Abendmusik – Paul Zeigler, Pianist – Saturday, November 19, 2011

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Abendmusik, the concert series sponsored by Music At Morristown United Methodist Church, continues its 2011-2012 themed season (“Celebrating American Music”) with a concert on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 7:30 pm featuring Paul Zeigler, Pianist. Mr. Zeigler will be performing music by Mozart, Beethoven, the Three Gershwin Preludes, and his own Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with guest pianist, Mitchell Vines, providing the orchestral reduction. There is a suggested donation of $15.00 for adults and $12.00 for senior citizens. Advance tickets are available ($12 adults/$10 seniors) by telephoning the church office 973-538-2132. Students with ID are admitted Free. The concert will be presented at Morristown United Methodist Church, 50 Park Place (on the Green), Morristown, NJ. Our facilities are handicapped accessible. There is a reception following the concert. Please visit our website for more information: www.morristownumc.com
Paul Zeigler’s multifaceted career as a pianist, composer, teacher, lecturer and adjudicator has taken him on performances throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. But no matter where he has performed, the critics have been unanimous: “absolutely thrilling, emotionally exciting, mind-expanding… a virtuoso performer.”
Paul began playing piano at age 16 under the tutelage of pianist/composer Wells Gemberling and later with pianist/composer Harold Zabrack. He won first place at the 1986 Young Keyboard Artists International Piano Competition, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and took second place at the 2002 Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition, Radford University, Virginia.
Paul’s triumphant debut as soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New Jersey Baroque Orchestra, Robert W. Butts, conductor, led to highly acclaimed performances of all five Beethoven Concerti with that group. In 2000 Paul received critical praise for his monumental series of Beethoven sonata performances.
“…a lustrous vision…a brilliant concept…symphonic in dynamic range and scope…Zeigler plays with a lyric legato that should be the envy of many…[he] found all the fire and lyricism in the score.” The Classical New Jersey Journal
In 2008 Paul’s work, Peace: a Song Cycle on Five Poems by Langston Hughes, was a finalist in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Composition Competition. Paul has also released four CDs. For more information on Paul and his recordings, please visit his website: www.paulzeigler.com.
When not performing and composing, Paul teaches music privately at his studio in Madison, New Jersey. He takes great pride in the fact that many of his students have gone on to win awards and acclaim in their own right.
Funding has been made possible in part by funds from the Arts Council of the Morris Area through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
For further information: 973-538-2132 or www.morristownumc.com.

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