![]() His playing will touch your soul." -Max Morathĭanny Coots began playing drums at the tender age of 6 years old. His music reflects the past and challenges the future. He lives in rural Michigan with his wife and two sons. "Brandon's unique compositions display unparalleled gifts and hidden virtuosity. Brandon holds a Basic Diploma in Music Ministry from Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and works as a church music director. His original pieces include several piano rags, a string quartet, and three settings of the Catholic Mass. ![]() Reviewer/pianist/composer Jack Rummel recently summed up the reason for Jeff’s popularity, averring, “When it comes to talent, speed, versatility, creativity, mastery of multiple genres and just plain entertaining zaniness, Jeff Barnhart stands alone.”īrandon Byrne is a pianist, composer, and columnist for The Syncopated Times. ![]() Jeff has recorded over 120 full-length albums. Jeff has played dual piano with such jazz luminaries as Ralph Sutton, Neville Dickie, Louis Mazetier, John Sheridan, Brian Holland. Anne and Jeff now offer a wildly successful Road Scholar Program on the history of Ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, The Birth of Jazz and the Blues (Program #8009). She is thrilled to be attending her very first Ragtime Festival as a performer and looks forward to many more in the future! Jeff Barnhart, an internationally renowned pianist, vocalist, arranger, bandleader, recording artist, ASCAP composer, educator and entertainer, constantly appears as a soloist, band pianist, and with smaller groups-most notably Ivory&Gold® with his talented wife, flutist/vocalist Anne Barnhart-at parties, festivals, clubs and cruises throughout the world. ![]() In her spare time Christina enjoys playing Dungeons & Dragons, video games, and the scritching of Australian Shepherds. She also maintains a thriving YouTube channel filled with her performances of classical music, ragtime, duets, and a large library of vocal accompaniment tracks. She works as a freelance pianist in Athens, GA, doing primarily accompaniment work with voice students, church gigs, music theatre, opera and the like, but will take any opportunity she can to sneak in some Ragtime. Tickets for Byrne’s performance are $10 each and are available at The PIX Box Office 81 or The ticket price is $8 for groups of eight or more.Christina Austin is a lifelong musician and classically-trained pianist who discovered Ragtime when she was 12: A book of Scott Joplin rags had found its way into her family home library of music and she was instantly hooked. He is currently attending Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit where he is working toward a diploma of music ministry. Byrne grew up in the Oxford area, lived in Attica during high school, and currently lives in Brown City with his wife, Veronica, and their 2-year-old son, Peter.įrom 2011 until April of this year, Brandon was the music director at St. While studying at CMU, Byrne participated in a performance of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians. While at Oakland University, Byrne performed as the soloist in George Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm Variations with the Pontiac-Oakland Symphony conducted by Dr. and at the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest in Peoria, Ill where he took second place in the junior division in 2003. He has performed at the Scott Joplin Festival in Sedalia, Mo. A 2010 graduate from Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in Music. Lettie Alston, voice with Cora Enman, and organ with Dr. Alexandra Mascolo-David at Central Michigan University. It is the elusive combination of elegance and depth present in the world’s greatest music.īyrne studied piano with Flavio Varani at Oakland University and Dr. LAPEER - The PIX Theatre will host Brandon Byrne, a ragtime piano player on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the PIX Theatre in downtown Lapeer. Ragtime piano player Brandon Byrne of Brown City will perform Wednesday, Nov.
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