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Updated: February 26, 2008 |
Featuring pianist Sue Keller in concert. Also see
the section below with Festival and Concert
details.
Festivals, Concerts, and Events
- Saturday, March 1st at 2:15 PM
- Acorn Public Library - Oak Forest, IL
15624 Central Ave., Oak Forest, IL 60452
For information:
call:
(708)-687-3700
web page:
http://www.acornlibrary.org
40th anniversary of the
Acorn Public Library, held at the Acorn Public Library. Sue's performance
starts at 2:15 PM, but there will be entertainment most of the day. Plus a
balloon release at 2 PM!
- Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 2:15 PM
- Morton Grove Library - Morton Grove, IL
,
6140 Lincoln Avenue, Morton Grove, IL
For information
call: (847)
965-4220
web page: http://www.webrary.org/
Free to the
public!
- Saturday, March 15, 2008
- Master Class at the Joplin House with Sue Keller - St.
Louis, MO
Scott Joplin House, 2658 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis,
MO
For information call: (314) 340-5790
Ragtime Piano Master
Class with Sue Keller at the former home of Scott Joplin in St. Louis. The
master class consists of 1/2 hour sessions with Sue Keller which begin in the
morning and continue into the afternoon after lunch. Bring your family, bring
your friends, and/or just come yourself, watch, and take notes with your video
camera if you wish. Please call and reserve a time-slot if you're interested in
participating as the number of available time-slots are limited.
- Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- Sue Keller in concert - Scott Joplin House - St. Louis,
MO
Scott Joplin House, 2658 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis,
MO
For information call: (314) 340-5790
Sue Keller in concert
at former home of Scott Joplin in St. Louis. This location is now an official
historic landmark maintained and operated by the State of Missouri.
- Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 2:00 PM
- Women and the Blues seminar - Scott Joplin House - St.
Louis, MO
Scott Joplin House, 2658 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis,
MO
For information call: (314) 340-5790
Sue Keller seminar on
Women And The Blues. This location is now an official historic landmark
maintained and operated by the State of Missouri.
- Saturday, April 12th, 2008 at 2:00 PM
- 4th Annual Viking Lodge Ragtime
The
Harald Viking Lodge, 6730 W. 175th Street, Tinley Park, IL
For
information contact: (708) 712-2556
call: (708) 560-9033
e-mail:
ragtime@rtpress.com
web
page: http://www.rtpress.com
write to: PO Box 630, Oak Forest,
IL 60452
Join Sue Keller, Tex Wyndham, Dick Zimmerman, Tracy Doyle,
Dave Majchzrak, Beve Opelka, Jim Radloff, Steve Standiford, and Wesley
Reznichek along with some of Sue's students for a great time at the Viking
Lodge! Admission: $20 at the door. Advance tickets will be available March 1,
2008.
- Friday, May 23, 2008
- 34th Annual World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing
Contest - Peoria, IL
Hotel Pere Marquette
For
information call: (217) 428-2403
e-mail:
Pianoctest@aol.com
web
page: http://www.oldtimepiano.com
If you've every wondered
who's been home-growing all those ragtime kids... you must have been missing
out on this event.! All your favorites, and always some new faces. Besides the
competition there's a pre-festival riverboat ragtime cruise, an afterglow
ragtime party every night, a Saturday evening concert, dinner with the
champion, a Memorial Day ragtime breakfast, and a cast of thousands!
- Monday, Memorial Day, May 26th, 2008 at 11:00
AM
- Ragtime Rally at the Joplin House - St. Louis,
MO
Scott Joplin House, 2658 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis,
MO
For information call: (314) 340-5790
Ragtime Rally with Sue
Keller and friends at the former home of Scott Joplin in St. Louis. A variety
of ragtime musicians will highlight music by women composers as well as their
traditional male counterparts. Educational programs, a silent auction, historic
cars, a mechanical music display and more will be featured at the event which
runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - Sunday, June 8
- Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival - Sedalia,
MO
321 S. Ohio Street, Sedalia, MO 65301
For
information
call local: (660)-826-2271
call toll-free: 866-218-6258
e-mail: ragtimer@scottjoplin.org
web page:
http://www.scottjoplin.org
Overdose on Ragtime. At the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival
with Sue Keller, Artistic Director. This is the largest and most prestigious
ragtime festival in the world and is held in the very town where Scott Joplin
lived, worked, and wrote the Maple Leaf Rag. All paid concerts this year will
to be held at the Liberty Center. Free outdoor venues operate by day, every
day, all over town. The Ragtime Dance will be held on Friday, June 6th at the
MEC Building on the Fairgrounds. Join Sue with all of the usual suspects: Mimi
Blais, Jeff and Ann Barnhart with Danny Coots, Brian Holland, Dave Majchzrak,
Dave Tucker, Dave Reffkin, John Petley, Adam Swanson, Adam Yarian, Brett
Youens, Bill Edwards, Bryan Wright, Jim Radloff, Steve Standiford, Susan
Cordell. Plus a bunch of folks that we haven't seen in a while: The Royal
Guitars from Denmark, Kjell Waltman from Sweden, Neville Dickie and Philip
Dyson from the great and once all-powerful land of UK, the Sunflower Orchestra
under the direction of Steve Smith, and Mike Schwimmer. Also, this year, the
Ragtime Rebels, a marimba and xylophone band from University of Nevada, Las
Vegas will be joining us for the first time... and a host of others.... last
year there were a total of over 135 piano players and other musicians on the
bill!
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