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An Evening for Two Harpischords
Venue: The Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, May 11, 2013
Time: 7:30 - 10:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Arts & Theatre
Cost: $25.00
Description:
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts presents “An Evening of Music for Two Harpsichords”, on Saturday, May 11 at 7:30pm.

The concert, featuring Judy Bevans and Lynne Mackey, will be held in The Jacksonville Center Community Room.

Judy Bevans studied Piano at the Eastman School of Music. She holds a Master of Education degree in Music from Harvard University, and a Master of Music degree in the Performance of Early Music from the New England Conservatory. After completing Early Music studies, she served as harpsichordist with the Cantabrigia Trio, performing music for flute, bassoon and harpsichord in New England.

Preferring music of the Baroque and Pre-Classical Periods, her harpsichord activities center on chamber music and the repertoire for two harpsichords. She has performed with numerous musicians in the New River Valley, including concerts at The Jacksonville Center, Hollins Univerisity, Radford University, Virginia Tech and Shenandoah University, as well as several concerts for two keyboard instruments sponsored by the Roanoke Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Her most recent solo harpsichord concerts featured Bach’s “Goldberg Variations.”

Pianist and harpsichordist Lynne Mackey has performed in solo and chamber music settings in the United States and overseas, and also currently tours as an artist with the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Ms. Mackey received graduate degrees from The Juilliard School, and the Eastman School of Music where she studied harpsichord with Arthur Haas. She holds her Bachelors degree from The University of Michigan School of Music.

Ms. Mackey is director of the Virginia Baroque Performance Academy, celebrating its fifth year as part of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Most recent Baroque performance highlights include Bach Concerto for 4 harpsichords with the Staunton Music Festival, and Bach Concerto for 2 harpsichords with the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival Chamber concerts, as well as various recitals with violin, and baritone. She is currently associate professor of music at Eastern Mennonite University.

Tickets are $25 in advance and can be purchased online, by phone, or in person at The Jax. Tickets purchased at the door are $25 as well.

A reception in the Hayloft Gallery with a cash bar will follow the concert.

The Jax is located at 220 Parkway Lane South in Floyd, ½ mile south of the stoplight on Route 8. Regular hours are Monday to Saturday, 10-5pm and Sunday, 12-5pm.

For more information about The Jax visit http://jacksonvillecenter.org/event/an-evening-of-music-for-two-harpsichords/ or call 540-745-2784.