Sharon Dynak of the Ucross Foundation sends this news:
Three award-winning musicians return to the stage of Sheridan's WYO Theater on Saturday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. Pianist Philip Aaberg ("the best piano player I’ve ever heard" – Elvin Bishop), cellist Eugene Friesen (a two-time Grammy Award winner with the Paul Winter Consort) and violinist Tracy Silverman ("the greatest living exponent of the electric violin" – BBC) are on a mission to redefine contemporary chamber music.
The trio will perform works from their new all-Bach CD, "3-Part Invention." Their live concerts -- full of good humor and wonderful surprises -- also include original works and reinventions of other classical repertoire. Silverman, Aaberg and Friesen have all created vibrant solo careers by stretching from their classical roots into folk, jazz, rock and world music. Together in The Great Big Piano Trio, their paths converge in homage to the music they first loved.
Ucross Foundation President Sharon Dynak says: "The trio first performed together at Big Red and at the WYO Theater in the fall of 2006, as part of a community music project, Continental Harmony. We're delighted to bring these wonderful musicians back together in Sheridan -- their work is an inspiring example of the kind of creativity that the Foundation seeks to support. The concert is a fine way for us to share the Ucross spirit with the community, as well as to celebrate the opening of our second composer's studio at Ucross this year."
The concert is supported in part by Dr. Seymour Thickman, Gib and Rebecca Leibinger, Bella Graphics, High Land, Inc. and Tongue River Masonry (Bob and Beth Hruza). High Land has landscaped the Ucross studios and Tongue River Masonry has done the stone work on the visual arts complex as well as the new music studio, Jesse's Hideout Two.
Tickets are $18 adult, $14 senior/military, and $9 students. For tickets, please call the WYO Theater at (307) 672-9084, or visit www.wyotheater.com.
FMI: Ucross at (307) 737-2291 or email info@ucross.org.
