Heralded Pianist George Winston to Play Benefit Concert for Hopa Mountain –Bozeman, MT
On Wednesday, May 18 at 7 p.m. in the Emerson Cultural Center’s Crawford Theater, renowned pianist George Winston will perform a benefit concert in support of Hopa Mountain, a Bozeman-based nonprofit organization. This benefit concert will feature George’s Summer Show, including spring and summer songs, melodic folk piano songs from his recordings, Vince Guaraldi’s “Peanuts” pieces, and songs inspired by the New Orleans R&B piano tradition and the Harlem stride piano tradition. Tickets are $20 per person.
They can be purchased in advance at Cactus Records (online and in the store) and at the door. George Winston will also be holding a food drive for the Gallatin County Food Bank before the concert. Non-perishable food will be collected at the door.
Since 1972 George has released thirteen solo piano albums, and his latest releases are Love Will Come -The Music Of Vince Guaraldi Vol 2 (2010), and Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions 2 – A Louisiana Wetlands Benefit (2012). For more information and to hear his music, visit www.georgewinston.com.
For more information about the May 18 benefit concert in Bozeman, please call Hopa Mountain at 586-2455 or email info@hopamountain.org. Hopa Mountain invests in rural and tribal citizen leaders, adults and youth, that are working to improve education, ecological health, and economic development (www.hopamountain.org).
