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FORT BRAGG, CA. ~ Pia- nist and Steinway & Sons re- cording artist, Spencer Myer, will join the Symphony of the Redwoods to close out their 2016-2017


concert season.


Performances will be on Sat- urday, April 8, at the new time of 7:30pm and Sunday, April 9, at 2pm at Cotton Auditorium in Fort Bragg. The Symphony, led by maestro Allan Pollack, will perform Brahms’ Symphony Nº 3, and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto Nº 4, with Myer as the featured soloist. This upcoming concert pro- gram holds a special place in


Myer’s heart. He lists


Beethoven’s fourth Piano Con- certo in his top three favorite piano concerti to perform, and has played this particular piece nearly 20 times since he fi rst performed it in 2004. More- over, Myer played this piece in his only performance with his hometown symphony, The


Cleveland Orchestra, during


the fi nal round of the Cleve- land International Piano Com- petition. “While


one may often


choose a more ‘im- pressive’ concerto


for a fi nal round of a piano competi- tion, my thought in this case was not on winning, but


rather


what I would de- sire to play with the Cleveland Orchestra were I to make it all the way to the fi nal round,” he explained. “For those 35 minutes on stage


with one of the world’s greatest ensembles, my only thought was on enjoying every mo- ment with them, rec- reating this gorgeous work.”


Myer is also cele- brating his debut


on


the Stein- way & Sons label with the release


of


his latest album, Pi- ano


Rags


of William Bolcom. Contem- porary


American composer and piano prodigy, William Bolcom, be- gan studying music composi- tion at the University of Wash-


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ington at age 11. After a career of


demonstrating his unique


blend of pop and classical genres, Bolcom was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music and earned the National Medal for the Arts. “It was wonderful to immerse myself in that terrifi c music for a period,” said Myer. “The process of recording was a joy from beginning to end, thanks to an amazing team at the Sono Luminus studio.” These upcoming performanc- es will mark Myer’s third visit to Mendocino County. “I have enjoyed a recurring relation- ship with the folks at the Men- docino


Music Festival, and


have treasured each time I’ve come,” he said. “I think north- ern California is one of Amer- ica’s most special places and landscapes, and the love for the arts in the community there is unlike most I’ve encountered around the country. I look for- ward to this trip, and to coming


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back many times!” There is still time to support the Symphony in their Twelve Nights Out dinner raffl e. The grand prize is dinner for two at 12 great local restaurants. More than half of the allotted 100 tickets have been sold. Purchase yours for $100 before the grand prize drawing at the fi nal concert, Sunday, April 9, 2017. Tickets can be purchased from any Symphony board member or from Tess Albin- Smith,


tess@alumni.ucdavis. edu or 707.961.1123.


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