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Kenneth Grigg, piano, performs three spectacular concerts in an intimate setting. Mr. Grigg's unusual style emphasizes fluid virtuosity, beauty and variety of tone, and the aesthetic and emotional response of each listener in his audience
All Mulberry Concerts are limited-seating events in our gracious Prairie Style home. Tickets include a post-concert wine and dessert reception.
Order passes below for these 3 concerts.
Sunday, January 14, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
Songs and Dances
Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Corea Children's Songs (selected), Jolivet Chanson naives, and music by Byrd, Jobim, Grigg, Chopin, and Ginastera
Tickets for January 14 only are available here.
Monday, March 19, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Suites Francaises
J. S. Bach Overture in the French Manner, Poulenc Suite Francaise, Debussy Pour le piano or Children's Corner, and Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin or Gaspard de la Nuit
Tickets for March 19 only are available here.
Sunday, May 20, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
By Request
From Mr. Grigg's extensive repertoire, a complete program of audience requests.
(Please note that requests must be submitted by December 31, 2017. Only ticket holders to this performance are eligible to submit requests. All requests will be considered. However, due to programming restraints, not all requests may be able to be accommodated.)
Tickets for May 20 only are available here.
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Previous 2017-2018 concerts
September 17, 2017: "Bella Italia: Italy Through the Ears of Foreign Composers"
Griffes Roman Sketches, Mendelssohn Venetianisches Gondellieder, Poulenc Napoli, and music by J. S. Bach and Liszt.
Monday, November 13, 2017: Arrangements and Transcriptions
Stravinsky Trois Movements de Petrouchka, folk and popular songs, operatic arias, movie music, and Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
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Kenneth Grigg has concertized throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, and Italy; he attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, attended Oberlin College from which he received bachelor's degrees in piano and English (with a minor in history), and holds a master's degree in piano from the University of Texas, where he completed all course work for a DMA.
Mr. Grigg is active as recitalist, coach, teacher, chamber musician, collaborative pianist, and clinician; he is a member of the duo Senza Misura (with Catherine LeGrand).
Mr. Grigg has toured with the Oberlin Choir, the Arius Chamber Players, the Virginia Opera, Eurythmy, and has prepared projects ranging from Peter Brook's Marat/Sade (the Governor's School of North Carolina) to Arnold Schoenberg's Moses und Aron (Opera de Lyon).
Mr. Grigg's professional travels have taken him to Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, England, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Thailand, Uruguay, and Wales.
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LocationSalle Pleyel (View)
1128 W. Columbia Avenue
Chicago, IL 60626
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 12 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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Contact
| Owner: Fred |
| On BPT Since: May 13, 2017 |
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