September 8th @ 4pm–5pm PAC New Harmonies Exhibit officially opens to the public from 4–5pm.
Here is the website if you need more information. www.perryga.com. There is a downloadable PDF with all the details about the exhibit AND a listing of all the concerts.
The concerts below would count for the class. NOTE THAT SEVERAL CHARGE ADMISSION - and that these are hardly the only possibilities!
Some info from the site - the capitalization errors come from the copy/paste process, but I don't want to take the hour to fix them all!:
September 8tH • 6pm • perry HigH Auditorium 1307 NortH AveNue • perry
Grammy nominated artist, Robert McDuffie, performs Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the McDuffie Center String Ensemble. Tickets for sale: $10 advance / $15 at the door. Tickets sold at Welcome Center and Perry Area Historical Museum.
Robert McDuffie was born in Macon, Georgia into a very musically gifted family; his mother Susan and younger sister Margerie are pianists while Robert became a violinist. He went to New York to attend the Julliard School. Robert McDuffie has since become an internationally, renowned violin- ist, playing as a soloist in major orchestras around the world. He was also nominated for a Grammy in 1990 for his performance of concertos by Leonard Bernstein and William Schumann.
McDuffie founded the Rome Chamber Festival in 2003, an idea he had created the year before while on sabbatical in Rome. “Its identity adheres to a true international ideal by inviting musicians from all over the world.” The festival is a five-day musical event held in June that presents five different concert programs of both classical and contemporary pieces to sold-out audiences.
In 2004, McDuffie began serving as the head of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University and as a Distinguished University Professor of Music. The Center gives students conservatory-quality music training and opportunities to perform in festivals like the Rome Chamber Festival and the Aspen Music Festival. Enrollment is limited to 26 students: twelve violinists, six violists, six cellists, and two double bassists.
In December of 2009, McDuffie performed the World Premiere of Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 2, “The American Four Seasons” in Toronto with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Peter Oundjian. The work had been composed for McDuffie and featured several solos for violin.
September 11tH • 12NooN
Gene Salyer will perform on the saxophone, flute, and clarinet Gene Sayler of Perry is a professional musician who plays flute, clarinet, alto and tenor saxophone. He has been a member of several different Air Force bands since his enlistment. He was accepted into the Air Force Academy band and performed with them for fourteen years. During thattime he was made woodwind supervisor of the Symphonic band, lead alto saxophone of the Falconnaires Dance Orchestra, and leader of the “Moods in Blue” show band. He has played with various famous singers like Bob Hope, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Rosemary Clooney.
September 22Nd • 2-4pm
Joey Stuckey Jazz Trio performs
Senate Records recording artist, Joey Stuckey, performs with his Jazz Trio a variety of standards, along with selections from his new CD “Mixture.”
I'm the keyboardist for the Joey Stuckey Band.
Mixture is the album that Joey and I
co-wrote/co-engineered/co-produced/co-probably several other things!
October 1st • 8pm - 10pm
Georgia Big Band will perform Dixieland music from 8 – 8:45pm
and Big Band music from 9 – 10pm
The Georgia Big Band came together in 1988 out of the Dublin Jazz Band. The band brings together professional musicians from all over Middle Georgia who want to preserve the big band tradition. Made up of seventeen instrumentalists and a vocalist, the band has many different musical backgrounds from band directors to former military
October 14tH • 3pm
FirSt metHodiSt cHurcH oF WArNer robiNS
205 NortH dAviS drive
Performance by Otis Murphy, a world-class saxophonist, Yamaha
Performing Artist, and Indiana University Professor. Admission $10.
