Pianist Barron Ryan – Classic Meets Cool

Is there a piano concert that can make audiences laugh, dance, and discover something new all at once? Barron Ryan’s Classic Meets Cool does exactly that.
This isn’t your typical recital. It’s a lively journey of great piano music including classical, jazz, and pop, plus new compositions infused with modern influences like country, soul, and funk.
Concertgoers don’t need to be classical music fans to fall in love with this show. Whether they’re bringing kids, grandparents, or a musically skeptical friend, everyone will leave with a new appreciation for just how exciting a piano can be!
PROGRAM
I Want You Back — Jackson 5, arr. B. C. P. Ryan
Nursery Rhymes — arr. B. C. P. Ryan
Suite Thing, Op. 2 — B. C. P. Ryan
I. Out for Delivery
II. Purdie Please
III. If I Don’t See You Again
IV. Flash in the Pan
Happy — Pharrell Williams
Intermission
Suite Bergamesque, L. 75 — Claude Debussy
III. Clair de lune
The Holberg Suite, Op. 40 — Edvard Grieg
I. Praeludium
Snowy Morning Blues — James P. Johnson
My One and Only Love — Guy Wood, arr. D. Ryan
Blues Etude — Oscar Peterson