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The First@First@Four Concert Series in
Stamford, Conn.,
is pleased to welcome ROB MATHES &
FRIENDS for a concert on
Sunday, March 7, 2010, at 4:00 p.m. The
concert will be held at
The First United Methodist Church, 42 Cross
Road, Stamford, Conn.
Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors
and $15 for students and
can be reserved by calling 203-324-1323 or
Ruth at 203-273-5231;
for more information, visit
http://www.fumcstamford.org .
Rob Mathes is a Grammy and Emmy nominated
musician,
music director, singer/songwriter, arranger,
and record producer.
In 2009, Rob was the music director for the
presidential
"We Are One" inaugural concert on the steps
of the Lincoln Memorial.
He has been the music director for the
annual Kennedy Center Honors for seven years
in a row and is well known in the area for
his
annual Christmas Concerts. Recently, Rob
Mathes has been working
with Sting on an upcoming orchestral tour.
He is also accompanying
Bettye LaVette, “The Great Lady of Soul,” at
Carnegie Hall the week
before the First@First@Four concert, and
produced a new CD for
Bettye LaVette that is being released in
June.
The Rob Mathes and Friends First@First@Four
Concert will be
more blues oriented and will include some of
Rob Mathes'
original music from his Evening Train
CD and new material that
will be on his soon-to-be-released CD,
Wheelbarrow. Accompanying Mathes are
some of the best musicians in the New York
area --
Will Lee on Bass from the David Letterman
Show, Shawn Pelton
on Drums from Saturday Night Live, Billy
Masters on Guitar,
Chris Coogan on keyboards, and Vaneese
Thomas and Ian Cron
on vocals.
The First at First at Four Concert Series
provides a forum
featuring prominent musical talent from the
Fairfield County area and
around the world to perform in an intimate,
family-friendly setting. Held at The First
United Methodist Church in Stamford on the
first Sunday of the month at 4:00 p.m.,
hence the name First@First@Four, the
concert series is a beautiful venue that
helps promote the arts in the area, while at
the same time, raises funds for First United
Methodist Church’s non-profit outreach
programs. Past concerts included Grammy
award-winning jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum,
Tony Award winner Melba Moore, TransJazz, a
New Orleans jazz group The Riverboat
Ramblers, Chris Coogan and the Good News
Gospel Choir, Richard Cookie Thomas, the
world-renown EbonyEcumenical Ensemble, The
Cypress Ensemble, jazz pianist
Joyce DiCamillo and jazz greats Jason Moran
and Alicia Hall Moran.
This is the second time Rob Mathes will
perform at a
First@First@Four concert.
The final concert of the series is The Young
Artists’ Showcase featuring local emerging
talent on May 2, 2010. To learn more about
that concert, contact the First United
Methodist Church at
203-324-1323.
The First at First at Four
Concert Series is funded in part by the
Stamford Cultural Development Corporation
Community Arts
Partnership Grants Program to encourage and
promote the arts in
Stamford made possible with public funds
from the City of Stamford,
Dannel P. Malloy, Mayor, and by Fairview
Capital.
To learn more about the concert series or
First United Methodist Church, visit
www.fumcstamford.org
or call 203-324-1323 or
203-273-5231.
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