Spur-of-the-moment mini-“Music at the Boal Mansion” concert and reception offered on Wed, June 26 at 4 pm
Maggie Loukachkina performs Rachmaninoff on the Boal Mansion Steinway on Wednesday, June 26 at 4 pm.
Maggie Loukachkina, piano, and Nikita Borisevich, violin, of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore will perform at a low-cost, spur-of-the moment mini-“Music at the Boal Mansion” concert and reception at the Boal Mansion in Boalsburg on Wednesday, June 26, at 4 pm.
Loukachkina is earning her PhD in piano performance from Peabody and will perform on the Boal Mansion’s 1929 Steinway grand piano. Six years ago, as a high school student, she served as a volunteer guide at the Boal Mansion and grew to love the site and its Steinway piano.
When Loukachkina and her violinist friend dropped in to visit just last week, Museum CEO Christopher Lee invited her to play the Steinway once again which she did eagerly, playing selections from Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concert and one of Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies which awed and delighted Museum staff members at hand for the impromptu concert.
One thing led to another and when Lee invited Loukachkina and Borisevich to perform for more people, they readily agreed and will give a preview at the Boal Mansion at 4 pm Wednesday June 26 of a concert program they will be performing the next day in Rome, Italy.
“We’ve done this sort of impromptu mini-“Music at the Boal Mansion” a couple of times before to great response from the community who loved the program, the place and the price,” said Lee, referring to the low $10 per person admission price payable at the door, compared to the $75 admission fee charged at the annual event in May.
While guests may drop in and pay at the door, reservations may also be made by calling 814-466-9266 or emailing office@boalmuseum.com. For more details, access http://boalmuseum.com.
Another event this week at the Boal Mansion Museum is a reading of the Declaration of Independence and a free tour of the museum and refreshments at 1:30 pm on Sunday, June 30. For details, access http://boalmuseum.com.
Loukachkina is earning her PhD in piano performance from Peabody and will perform on the Boal Mansion’s 1929 Steinway grand piano. Six years ago, as a high school student, she served as a volunteer guide at the Boal Mansion and grew to love the site and its Steinway piano.
When Loukachkina and her violinist friend dropped in to visit just last week, Museum CEO Christopher Lee invited her to play the Steinway once again which she did eagerly, playing selections from Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concert and one of Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies which awed and delighted Museum staff members at hand for the impromptu concert.
One thing led to another and when Lee invited Loukachkina and Borisevich to perform for more people, they readily agreed and will give a preview at the Boal Mansion at 4 pm Wednesday June 26 of a concert program they will be performing the next day in Rome, Italy.
“We’ve done this sort of impromptu mini-“Music at the Boal Mansion” a couple of times before to great response from the community who loved the program, the place and the price,” said Lee, referring to the low $10 per person admission price payable at the door, compared to the $75 admission fee charged at the annual event in May.
While guests may drop in and pay at the door, reservations may also be made by calling 814-466-9266 or emailing office@boalmuseum.com. For more details, access http://boalmuseum.com.
Another event this week at the Boal Mansion Museum is a reading of the Declaration of Independence and a free tour of the museum and refreshments at 1:30 pm on Sunday, June 30. For details, access http://boalmuseum.com.
