By Max Filkins
Waukegan, IL. – I have written previously about many of the amazing benefits that live music has to offer us all. Live music brings us closer together, entertains us and provides a spiritual satisfaction that can elude us in our fast-paced daily life. Live music creates memories that last a lifetime that can be shared with everyone in the collective audience. Concerts are perfect for family outings, friend hangouts, and can also make for a wonderfully romantic date with your special someone!
You may be thinking, “Well yeah, concerts are great, but they’re too expensive and too far away!”. Think again! There’s no need to spend $75 per ticket and drive all the way down into the city every time you want to hear some quality live music. Here at Family Piano, we have affordable live concerts almost every weekend featuring some of the greatest local musicians in the Chicagoland area! You don’t have to worry about finding parking or squeezing your way through loud crowds just to see the musicians play. Our concerts take place in our beautiful and intimate Riverside Room just downstairs from our main gallery. And you won’t have to struggle to get a glimpse of the musicians, you’ll be able to chat them up post-show! Friendly faces and good times had by all!
Upcoming concerts:
Yulia Lipmanovich
Sunday, February 23rd, 3PM – 5PM
$12 Early Bird / $15 GA at the Door
Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann!
Dr. Yulia Lipmanovich is a Russian-born concert pianist and distinguished piano teacher with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance from the Juilliard School of Music. Come see here masterfully perform some of the most complicated music in the classical piano repertoire!
Anatoliy Torchinskiy
Saturday, March 7th, 7:30PM – 9:00PM
$10 Early Bird / $12 GA
Beethoven, Haydn, Gerschwin and more!
Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Mr. Torchinskiy began his piano studies nearly forty years ago. As a small child, he won numerous competitions and eventually studied at the Central Ukrainian Music High School for Gifted Children. He studied with Olga Liforenko, Violetta Chernyshova, and Boris Archimovich. He performed as a concert pianist with both the Ukrainian Chamber Orchestra and the Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra on Soviet television.
The Shawn Maxwell Quartet
Friday, March 13th, 7:30PM – 9PM
$10 Early Bird / $12 GA at the Door
The Shawn Maxwell Quartet is not like the average jazz band – in fact their writing, approach, & style are anything but. The quintet focuses on original material penned by Shawn, and the result is a high energy mixture of bebop, rock, hip-hop, classical and fusion.
Rick Lowe and Jenny Cook
Saturday, March 14th, 3pm-5pm
$10 Early Bird / $12 GA at the Door
My own former piano teacher Rick Lowe and operatic singer Jenny Cook will be performing a mixture of classical, opera, and jazz-tastic music that is sure to take your breath away!
Now that you know what’s up and coming, I hope to see you come in and enjoy an evening of music that you won’t ever forget!
Preorder your tickets today at: https://familypiano.com/waukegan-events-concerts-tickets/