JULY 9, 2009 ISSUE
Pianist Larry Lapin Plays the Blowing Rock Jazz Society Sunday
The Blowing Rock Jazz Society will host pianist Larry Lapin this Sunday, July 12, as part of its monthly concert series. The show starts at 7:00 p.m. World renowned jazz pianist and educator Larry Lapin will return to the High Country this Sunday, July 9, as part of the Blowing Rock Jazz Society’s monthly concert series. Joining Lapin will be vocalist Michelle Amato, bassist Michael Holstein and drummer Rick Dilling.
Tickets to the show are $15 for nonmembers, $5 for students and free for Blowing Rock Jazz Society members. The show will start at 7:00 p.m. Reservations are recommended. For more information call 828-295-4300 or click to www.brjazzsociety.com.
A professor of jazz studies and the director of the Studio Music and Jazz Vocal Program at the University of Miami School of Music, Lapin has traveled around the nation delighting audiences with every performance. Lapin’s talent, dedication and passion for jazz is quite evident as he passes the American art form on to young people everywhere.
A composer of numerous works for orchestra, band and chorus, Lapin has published compositions and arrangements with Warner Brothers, Columbia, Lawson Gould, Plymouth and Hansen Publications. Nationally known as a conductor, clinician, and adjudicator, Lapin is a member of the American Federation of Musicians American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP); Music Educators National Conference; International Association of Jazz Educators; American Choral Directors Association; and Florida Vocal Association. He is active as a pianist, conductor, arranger, and composer for motion pictures, radio and television, nightclubs, theaters, and concerts.
For more information on Sunday’s show, call Fred Germann at 423-727-0795.
Want To Go?
Date: Sunday, July 12
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Meadowbrook Inn, Blowing Rock
Cost: $15 for nonmembers/$5 for students/FREE for members
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