“Piano Potpourri” at SJCT September 5

Northwest pianist Kay Zavislak returns to Friday Harbor for a solo performance at San Juan Community Theatre on Saturday, September 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Zavislak was featured in the Island’s popular Melodious Notes Over the Harbor chamber concert in March. Her “Piano Potpourri” concert will feature her favorite miniatures and masterworks for solo piano. The program highlights music from various musical eras and styles, ranging from Beethoven’s powerful Sonata in C Major, Op.54 “Waldstein” to Debussy’s La fille aux cheveux de lin “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair” to Kapustin’s jazzy Preludes No. 5 and no. 23.

Zavislak enjoys a multi-faceted career as a performer, teacher, adjudicator, and clinician—currently living in Bellingham where she teaches at Western Washington. Spending her formative years in Japan, Kay attended the Toho Gakuen High School of Music, one of the most prestigious conservatories in Japan.

As a performer, Kay has given solo recitals and chamber concerts regionally and nationally, in addition to public performances in Australia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, and Poland. In collaboration with flutist Leonard Garrison and saxophonist Bill Perconti, Kay has also recorded two commercial CDs for Centaur Records.

The Business Partner for the evening is Friday Harbor Grand. Tickets are $18 for adults; $9 for student reserved, with $5 student RUSH at the door. The SJCT box office is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or buy on-line at www.sjctheatre.org

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