Pianist Steven Mayer is coming back to Auburn by popular demand.
When he plays Sunday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, it will be his second time in town.
Mayer performed for the Adams Foundation Piano Series in 2004 and was so well-received by the audience, when organizers surveyed regular patrons to see who they wanted to return, Mayer was the most requested player.
“He kind of mixed the classical with some jazz,” said Tom Hussey, one of the series organizers. “I think people like that. It's a little more modern.”
The New York City-based performer and music professor's program for Sunday has some familiar names for classical soloists: Liszt, Wagner, Ives, Weber, etc.
But Mayer is also known to include pieces by American composers who were some of the most influential names in early jazz and ragtime, including Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton and Art Tatum.
The concert is part of a series funded by the Adams Foundation, which strives to bring quality musicians to small cities and venues. The Adams series has brought some of the biggest names in classical piano to Auburn for almost a decade.
Hussey said 20th-century American music is not often the focal point of most of the performers' programs.
“Most of the music we get is European music,” Hussey said. “But I think Steve probably has the most modern and popular-oriented repertoire.”
Mayer has received positive reviews in The New York Times, Boston Herald, Los Angeles Times, London Daily Telegraph and Dallas Morning News.
He has performed solo and with orchestras around the world, and is currently a professor of piano at the New York-based International Keyboard Institute and Festival at the Mannes College of Music.
Mayer is one of two pianists who will be in Auburn this season as part of the Adams series. Ann Schein, who is known for her performances of Chopin's famous Preludes, will play April 19.
Christopher Caskey
253-5311 ext. 282
christopher.caskey@lee.net
Mayer performed for the Adams Foundation Piano Series in 2004 and was so well-received by the audience, when organizers surveyed regular patrons to see who they wanted to return, Mayer was the most requested player.
“He kind of mixed the classical with some jazz,” said Tom Hussey, one of the series organizers. “I think people like that. It's a little more modern.”
The New York City-based performer and music professor's program for Sunday has some familiar names for classical soloists: Liszt, Wagner, Ives, Weber, etc.
But Mayer is also known to include pieces by American composers who were some of the most influential names in early jazz and ragtime, including Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton and Art Tatum.
The concert is part of a series funded by the Adams Foundation, which strives to bring quality musicians to small cities and venues. The Adams series has brought some of the biggest names in classical piano to Auburn for almost a decade.
Hussey said 20th-century American music is not often the focal point of most of the performers' programs.
“Most of the music we get is European music,” Hussey said. “But I think Steve probably has the most modern and popular-oriented repertoire.”
Mayer has received positive reviews in The New York Times, Boston Herald, Los Angeles Times, London Daily Telegraph and Dallas Morning News.
He has performed solo and with orchestras around the world, and is currently a professor of piano at the New York-based International Keyboard Institute and Festival at the Mannes College of Music.
Mayer is one of two pianists who will be in Auburn this season as part of the Adams series. Ann Schein, who is known for her performances of Chopin's famous Preludes, will play April 19.
Christopher Caskey
253-5311 ext. 282
christopher.caskey@lee.net
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