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Date:<\/strong> Friday, March 15
Time:<\/strong> 7 p.m.
Location:<\/strong> Martin Chapel
Admission:<\/strong> Free (suggested $10 donation)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

EMU\u2019s piano virtuoso David Berry<\/strong> is gathering his friends for a celebration of music and community. And, he\u2019s bringing along a special guest: a Grammy Award-winning violinist who\u2019s performed in sold-out stadiums with Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The David Berry and Friends concert, back by popular demand for a third straight year, returns to Martin Chapel on Friday, March 15, at 7 p.m. The concert is free to attend and open to the public. A suggested $10 donation can be made online here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berry, music program director at EMU as well as the night\u2019s featured pianist, said the purpose of the concert is to bring members of the community together for a diverse repertoire of classical, jazz, soul, spirituals and gospel music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll of these styles have been a part of my life,\u201d he said, \u201cand I\u2019ll be performing with people I\u2019ve gotten to know from different corners of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who\u2019s on stage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The talented artists joining Berry on stage include: Grammy-nominated cellist Amanda Gookin<\/strong>, saxophonist Josh Dove<\/strong>, drummer and EMU music alum Joseph Harder<\/strong>, bassist Joseph Nichols<\/strong>, multi-genre singers Michael Richardson<\/strong> and Devonte Garcia<\/strong>, actress Andre\u00e1 Bellamore<\/strong>, and special guest artist, violinist Lady Jess<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the concert, Berry will share stories of how he knows the musicians performing with him. For example, Dove is the owner of Whitesel Music<\/a>, a Harrisonburg, Virginia, store that helped Berry move a piano into his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berry and Lady Jess<\/a> have performed together in New York City with the Harlem Chamber Players. The violinist is a soloing member of Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s band and joined the Single Ladies<\/em> singer and Jay-Z during their On The Run II tour in 2018. She also performed with Beyonc\u00e9 at the Coachella festival (2018) and appeared in the Netflix concert film Homecoming<\/em> (2019). Lady Jess has played with The Roots on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon<\/em> and collaborated with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Hans Zimmer \u2014 arranging and recording with the latter for the live-action The Lion King <\/em>soundtrack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gookin is the executive director of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival<\/a> and works with Berry, its artistic director, to plan the annual weeklong event. Her cello music has been described as \u201cthe highest level of artistry\u201d (The WholeNote<\/a>) and she\u2019s been praised for her \u201cexpert technical work\u201d (The Strad).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both of the night\u2019s vocalists are students at James Madison University. Berry described Richardson’s voice as big, booming and baritone, and Garcia’s as \u201camazing and soulful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What to expect<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The concert will feature works ranging from Antonin Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Piano Trio No. 3 in F-minor, Op. 65<\/em>, to soulful classics by Alicia Keys and Walter Hawkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dvo\u0159\u00e1k was a Czech composer from the 19th century best known for his “New World Symphony.” Berry described the piece he’ll be playing with Gookin and Lady Jess as “a full journey.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a classical masterwork of chamber music,\u201d he said, \u201cbut it\u2019s influenced by a love of Bohemian folk music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berry said Lady Jess will meet with EMU music students the day before the concert and talk to them about pursuing a career in music. In a recent Instagram post<\/a> about the concert, Lady Jess said she was \u201cvery excited to meet these students and to collaborate with some incredible artists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event will be livestreamed on the <\/em>EMU Department of Music<\/em><\/a> Facebook page.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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