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American Piano Music . . With Stories

Charles H. Pettaway, Jr. will perform a selection of American piano music on Thursday, April 20, at 1:30 p.m. in the Meagher Theatre. An internationally recognized concert pianist, Pettaway peppers his performances with humorous stories about the history of each song and the artists who made them popular.

A native Philadelphian and member of the Lincoln University faculty, he has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Israel, and Russia. He has studied at the Philadelphia Musical Academy, Temple University and Tanglewood Music Center as well as in France at Fontainbleau and the Ravel Academie. Pettaway has taught master classes at universities in Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

The program is sponsored by the Cultural Arts Forum, one of seven groups that comprise the Arts Guild at Neumann College. Other organizations are Center Stage Productions, the Delaware County Symphony, the Neumann College Concert Chorale, the Neumann College Jazz Band, the Neumann College Theater Ensemble, and Stages of Imagination Children's Theater.

General admission is $7. The lecture is free for Forum members. For more information and to reserve tickets, call 610-558-5626.

4/3/06