By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
A chance to get a small taste of what the St. Joseph Symphony has will be happening this Saturday.
St. Joseph Symphony trumpeters Bill Richardson and Bob Harvey will put on a free show at 3pm at First Christian Church in St. Joseph on June 25th.
Richardson says the show will provide a good opportunity for people that don't know if they would like to attend a symphony performance or not.
"It's a little bit more of an interactive experience, we'll be talking about the pieces and maybe some performance practices between each of the pieces," Richardson tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "And, it's a free performance so it's very family friendly, the individual compositions we'll be playing they aren't too long."
Richardson and Harvey will also be joined by pianist Jiwon Choi for the performance titled "Baroque, Brass, and Bebop".
Richardson says himself and Harvey will do some duet pieces as well as some other classical pieces on different types of trumpets.
"It's a wide variety of music, some popular pieces and some hardcore classical pieces, and we're pretty sure that audiences will really enjoy it," Richardson enthusiastically says.
Richardson says both Harvey and himself will play the piccolo trumpet, some pieces on the larger B Flat trumpet, as well as one where Richardson will play a C trumpet.
Richardson says outreach programs like this have happened for a couple years, and when Harvey and himself were approached to put one on, they were ready.
"Maybe a little bit more of an intimate setting, it's three musicians, it's Bob, myself, and an incredible pianist, her name is Jiwon Choi, and so she's a true collaborative artist in this whole venture."
Funding from the Kalisky Trust to the St. Joseph Symphony helps provide the free concert.
