Richard Glazier in From Gershwin to Garland September 11, 2010

Augustana Arts presents
Richard Glazier, pianist
From Gershwin to Garland

Back by popular demand, Augustana Arts presents renowned pianist Richard Glazier in From Gershwin to Garland in one performance only at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, September 11 at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 East Alameda Avenue, Denver. Tickets are $12 - $20 and available at 303-388-4962 or online atwww.augustanaarts.org
 
In 2010, Glazier's television program, “From Gershwin to Garland – A Musical Journey with Richard Glazier” began showing on PBS stations around the country. In the hour-long show, he tells about his friendships with three legendary figures in American Popular Song, Ira Gershwin, Johnny Green and Hugh Martin, as well as opera star Camilla Williams (“Porgy & Bess”) and the great Judy Garland, whose artistry introduced a 9-year old Glazier to this music. This program airs on KRMA Ch 6 at 4 p.m. on Sunday, September 5.
 
This new show features film clips, rare home movies, video tributes and the kind of fascinating stories and inside information that are Glazier’s trademark. The program includes "Rhapsody In Blue," "Embraceable You," "Someone To Watch Over Me," "Body and Soul," "Over The Rainbow," "Bess You Is My Woman," "The Trolley Song," "I Got Rhythm" and "Moon River."

Award winning pianist and master storyteller, Richard Glazier, is one of today's foremost interpreters of the American Popular Songbook. He has performed in nearly every state of the union, bringing audiences not only the music of the Golden Age of American Popular Song, but fascinating commentary about the composers of the era as well. Weaving stories, film clips and piano performances, Glazier's programs are entertaining, educational and inspiring. For some of his audience, Glazier brings back fond memories, for others he gives an exciting glimpse of our musical heritage.

Glazier's love for this music and the era in which it was written dates back to his first encounter with George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” when he was 9 years-old. At the suggestion of his Aunt Esther he wrote a fan letter to Ira Gershwin. Amazingly, he answered and they began a three-year correspondence. In 1975, when he was 12 years old, Ira Gershwin invited him to his Beverly Hills home. In his concerts he tells the story of meeting Ira because it literally changed the course of his life.

Trained in the classics, Richard Glazier earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in piano performance fromIndiana University School of Music and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He made formal classical debuts in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Rome, and won several major international piano competitions including the Pro Musicis Award and National Federation of Music Clubs Grand Prize. More information at richardglazier.com

"Richard Glazier has Gershwin in his soul." – Michael Feinstein
Augustana Arts presents Pianist Richard Glazier - “From Gershwin to Garland” - Sat., Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 East Alameda Ave., Denver. $20 Adult / $12 Senior & Student - 303-388-4962 or www.augustanaarts.org.