Pianist Roy F. Eaton Returns to Sondheim Center in Fairfield, Iowa Sept. 25, 2010

[Roy F. Eaton]

Information on Roy F. Eaton can be found at his website, http://www.royeaton.net/ AfriClassical has received a press release on his performance of Preludes, this Saturday, September 25, 2010. The program includes Preludes of Scott Joplin (1868-1917) and William Grant Still (1895-1978), who are profiled at AfriClassical.com. The complete works of William Grant Still have been compiled by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma and are featured at the website:

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“Roy Eaton, Piano, Saturday, September 25, 8:00 pm at the Sondheim Center

Beloved Pianist Roy Eaton Returns to Fairfield, Saturday, September 25, 8:00 pm at the Sondheim

Roy Eaton, pianist from NYC, returns to Fairfield on Saturday, September 25, 8:00 pm at the Sondheim Center in Fairfield, courtesy of Chamber Music Society Fairfield.

“He’ll regale us to a Quantum of Preludes, a sumptuous series of preludes by Bach, Chopin, Gershwin, William Grant Still, and Scott Joplin. Technically, a Prelude is something that comes before something else. But over the years, the Prelude has increasingly become a form that stands alone.

“The Moscow Courier wrote: 'There are occasions when this world gives us magic moments of inspiration, when our reason and our soul live a special life, which is unfettered by mundane earthly laws. It was exactly this kind of moment which an American pianist, Roy Eaton, gave to Moscovites who managed to get to his concerts." “Mr. Eaton will be signing CDs after the recital.

More info at my website here: http://tinyurl.com/27quh48

Freddy Niagara Fonseca, Founder & Director

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Scott Joplin's 'Elite Syncopations' in 'Cross Cultural' Piano Program in Kwazulu-Natal

[Scott Joplin on 1983 U.S. Postal Service Black Heritage Stamp]

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Sunday, December 13, 2009
“Music Revival At New Year
Christopher Duigan presents four solo piano concerts in Pietermaritzburg for the new year.
Music Revival’s popular year-end concert performances are once again on the cards, offering a welcome respite from the holiday rush and an opportunity to be entertained over the festive season.

“Christopher Duigan will play a selection of music for solo piano from his highly successful Play Piano Play! This pianistic bonanza with a contemporary 'cross cultural' slant focuses on music that makes the piano sing, dance and jump!

"Included are selections of contemporary film music by Richard Guinness and Yann Tiersen, Gershwin's My One and Only, JS Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Manuel de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance, Scott Joplin's Elite Syncopations, tangos by Brazilian Ernesto Nazareth and by Argentina's Astor Piazzolla. These rub shoulders with brilliant virtuoso concert pieces by Frederic Chopin and Liszt's toe-tapping Hungarian Rhapsody No 2.

“Concerts take place on December 30 and 31 and January 2 at 19h30 as well as on January 3 at 15h30 at 35 Montgomery Drive, Athlone in Pietermaritzburg.” [Scott Joplin is profiled at AfriClassical.com]

Charles Darden: 'an authority on the life and music of the ragtime composer Scott Joplin'

[Photo of Charles Darden at Bonchoeur.blogspot.com]

Charles Darden posted a comment today on “Darryl Taylor Offers Condolences On Passing of Composer Hale Smith”: “I will always remember Hale Smith's encouraging words and advice to me as a young black conductor. He also urged to write and perform 'Great Scott!' the story of the life of Scott Joplin, which I continue to perform. Thank you Hale. Charles Darden”

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Charles Darden Bio
March 7, 2008
Charles Darden is Director of Music of the Anglican Church, and Director of La Chorale De Bons Choeurs, on the island of St. Barts in the Caribbean French West Indies. He is a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He grew up in California and was the founder and conductor of the Berkeley Free Orchestra. In 1970, Seiji Ozawa appointed him Apprentice Conductor to the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Later, he was twice a Conducting Fellow at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra where he studied with Leonard Bernstein. In 1975, Lorin Maazel appointed him Conducting Assistant to the Cleveland Orchestra. He was later appointed Musical Director of the Ballet Rambert in London and later Principal Conductor of the Dance Theater of Harlem in New York. He was a frequent guest conductor in Europe, primarily in Norway, where he was a regular conductor with the Den Norske Opera. He is an accomplished pianist and has appeared as Jasbo Brown in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Porgy and Bess. Mr. Darden is an authority on the life and music of the ragtime composer Scott Joplin. He wrote the one-man show Great Scott! outlining the life of the ragtime composer Scott Joplin. [Full Post]