Please join us for an enchanting afternoon of piano music in the comfort of our New Music Room in our home on Vantreight. Talented pianists Eliana Yi, Dave Paulson, Susan and Linda Gould and will be performing a captivating selection of classical and contemporary pieces and contemporary pieces on 5.5 inch octave narrow key pianos, promising to transport you through a journey of emotions and melodies.
This concert launches the International Stretto Festival based in New York City. For more information on the festival check out the Sizzle Reel.
Admission by donation with funds raised going to promoting pianos with narrow keys.
Seating is limited to 50. Please RSVP to playpianotoday@gmail.com
Program:
Tribute to the late Peter Schikele
Debussy
Dave Grusin
Leo Ornstein
Concerto in Jazz
and more…
Program Notes:
Eliana will be presenting two works by the Ukrainian-American composer Leo Ornstein (1895-2002). The two works she will be performing, “Suicide in an Airplane” and “Sonata no.4” were both written in the same year of 1918 but contrast vastly in style. These pieces were written when Ornstein was at the height of his popularity and fame, before he stopped performing and publishing his compositions and faded into obscurity.
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Linda is a pianist, author, educator, mom, grandmother and businesswoman. Originally from Calgary, Canada, Linda made her musical debut at the age of eleven, performing with the Mount Royal College orchestra under the baton of J.S. Bach, the great-great-etc grandnephew of the legendary composer.
Linda is the author of Play Piano Chords Today. PPCT is a piano method for teens and adults who want to play current music and learn it quickly (less notes... more music). She loves teaching private and group piano, conducting workshops and classes for teachers, and inspiring students to share their joy of music by playing for each other at her famous Musical Matinees. Over the decades Linda has been on faculty as a piano teacher at Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta and the Victoria Conservatory of Music in Victoria, B.C.
Linda studied under a number of highly acclaimed teachers in both classical and jazz music, including Robin Wood, Peter Turner, Randy Halberstadt, Georgy Sebok, Karel Roessingh, and Lynne McNeil. In 2015, she received the prestigious Tech Teacher of the Year award at the national CFMTA conference in Vancouver.
Her musical performances include solo piano, concertos with orchestras, chamber music, jazz combos and 2-piano concerts with husband, Dave Paulson and with her Dragonfly Sister, Sue Gould. Most recently, in 2022, she was invited to perform in the International Stretto Piano Festival with her new narrow digital piano keys!
Linda launched the NK 5.5 keyboard with her partner Kathy Strauch that is available now.
https://www.narrowkeys.com/
https://www.playpianochordstoday.com/
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Eliana Yi is a performer and private teacher in the Seattle area. She is known for fostering a love of music in her students and her teaching approach toward healthy piano playing. She performs regularly as a solo artist on her 5.5" DS keyboard and is a faculty member at the Chopin Academy of Music in Issaquah.
Eliana recently graduated from her position as a teaching fellow at the Meadows School of the Arts at southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
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Dave Paulson is a jazz pianist and former host of the TV show Jazz Victoria for over 10 years. He currently performs with a variety of jazz combos throughout Victoria.
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Sue Gould is passionate about piano! and music of all types. Classically trained with regular doses of jazz and pop music, Sue has made herself versatile in all genres and is especially happy when collaborating with other musicians and composers.
Ms. Gould has travelled extensively throughout BC and Alberta performing in communities large and small and spent time as a faculty member at the Banff Centre for the Arts. She can be found performing with a variety of ensembles including the Music Mosaic piano trio, the Selkirk Trio, Storm Mountain Trio, the Lily Quartet, Fearing Gould, and The Dragonfly Sisters She is also the Music Director and conductor of the Purcell Mountain Orchestra.