Experience some of your favorite tunes with the Gwinnett Philharmonic! Music Director Monte Nichols conducts as the Philharmonic Plays Pops, Tuesday, April 1 at 8:00 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center of the Gwinnett Center.
The orchestra will launch this popular concert with vibrant song selections from West Side Story. Then pianist Mac Frampton joins the orchestra for Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."
After intermission, Mr. Frampton will take the audience down memory lane with a medley of classic television hits followed by great Broadway moments – including powerful melodies from Phantom of the Opera and Cats - finally adding an exclamation point to the evening with a stirring John Williams suite.
Frampton, a medal winner in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the early days of his career, has been guest soloist with such orchestras as the Boston Pops, Mantovani, Cincinnati and St. Louis. He’s shared the stage with the likes of Bill Cosby, Glen Campbell, The Fifth Dimension and Victor Borge.
Billboard Magazine has called Frampton “an immensely talented pianist, at home in a wide variety of musical settings.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution proclaimed: “How one man can bring the rafters down in Symphony Hall as if a full orchestra were playing is a feat in itself. It’s consummate musicianship. Electrifying!”
Visit www.macframpton.com to read more about the guest artist. You can click on the speaker symbol next to selected songs on his ordering page to hear clips of his music.
The Gwinnett Philharmonic is a professional orchestra comprised of musicians who also perform with other well-known orchestras, ensembles and groups in the Atlanta area. The Philharmonic is under the direction of founding Music Director/Conductor Monte Nichols.
The Gwinnett Philharmonic’s Season Presenting Sponsors are Primerica through the Citi Foundation and the Scientific Atlanta Foundation.
Visit www.gwinnettphilharmonic.org to learn more about the concert and the Gwinnett Philharmonic.
Tickets are $28 adults, $24 seniors and $12 students, and are available through any Ticketmaster outlet or in person at the Gwinnett Center box office, open Monday thru Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
