Boogie-Woogie Piano Sensation with link to Frederic Chopin and 2.5 million views to perform at The Howell Opera House Friday, January 3d 2014 @ 7:00pm!”

“Attorney turned
Youtube Boogie-Woogie Piano Sensation with link to Frederic Chopin and 2.5
million views to perform at The Howell Opera House Friday, January 3d 2014 @
7:00pm!”

Attorney
turned Boogie, Blues, & Ragtime musician, Matthew Ball aka The Boogie
Woogie Kid will heat up the piano keys at South Haven’s Foundry Music Hall this
Friday, January 3d 2014 @ 7:00pm.

Today
with over 2.5 million youtube views of his past performance and at home
video footage, Ball has truly become a phenomenon, with descriptions of his
performances like “Awesome!” “Crushing!” Fantastic!” 

He also boasts a pedagogical link to Frederic Chopin himself!, having studied
classically at Oakland University in Rochester MI with Dr. Flavio
Varani.   Professor Varani traced his pedigree of study through the
Paris Conservatory back to Frederic Chopin by way of Magda Tagliaferro, Alfred
Cortot, and Emile Descombs, who was a late pupil of the composer Chopin.

Suffice
to say you won’t want to miss this special toe-tappin’ program of family
piano fun featuring classics like Swanee River, Over the Rainbow, The
Entertainer, Bumble Boogie and so many more!  Here are the details:

Friday,
January 3rd 2014 @ 7:00 p.m.

The
Howell Opera House Acoustic Café Series

123 West Grand River Avenue

Howell MI 48843

517.540.0065  for tickets

http://www.theoperahouse.us/

Matthew
Ball left a career as an attorney in 2001 after he attended a local boogie-woogie festival, to
become a blues and boogie-woogie man.  Now, after a decade in the field,
with an array of accomplishments, he has distinguished himself as ‘one of
the best’ practitioners of the genre today. Described as ‘a nationally
emerging boogie-woogie master,’ Matthew is becoming one of today’s
leading performing authorities on this treasured American tradition.

Watch
Matthew heat up the keys in these youtube clips:



Bumble Bee Boogie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmM5b4jgijg

Swanee
River Boogie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VQDjapKrqs