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Myra Melford

  • Piedmont Piano Company 1728 San Pablo Avenue Oakland, CA, 94612 (map)

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Myra Melford, solo

For this rare Bay Area solo piano concert, Myra Melford will be performing original compositions and improvisations.

"Attic" by Myra Melford
from "Life Carries Me This Way"


$25 General Admission

We are offering a limited number of tickets to attend this performance in person. Advance purchase is required.  COVID-19 SAFETY: All ticket holders must wear a mask while inside the piano store.


MYRA MELFORD
Throughout her life in music, the pianist and keyboardist Myra Melford has pursued a creative vision that is both wholly distinctive and all-embracing. Composition and improvisation interact seamlessly and ingeniously in her work, one side strengthening the other. Guided by that same compelling spirit, divergent idioms and eras coalesce—from jazz, blues and global folk styles to various corners of the classical tradition and the avant-garde. Extramusical influences—for instance, the poetry of Rumi or the spirituality of Indian meditation, yoga and the Huichol Indians of Mexico—have also figured into the mix. In the end, Melford’s efforts are probably best served by labels like “contemporary music,” “new music” and other tags that signify artistic freedom and daring more than any boundaries of genre. myramelford.com

Earlier Event: April 25
Allison Miller & Carmen Staaf