Enjoy an Evening of Piano Music with Mitch McKay at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» on Sept. 28, 2018
September 4, 2018
September 4, 2018 - Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» associate professor of Music, Mitch McKay, will perform a solo concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, in the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Fine Arts Hall.
Tickets are $15 for adults; $9 for seniors, children and University of Florida students; and free for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» students, faculty and staff with a valid Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»ID. For ticket information, call the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Box Office at 352-395-4181 or visit the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Fine Arts ticket website.
The work of Austrian, Norwegian, Russian and American composers is featured in the concert program, which includes music from Mozart, Grieg, Rachmaninoff and more.
Members of Dance Theatre Santa Fe (DTÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³») will join McKay on stage for Mussorgsky's "Hopak" in a performance choreographed by Alora Haynes, chair of the Fine Arts Department who was formerly co-director of DTÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³». "Hopak" is derived from a word meaning "to leap and stamp one's feet," is background music for a traditional Ukrainian folk dance historically performed by Cossacks.
McKay will also be joined by one of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s new music scholarship students, DeVon Gainey, who will provide vocals for "Night Song" by H. Leslie Adams.
For more information about the piano concert, contact Mitch McKay at 352-395-5144 or mitch.mckay@sfcollege.edu.
