Nationally known Native pianist to perform benefit concert
January 2008 Minneapolis benefit concert Event
Minneapolis classical music fans will have a rare opportunity to hear a Native classical musician of national stature perfom works of reknowned Quawpaw/Cherokee composer Louis Ballard. The Twin Cities debut of Tim Hays (HoCak) will take place at All God's Children MCC church in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan 5, 2008 at 7:30 in the evening. A post concert dialogue with the artist and reception to follow. Free will donation of $10 is suggested, but everyone will be admitted. A benefit for Two Spirit Press Room and the 20th Anniversary International Two Spirit Gathering, we are delighted to welcome Mr. Hays to Minnesota. Complete concert information, the program, biographical information about the artist appear on the concert announcement. Please join us!
Join us for a benefit performance for Two Spirit Press Room and the 2008
20th International Two Spirit Gathering
The Twin Cities Debut of Pianist Tim Hays
Performing selected works from
Native American composer Louis Ballard (Quapaw/Cherokee)
Bach, Scarlatti, Bartok, Debussy
Date: Saturday, January 5, 2008
Time 7:30 PM
Place All God’s Children Metropolitan Community Church
3100 Park Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55407 - 612.824.2673
Cost: $10 suggested donation-everyone will be admitted
Contact: Richard LaFortune – 612.267.1682/ twospiritpressroom@yahoo.com
“This keyboardist's fine ability to handle complex ornamentation was on display immediately….Mr. Hays's Scarlatti sound was brilliant....superb playing, bright and energetic…. fine playing... The overall sound was superb, and Mr. Hays has a brilliant tone and a steely touch to match. He is especially adept at individual note definition and command of internal dynamics." New York Sun Review
Meet the artist immediately after the program for light refreshments and a post concert discussion moderated by the First Nations Composer Initiative
"Nebraskan pianist Tim Hays kicked off the new season of concerts at St. Paul's Chapel on Monday with a lively and upbeat recital. Much more than just a performer, Mr. Hays is a strong advocate for his Native American culture, and is perhaps best known in New York for his work at the American Indian Community House.”
Program
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Sonata in B-flat, Kirkpatrick 544
Cantabile
Sonata in B-flat, Kirkpatrick 545
Allegro
Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) From Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2-
Prelude & Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 883
Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918) From Preludes, Book 1 (1909-10)-
La serenade interrompue- The interrupted serenade
Bela Bartok (1882-1945) From Mikrokosmos, Book 4 (1929-36, rev. 1940)-
Notturno
Melody in the Mist
From the Island of Bali
Bourree
Louis Ballard (1933-2007) Four American Indian Preludes (1963)
(Quapaw/Cherokee) Ombaska - Morning: Pre-dawn
Tabideh - The Hunt
Nikatoheh - Love Song
To’Kah’Ni - Warrior Dance
Titles are in Quapaw language.
Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite no. 5 in E minor, BWV 809
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Passepied 1 & 2
Gigue
Program performed without intermission.
Tim Hays (Ho Chunk) was born and raised in Nebraska, began piano studies at 13, and at 17 he played the Ravel Concerto in G with the Omaha Symphony; his teachers have included Beth Miller-Harrod, Dr. Vladimir Sokoloff, Paul Badura-Skoda and Tedd Joselson. He is the first Native American pianist to present solo recitals at both the Institute of America Indian Arts in Santa Fe and the American Indian Community House in New York. He has played on the Dame Myra Hess series in Chicago, was invited to appear with Jens Nygaard and his Jupiter Symphony and will present a recital at St. Paul’s Chapel, near the WTC site, in New York. His affiliations include the Cleveland Ballet, Chicago City Ballet, the Joffery & Feld Ballets, and the American Ballet Theater; in Europe he was affiliated with the Opernhaus Zurich in Switzerland and the Opern du Rhin in France. As cultural advocate for Native peoples he has been interviewed in the Chicago Sun Times and the Voice of America. He has curated performance works at the Randolf Street Gallery in Chicago, and the triptych Singing, Speaking, Dancing in Beauty, Continuum, and CEREMONY in New York. His work recently appeared in Genocide of the Mind, a new anthology of emerging and established Native American writers. He is the member of the staff at the House Manger’s Office at Carnegie Hall.
