Main Street Souvenirs: Pianist Scott Kirby (Shuler Performance)

Composer, artist, pianist Scott Kirby brings “Main Street Souvenirs: In Search Of The American Heartland'” a multi-media stage performance to the Historic Shuler Theater on Saturday, February 13th at 7 pm. The evening will feature live piano music, a spoken narrative and a video presentation. The performance is part of the 2015-2016 Performing Arts Season of the Raton Arts & Humanities. See you at the Shuler!

Tickets:  Adults $20/ Seniors $15/ Students $10. Available at www.ratonarts.org

The visual “projected” dimension of the program will accompany both the narrative and the music and will consist of Kirby’s original artwork, his video footage, his photography and archival photos. The narrative, also written by Kirby, reflects a thematic progression, weaving different concepts about small town American life together with musical, visual and literary examples which illustrate these themes.

The music in the first half will span 150 years of Americana, including Scott Joplin, Stephen Foster and John Philip Sousa, and continuing up to the present. The second half will feature Kirby’s original compositions, paintings, photography, literary excerpts and a narrative all exploring historical and visionary dimensions of the American Great Plains and Prairies.

A native of Ohio, Scott Kirby began his study of music at the age of six, and continued formal piano instruction for seventeen years. He has recorded the complete rags of Scott Joplin, performed at all of the major ragtime festivals in the United States, as well as festivals in Belgium, France, Norway, New Zealand, and Hungary.