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2007 Year of Les Femmes

The Impulse Artist Series All-Stars Benefit Concert
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 8pm
Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

On Tuesday evening, February 6th at 8:00pm The Impulse Artist Series will present its first benefit concert titled The Impulse Artist Series All-Stars Benefit Concert. In the first ever event of its kind to be produced in Houston, the concert will feature Houston-based professional and concert pianists including international concert artist Jon Kimura Parker, Nancy Weems of the University of Houston  and Scott Holshouser of the Houston Symphony. Joining them will be other concert artists and pianists from the most prominent arts organizations and universities in the city. All will grace the stage in Zilkha Hall for one unforgettable recital. Tickets are $25 for general seating and $50 for premium seating and entry to the Meet the Artists Reception. For ticket information please visit The Hobby Center or phone 713-315-2525

All-Star pianists slated to perform include the following in alphabetical order:

John Cornelius: ASCAP composer/pianist, The Houston Ebony Opera; Timothy Hester: Houston-based concert pianist, faculty of the UH Moores School of Music; Scott Holshouser: Pianist for The Houston Symphony; Jon Kimura Parker: International concert artist, faculty of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music; Jane Perkyns: Associate professor of piano at Texas Southern University; Clive Swansbourne: Houston-based concert pianist, Beethoven Specialist; and Nancy Weems: Chair of University of Houston’s Moores School of Music