The Essex Chamber Music Players will present a fundraising concert featuring pianist David Pihl performing classical and contemporary music.  The second half of the concert will feature the music of William Thomas McKinley of Reading.

Pianist Featured in Essex Chamber Fundraiser

Pianist David Alan Pihl will perform the works of Mozart, Brahms, and McKinley, during a fundraiser for the Essex Chamber Music Players on Sunday, February 24, beginning at 2 p.m. in Northern Essex Community College’s Hartleb Technology Center, 100 Elliott St., Haverhill.

In case of inclement weather the concert will be held March 24^th.

Pihl is an active soloist and collaborative player in the northeast. He has recorded a number of CD’s for Master Musicians Collective and Parma Recordings.

The NECC program will be rich in classic repertoire with Mozart’s “Piano Sonata #7 in C Major K. 309”, and three works of Brahms: “Capriccio in f# minor op. 76, #1”, “Rhapsodie #1 in b minor, op. 79”; and “Intermezzo in A Major, op 118, #2”. 

The 2^nd half of the program will be devoted to performing internationally known composer William Thomas McKinley’s “Etudes for Solo Piano”. Pihl will perform 17 of the 24 études.

Admission is $15, seniors $10, students $5, and NECC students with an ID are free. Tickets can be purchased in advance at MVarts.Info. Proceeds will benefit the Essex Chamber Music Players. The Essex Chamber Music Players, under the Artistic Direction Michael G. Finegold, are in residence at NECC.

For more information, visit www.ecmp.org or contact Finegold at 978 470-1584 or ECMP314@comcast.net.

With campuses in Haverhill and Lawrence and extension sites in Methuen and Groveland, Northern Essex Community College is a state-assisted college, offering over 70 associate degree and certificate programs as well as hundreds of noncredit courses designed for personal enrichment and career growth.  More than 9,600 students are enrolled in credit associate degree and certificate programs on the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses; and another 5,500 take non-credit workforce development and community education classes on campus, and at businesses and community sites across the Merrimack Valley.  Northern Essex is the only state college located in the lower Merrimack Valley Region of Massachusetts. For more information, visit the website at www.necc.mass.edu.