TONY TRISCHKA - tickets on sale now

TONY TRISCHKA
Stage Door Theater – February 19, 2010
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Charlotte, NC – Perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world, TONY TRISCHKA, performs at the Stage Door Theater Fri., Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. For more than 35 years, his stylings have inspired a whole generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians. This concert is presented by MaxxMusic, Visulite Theatre and the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at BlumenthalCenter.org, by phone at 704-372-1000, or from the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Box Office located in the Tryon Street lobby of the Belk Theater.
TONY TRISCHKA is not only considered among the very best pickers, he is also one of the instrument's top teachers, and created numerous instructional books & teaching videos. His 2007 release, Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, earned Tony an IBMA award for Banjo Player of the Year 2007, and the album received IBMA awards for Recorded Event of the Year, Instrumental Album of the Year and a Grammy Nomination. With his fearless musical curiosity as the guiding force, Tony Trischka's latest critically acclaimed release, Territory, roams widely through the banjo's creative terrain. Nine selections partner Tony with fellow banjoists Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger, Bill Evans, Bill Keith, Bruce Molsky, and twelve all-Trischka solo tracks explore a panorama of tunings, banjo sounds, and traditions; tapping the creative potential of America's signature musical instrument.
AT A GLANCE…
WHAT: TONY TRISCHKA
WHEN: February 19, 2010
WHERE: Stage Door Theater (on corner of 5th Street and College Street)
COST: Tickets are priced at $20 general admission
TIX/MORE INFO: BlumenthalCenter.org; 704-372-1000; or at the box office
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