“Clinton-Macomb
Library to celebrate Black History month with FREE Ragtime, Boogie-Woogie &
Blues family musical performance this Sunday, Feb. 9th @ 2pm!”
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 Clinton-Macomb Library this Sunday, February 9th 2014 @ 2:00
p.m. with a FREE family friendly concert of piano fun!
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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:
Sunday, February 9th 2014 @ 2:00
p.m.
Clinton-Macomb
Public Library Welcomes:
Matthew Ball ... The Boogie Woogie Kid!
40900 Romeo Plank Road
Clinton Twp. MI 48038-2955
admission: free
length: 1 hour
Matthew
Ball left a career as an attorney in 2001 after he attended a local boogie-woogie festival, to
become a blues and boogie-woogie man. Now, after a decade in the field,
with an array of accomplishments, he has distinguished himself as ‘one of
the best’ practitioners of the genre today. Described as ‘a nationally
emerging boogie-woogie master,’ Matthew is becoming one of today’s
leading performing authorities on this treasured American tradition.
Watch
Matthew heat up the keys in these youtube clips:
Bumble Bee Boogie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmM5b4jgijg
Swanee
River Boogie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VQDjapKrqs
