Once again, Maestro David Stewart Wiley has put together two exciting musical events to occur at Smith Mountain Lake during the Labor Day Weekend.
September 2, 7:00 p.m.
“Duo Piano Fireworks: From Sea to Shining C” will be presented on Friday September 2, 7:00 p.m. and will feature Tracy Cowden from Blacksburg and David Stewart Wiley on duo pianos.
David Stewart Wiley
Tracy Cowden
Hear two grand pianos, 176 keys dueling in harmony, as they kick off the Labor Day weekend with some exciting piano fireworks. Maestro David Stewart Wiley and piano virtuoso Tracy Cowden have collaborated together in planning this special program. Favorites for two pianos include the Rachmaninoff Romance, Grieg Norwegian Dance, selections from Petrouchka, a Hungarian Dance and the Haydn Variations by Brahms, plus a memorable Gershwin Porgy and Bess Fantasy and piano music from Maestro Wiley’s new score to our locally filmed “Lake Effects” movie starring Jane Seymour. If you like piano music, you will love this concert for dueling duo pianos.
September 4, 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 4th at 3:00 in the afternoon, the halls of Trinity Ecumenical Parish will again be reverberating with three vocal stars, Philip & Tara Bouknight and Leah Marer Wiley joining Maestro David Stewart Wiley in an afternoon of favorites, “Labors of Love: from Boheme to Bernstein”.
Leah Marer Wiley
Philip & Tara Bouknight
This special program features classic “Labors of Love” from beloved hit musicals and the silver screen, along with popular opera arias, duets and trios. Following last year’s sold out concert, the Wileys and the Bouknights return with an all-new program for three voices and piano that features the musical expressions of love, and love’s labor’s lost! Classics include duets from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Mozart’s Don Giovanni & Marriage of Figaro, Bizet’s Carmen, Copland’s The Tender Land, Bernstein’s Candide & West Side Story, and Puccini’s La Boheme. Theater classics include beloved themes from Gone with the Wind, Rent, My Fair Lady, and many other expressions of Amore.
Get your tickets early, for this popular afternoon concert during labor Day weekend is sure to sell out.
Both performances will be held at Trinity Ecumenical Parish, Rt. 122 at Lakemount, Moneta.
Tickets are $20 each performance or $35 for both performances
Available at the SML Visitors Center, Print-n-Paper and The General Store
Or send check to SMAC, P.O. Box 70, Moneta, VA 24121
(Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope)
For further information Call Marty 297-0965 or 540-309-1676
E-mail: martyyb@moneta-va.com
