Saturday Night Music Appreciation Society Concert April 29th at 7PM

The Neversink Valley Museum of History and Innovation is Happy to announce the first concert of the 50th Anniversary Season.
This concert will feature RaveTesar a pianist who’s career spans five decades. While his background is in jazz, he has performed and recorded with a large roster of musicians and groups from all genres. In addition to performing and recording as an instrumentalist, Tesar is also a record producer, composer, and educator. He has written and recorded over five hundred pieces for independent film and television productions and appears himself as a presenter in a PBS educational series ‘Exploring The World Of Music’. Currently, he is the pianist and musical director for the British progressive rock band’Renaissance. The group performs throughout the world and is widely recognized for their unique combining of Classical, Folk, Rock andJazz music. Also, he is the leads his own jazz trio with three album releases since 2008. Mr. Tesar is a recent transplant to the Hudson Valley. He and his wife Laurie moved to Warwick in 2015. You can learn more and listen to music at
www.ravetesar.com
The program will be an anthology of popular music throughout the 20th Century leaning towards the American songbook tradition. The works of composers such as George Gershwin, IrvingBerlin, Jerome Kern and Richard Rogers will be featured along with a historical tribute to jazz greats from Ragtime to the modern era. More than just a piano concert, the program will include anecdotes about the composers and their works as well as insights into jazz improvisation and the inner workings of music in general. Anyone with a general appreciation of music will enjoy this show while ardent jazz listeners will still have plenty to sink their teeth into.

Every event at the NEVERSINK VALLEY MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INNOVATION goes to support our ongoing mission to educate and illuminate the history of the Neversink Valley and the D&H Canal. The Museum is open on Saturday and Sunday from Noon till four pm, so please stop by for a tour or just to say hello.
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Our SATURDAY NIGHT MUSIC APPRECIATION SOCIETY is curated by our dear friends Anne and Mike Baglione. They have been making our concerts happen for the past six years.

$7.00 general admission, $5.00 Museum members

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