Well-Known Pianist, Duke Thompson, Returns To The Valley

from Columbia Valley Pioneer - August 3 2023

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Submitted by Ken Mallett

Concert pianist Duke Thompson will be performing on Tuesday, August 8th, 2023, at 5 PM, at Christ Church Trinity, on the CVArts’ Steinway Grand Piano. Again, please note the early time of 5pm.

Admission is $10 at the door, free for children 15 and under.

This performance is also a benefit for Valley musician and pianist Barry Moore, who just recently lost his home in Edgewater to a devastating fire.

The music will be a wide variety - Leonard Cohen’s iconic “Hallelujah”, A Gordon Lightfoot medley, a Beatles or two, classics like “Amazing Grace” and “Shenandoah,” some Mozart, a variety of arrangements of many hits, and popular and Classical works. This is a real showcase of Duke’s musicianship and his wide-ranging musical interests, and he labels it “A Piano Goes Wild”. And he’s performed with Symphony orchestras up and down the Eastern Seaboard, and of course in Canada.

He last performed for CVArts in 2014, having done several concerts here in previous years. And he’s coming to Invermere after a performance in Qualicum Beach, here for a visit with long-time friends and colleague, Ken and Terrie Mallett. Then on to Red Deer for a series of concerts.

Dr. Thompson has toured as a pianist in Japan, Canada, USA, Portugal, France, the Netherlands, Ireland. He taught music and piano performance at Red Deer College for 17 years until 2001, and at Towson University, U. of Baltimore, and Arizona State University. In 2001 he founded Maryland Conservatory of Music, where he currently teaches and serves as president.

So, we look forward to a summer afternoon performance on August 8th, 5PM, at Christ Church Trinity!