The Alex Price Trio will perform fiddle tunes from 18th and 19th Century America Oct. 7 when the Tuesday Noon Recital Series resumes at First Lutheran Church, 415 Vine St., Johnstown.
“The recital series presents some of the area’s best musicians,” Chairman George Fattman said in a statement. “Alex Price, for example, is the busiest and most versatile musician I know, but he’s always ready to put together a program that will appeal to our audience.”
Price is a multi-instrumentalist, a composer/arranger and an audio engineer. He has fronted a jazz-fusion group, The Inner Urge, and has covered auxiliary strings with songwriter Jason Gamble. He frequently works as a fretted-instrument specialist with orchestras including the Pittsburgh Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, Wheeling Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and Cincinnati Symphony. His music has been licensed for use in films such as “Sustaining Grace” and Ana Lily Amirpour’s thriller “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon.” He has been all over the world performing on cruise ships, including the Queen Mary II.
Irish Pretenders
The other two members of the trio are Carl Rahkonen and Aaron Work. Rahkonen is a retired music librarian and professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include European-American fiddling traditions, polka bands in Pennsylvania, Estonian kannel players in Baltimore and Scandinavian and Finnish-American musicians of the Upper Midwest. He plays classical, popular and folk music in a variety of ensembles.
Work is a luthier and folk musician who handmakes violins and mandolins in his workshop in Indiana. He has performed throughout the Pittsburgh region as a solo artist and as part of Lone Pine String Band and The Unknown String Band.Recitals are followed by lunch, all at no charge thanks to support from the 1889 Foundation, Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance, Thrivent Financial and other contributors.
The Oct. 7 recital will be played in memory of a longtime patron of the series, the late Dr. Violette Eash of Windber.
Bob Bretz and Rich Kingera
Other upcoming recitals
Oct. 14: Irish Pretenders, a popular Celtic band that performs “pub music” throughout the region.“The band was formed to bring a St. Patrick’s Day spirit to their performances wherever they go,” said John Skelley, singer and guitarist.
Oct. 21. Déjà vu, easy-listening music by Bob Bretz, guitar, and Rich Kingera, keyboard. Bretz has been playing solo guitar and teaching in the Johnstown region for more than 50 years. Kingera has performed with Bretz for nine years. He also is the keyboard player for Candle in the Wind and Doc’s Boys.
Oct. 28: Gospel music by Darlene Herndon Seals, accompanied by Devon Haselrig. She has a wide-ranging repertoire: gospel, inspirational, patriotic, hymns, rhythm and blues, soft rock and jazz. She has performed hundreds of times throughout the region, including several noon recitals at First Lutheran.Haselrig is in music ministry at several churches and has performed gospel improvisation extensively. He also has produced religious dramas.
This article originally appeared on The Daily American: Noon Recital Series kicks off Oct. 7 with Alex Price Trio
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