Piano Time 2012 Performances August 19, 21, 23

Ed Cruver, who has played all eight pianos,
plays the Werner Piano Cafe by KJ Bateman
Photo by Jon Ann Cruver

Piano Time performances:

• Sunday Jazz at Haggen NW Fresh on the Octavia Rising, noon-2
• Tuesday Jazz at Gateway Plaza on Keyboard Skydance, noon-1
• Thursday Kids and Contemporary at Spartan on Playful Produce, 3-5

There are three chances in the coming week to catch scheduled performances on the Piano Time pianos. 

On Sunday, August 19th, jazz pianist Brian Kinsella will be performing on Octavia Rises, the giant blue octopus piano at Haggen NW Fresh from noon to 2pm. Kinsella is an exceptionally prolific performer and recording artist whose debut record, Omen (2002), featured Mark Taylor on saxophones and Jay Thomas on trumpet and flugelhorn. In the Seattle rock quartet M. Bison, Brian performs as composer, vocalist, and keyboardist. He’s performed in theatrical productions and with a variety of bands, including the Olympia quartet Silo, and has self-produced hip-hop records. Brian is also active member of the Seattle Pianist Collective and has taught jazz to all ages.

On Tuesday, August 21st, from noon to 1pm, local attorney and Jazz Walk founder, Keith McClelland will be entertaining the lunchtime listeners on the elegant, gold Keyboard Skydance piano located at the Gateway Center. McClelland has been a professional musician and entertainer since he was 13. He has played piano and drums in a variety of sized ensembles and counts as one of his favorite experiences playing honky-tonk piano at Tweet Sie Railroad tourist attraction in Blowingrock, NC. Look for him and Keyboard Skydance by Shoreline artist Jennifer Carroll, near the flagpole in front of Toni and Guy located near N 185th and Midvale. 

The third performance next week will be on the Playful Produce piano at the Spartan Recreation Center on Thursday, August 23rd, 3 – 5pm. Playing the keyboard on Playful Produce is yet another healthful activity that visitors to the recreation center love. Peter V Stevens, co-founder of the Seattle Pianist Collective, is back for a second performance that includes music for kids, contemporary, classical and original compositions. Stop by on your way to or from exercise class or picking up your kids from camp and listen for a while for sounds from near and far.

Did you miss the opening Arts al Fresco event? The piano location poster including scheduled performances, photos, and locations, is on the City’s Special Events website.

Piano Time is a City of Shoreline project, funded in part by a grant from 4Culture and the collaboration of Prosser Piano and other area businesses.

For more information contact Ros Bird, Public Art Coordinator, 206-801-2661.