CANCELLED - Theatre Organist Extraordinaire - Ken Double
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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SUNDAY, APRIL 22
CONCERT OF KEN DOUBLE HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Due to a sudden illness in the ARCA family, the April 22nd concert of organist Ken Double has been cancelled. We are grateful that Ken Double will be returning to Foxburg later in the 2018 season to perform a concert on the McKissick Mighty Wurlitzer, the exact date to be announced. Please check back for details.
The post-concert opening reception for the exhibit of photographer Dennis Keyes and the hand-coiled basket maker Linda Thompson originally schedule from 4 to 6 PM on April 22 in the Red Brick Gallery ALSO HAS BEEN POSTPONED. The Red Brick Gallery will be open on Sunday, April 22 from noon to 4:00 PM. A new date for the exhibit Opening Reception will be announced soon.
On Sunday, April 22nd at 2:00 PM, Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts welcomes back to the Lincoln Hall McKissick Mighty Wurlitzer one of the preeminent theatre organists and recording artists of the day – KEN DOUBLE. This internationally acclaimed, world traveled organist will perform a program of diverse theatre organ favorites from his ten CDs. Theatre organ mavens will be spell bound by his dazzling arrangements that will show the McKissick Mighty Wurlitzer and its percussion instrument “toy shelf” to their full glory!
Tickets are Adults $25, Members $20 an Students $5. After the concert, ARCA $100 and above donors are invited to attend a reception at RiverStone Mansion.
During his concert career, Ken Double has performed all over the United States in addition to seven tours of Australia and New Zealand and two trips to Great Britain, including stops in Seattle, WA; Wilmington, DE; Tampa, FL; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; the famous Casa Loma in Toronto. In addition to his hundreds of concerts, he has ten CD’s to his credit, including The Music of Casa Loma, the first-ever recording on the Mighty Wurlitzer in the Great Hall of Toronto’s historic castle. He also shares the great privilege of being one of the two organists who perform at the Atlanta Fox Theatre on famed Mighty Mo, the great Moller organ in Atlanta. Ken is thrilled with the opportunity to return to scenic Foxburg, PA for another visit with the Mighty Wurlitzer.