Community Corner
Royal Oak Library to celebrate Black History month with FREE Ragtime, Boogie-Woogie & Blues family musical performance this Saturday, Feb. 8th @ 3pm!”
Local
boy Matthew Ball who is known as the attorney turned Boogie, Blues, & Ragtime
musician, and online as The Boogie Woogie Kid will heat up the piano keys at
The Royal Oak Library this Saturday, February 8th 2014 @ 3:00
p.m with a FREE family friendly concert of piano fun!
Today
with over 2.5 million youtube views of his past performance and at home
video footage, Ball has truly become a phenomenon, with descriptions of his
performances like “Awesome!” “Crushing!” Fantastic!”
He also boasts a pedagogical link to Frederic Chopin himself!, having studied
classically at Oakland University in Rochester MI with Dr. Flavio
Varani. Professor Varani traced his pedigree of study through the
Paris Conservatory back to Frederic Chopin by way of Magda Tagliaferro, Alfred
Cortot, and Emile Descombs, who was a late pupil of the composer Chopin.
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Suffice
to say you won’t want to miss this special toe-tappin’ program of family
piano fun featuring classics like Swanee River, Over the Rainbow, The
Entertainer, Bumble Boogie and so many more! Here are the details:
Saturday, February 8th 2014 @ 3:00
p.m.
Royal
Oak Public Library Welcomes:
Matthew Ball... The Boogie Woogie Kid!
222 East Eleven Mile Road
Royal Oak, MI 48067
248.246.3700
admission: Free
length: 1 hour