Upcoming April Concerts
First Friday Concert at Our Pulaski Location
21 West Main Street
Friday, April 3
Doors open at 5 PM – Enjoy light refreshments and a cash bar
Music from 6–8 PM
Free | $5 Suggested Donation
We're so excited to welcome Ash back to our Listening Room! Ash was our October 2023 and October 2024 First Friday performer. She is an accomplished songwriter, ukulele and guitar player, performance artist, educator, and community-based arts facilitator whose work is influenced by her upbringing in the Blue Ridge mountains, and by her international travels to perform in health care facilities.
Ash Devine lived in Asheville, NC for over 17 years where she developed her songwriting career and delved into her roots in the Appalachian folk music traditions. Ash tours nationally and internationally, performing over 100 shows per year in reputable music venues, festivals, house concerts, health care facilities, and educational settings.
Don't miss her return to the Fine Art Center's Listening Room!
Make it a night out in downtown Pulaski; free parking is available in lots and on the street, including the lot behind the Pulaski Theatre.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Fortepiano Concert at the Historic Pulaski Theatre
Saturday, April 25, from 2-4 p.m.
Ticket Sales: $15 General Admission | $10 Students
Fortepianist Daniel Adam Maltz and mezzo-soprano Keely Jean Rhodes present an evening of Classical-era music performed on an original Viennese fortepiano. This intimate concert offers audiences the rare chance to hear Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven as they intended them to be heard.
During the Classical era in Vienna, composers expected their keyboard music to entertain relatively small audiences in smaller-scale spaces than today’s large concert halls. And, the era’s pianos (known as “fortepianos”) are very different from modern Steinways.
Vienna-based fortepianist Daniel Adam Maltz specializes in historically informed performance. Called “the foremost performer in the world of the fortepiano” (Aspen Daily News), he has been praised for imbuing “[Beethoven’s] tenderness, longing, and frustration into the very notes” (Orlando Sentinel), for “lavish but tasteful” playing (Classical Sonoma), and as “a privilege to hear” (Marblehead Current). He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, and performs exclusively on historic Viennese fortepianos.
Mezzo-soprano Keely Jean Rhodes is praised for her versatility and “true rich tone.” She has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Latin America with ensembles including the Augusta Symphony, Austin Opera, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, True Concord Voices and Orchestra, Conspirare, and the Washington Bach Consort. A Fulbright Scholar to Italy, she has recorded with Harmonia Mundi, Naxos, and Reference Recordings. Dr. Rhodes serves as Artistic Director for three choirs in Aiken, South Carolina, and holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Texas at Austin.
Venue: Pulaski Theatre (14 West Main St., Pulaski, VA 24301)
