Paul Kenyon: News

You are cordially invited to hear pianist, Paul Kenyon, play a CD-release celebration concert at La Jolla Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon, November 15 at 3:00 p.m. The new recording, Chiaroscuro: music of Shadows and Light, features solo piano music of Haydn, Liszt and Villa-Lobos.

Recital Program:
J.S. Bach, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Franz Joseph Haydn, Sonata in C minor
Franz Liszt, Sposalizio
Francis Poulenc, Improvisations No. 7 and No. 15
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4

Do you love music, enjoy playing but are terrified to perform in front of an audience? Do you wish that playing for friends or family was much easier?

Paul Kenyon presents an Interactive Workshop for Adult Musicians on Saturday, March 21, 2009 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm in Crill Performance Hall inside the
Cooper Music Center on the campus of Point Loma Nazarene University.

Paul Kenyon offers a practical, hands-on approach to learning, practicing and performance preparation that seeks to build confidence and fluency in performance. In a single session, Dr. Kenyon provides a holistic, step-by-step method for gaining poise in performance, regardless of experience level. The presentation includes strategies for integrating optimal use of the body, along with increased awareness of how the brain works musically. And finally, Dr. Kenyon offers suggestions for learning music in ways that foster confident musical performances.

Workshop registration is $35.00 and includes all class materials. Participants are encouraged to bring their own performing repertoire, as their will be ample opportunity for personal application and coaching.

For more information please call: 858.449.5535
or e-mail: paul@pkpiano.com

Pianist Paul Kenyon plays an All-Beethoven and Chopin recital on Thursday,
July 31, 6:30 p.m. at Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church.

The concert program will include the Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor and
the Sonata in A flat Op. 26, followed by Chopin Three Mazurkas Op. 59 and
the Fantasie in F minor Op. 49

The church address is located at 1675 Garnet Avenue, San Diego, CA
92109 and directions can be found at the church website:
http://www.pbpres.org
Admission to the concert is Free but donations will be collected to benefit
San Diego Habitat for Humanity.

Please call 858.449.5535 for more information.

Some of you have been asking about this program that I played in Florida to benefit Habitat for Humanity. I will be playing this solo program for the remainder of 2007. If any of you would like to host a Habitat benefit concert, just let me know. There are a few dates free in my schedule and I would love to play it again for this exceptionally worthy cause.

In spring of 2007 I will be playing a series of concerts with the Synergy Duo. Colin and Cathy are really great players and we will have opportunity to do some fresh combinations of repertoire for flute, guitar and piano. You can hear an appetizer on my music page that now includes a duet, "Always and Forever," featuring Colin and I. We were recorded live in Crill Performance Hall at PLNU last November. This is one of my all time favorite melodies.

What a great week of playing, teaching and learning! In a few days I will have some pictures on the gallery page. It was so much fun to see the kids working hard and soaking up so much good music. This year it was a special pleasure to have two of our recent graduates return to teach at the institute as faculty members. Thanks again to all the students, parents and teachers who make the institute possible. I am already looking forward to next year.

The Point Loma Keyboard Institute starts on July 10. I will be playing my Bach in America recital, teaching a piano literature seminar on Mozart and sharing master class duties with my friends Jane Bastien and Victor Labenske this year. By my count this is our 11th summer to offer this program for middle school and high school aged pianists.

What a wonderful time! I played the "Bach in America" program before a fabulous audience this afternoon for the Kensington series. Thanks to Ron Morebello and all the great people who organize this series of house concerts in beautiful historic homes.