June 2004
Awarded Master of Arts
Piano performance, prof. Olga Rusina

Academy of Music in Wroclaw
Dates 01 September 2005 – 20 May 2007
Title of qualification awarded Graduate Professional Diploma

Piano performance, prof. Oxana Yablonskaya

University of Hartford, Hartt School
Dates 01 September 2007 →
Title of qualification awarded Doctor of Musical Arts

Piano performance, prof. Oxana Yablonskaya

University of Hartford, Hartt School
Personal skills and
competences

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Organisational skills and competences Member of Polish Student Organization in New York
Member of Society of Polish Artists Musicians
Board Member of Chopin Society of Connectiuct
Artistic skills and competences 1993- Regional Piano Competition in Tarnow – II prize
1993- National Piano Competition in Warsaw- VI prize
1994- European Piano Teachers Association Piano
Competition in Cracow – III prize
1998- International Competition in Ancona – V place
2000- Soliva Music Competition in Milan – Finalist
2000-Konzerteum Piano Competition in Athenes- II prize
2001-European Music Competition in Bari – Grand Prix
2001-Interfest Piano Competition in Macedonia – I prize
2002-International Piano Competition in Bologna- II prize
2002 – Nueva Acropolis International Piano Competition in Madrid
II prize
2002 – International Piano Competition in Morocco – Finalist ,
Special Prize ( Scholarship in Royal Conservatory in Hague )
2003 – International Piano Competition in San Sebastian ( Spain)
Semifinalist
2003- International Piano Competition in Andorra – Semifinalist
2005- International Szymanowski Competition in Lodz – Semifinalist
2005- International Chopin Competition in Warsaw – Participant
2006- Connecticut State Music Teachers Association Young
Artists Competition in Hartford,CT – I prize ( Gold Prize )
2006 – Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition
in New York – I prize
2006 – Kate Kinley Fellowship Competition in Champaign , IL
Finalist
2006 – Paranov Music Competition in Hartford ,CT – II prize
2006 – Artists International Music Competition in New York – Winner
2007 – International Chopin Competition in Marianske Łaznie – Finalist
2007 – Joyce Dutka Foundation in New York – II prize
2007 – Rugusa Ibla Grand Prix – Distuingished Musician
2008 – Web Concert Hall Competition in New York – Finalist
2008 – International Piano Competition in Washington – Semifinalist
Scholarships:
Minister of Culture Scholarship (2002,2005)
Młoda Polska Scholarschip (2007)
Mayor of Tarnow City (2001,2002)
Hartt School Scholarschip (2005 up this time)

JAZZ LOVERS “First Saturdays” April, May and June!

evanspiano — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:35:22 +0000

With the loyal following “Jeff Fuller and Friends” has already established, we expect these dates to fill up fast.

PLEASE RSVP to assure a good seat. http://www.brent@evanspiano.com

Your donation of $20. would be graciously accepted to help keep these fine musicians in New Haven, AND IS TAX DEDUCTABLE.

First Saturday Jazz Piano Series

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Related web links:http://www.jefffuller.net/index.html

�Email jefffuller@snet.net

�http://www.luizsimas.com

�http://www.evanspiano.com/

�http://www.donfriedman.net/

�http://www.kenthewitt.com/

Honor Hayden’s Death…and his music!!

evanspiano — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:13:18 +0000

THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT!

Hello Music Lovers,

This is the second announcement for our next concert at

Evans Pianos on Friday March 13th at 8PM. Please RSVP!

We will go against all odds and play on Friday the 13th!!!!

This year marks the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death and we are going to honor that with an all Mozart and Haydn concert.

On the program flute quartetes by these two composers for flute and string trio.

Sergio Pallottelli on flute, Joanna Becker on violin, Yaroslav Kargin on viola and Mihai Marica on cello.

Quartet for flute and strings in D major Op.5 #5……………………………….J.Haydn (1732-1809)

Presto-Minuetto e Trio-Adagio-Presto Quartet in D Major for flute and strings KV285…………………………………W.A.Mozart(1756-1791)

Allegro-Adagio-Rondo Quartet for flute and strings in C major Op.5 #6……………………………….J.Haydn

Presto-Andante-Minuetto e Trio-Fantasia con variazioni Quartet for flute(orig. for oboe) in F major KV370……………………………..W.A.Mozart Allegro-Adagio-Rondo

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Evans Pianos Friday March 13th at 8 PM 963 State Street in New Haven, CT.