Pianist Barron Ryan – Classic Meets Cool

​Is there a piano concert that can make audiences laugh, dance, and discover something new all at once? Barron Ryan’s Classic Meets Cool does exactly that.

This isn’t your typical recital. It’s a lively journey of great piano music including classical, jazz, and pop, plus new compositions infused with modern influences like country, soul, and funk.

Concertgoers don’t need to be classical music fans to fall in love with this show. Whether they’re bringing kids, grandparents, or a musically skeptical friend, everyone will leave with a new appreciation for just how exciting a piano can be!

PROGRAM

I Want You Back — Jackson 5, arr. B. C. P. Ryan

Nursery Rhymes — arr. B. C. P. Ryan

Suite Thing, Op. 2 — B. C. P. Ryan
I. Out for Delivery
II. Purdie Please
III. If I Don’t See You Again
IV. Flash in the Pan

Happy — Pharrell Williams

Intermission

Suite Bergamesque, L. 75 — Claude Debussy
III. Clair de lune

The Holberg Suite, Op. 40 — Edvard Grieg
I. Praeludium

Snowy Morning Blues — James P. Johnson

My One and Only Love — Guy Wood, arr. D. Ryan

Blues Etude — Oscar Peterson