Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 1: It's time now to visit with mary Lynn min from
Speaker 1: okam Music and Mary Lynn. The holidays are in full swing.
Speaker 1: We just wrapped up our Saint Nicholas Day just a
Speaker 1: few days ago, and then now we've got something really cool,
Speaker 1: maybe one of the first of its kind, coming up
Speaker 1: on Friday the thirteenth.
Speaker 2: We do Tom good Morning, I wish you a merry Christmas,
Speaker 2: and we have a very special merry musical Christmas concert
Speaker 2: coming up this Friday, on December thirteenth. It is Friday
Speaker 2: the thirteenth, but it's going to be a merry musical
Speaker 2: Friday the thirteenth at seven pm. It is at First
Speaker 2: Presbyterian Church, which is located at five of five South
Speaker 2: Dewey Avenue, right across from the Okan Music Office. And
Speaker 2: we are having a special concert featuring our very own
Speaker 2: Ocean Music youth keyboard Orchestra. And we are still excited.
Speaker 2: And to your point, I had mentioned last week that
Speaker 2: some all of the research that we can look into
Speaker 2: and sort of talking to Yamaha, we think that we
Speaker 2: are the first youth full youth keyboard orchestra ensemble in
Speaker 2: America certly in this region, but we haven't been able
Speaker 2: to plan any other ensembles that are truly just keyboard orchestra,
Speaker 2: and so we are very excited. These instruments are remarkable.
Speaker 2: They allow a students to play as if they were
Speaker 2: in a seventiesius orchestra and it sounds like it. It's
Speaker 2: pretty cool. So we invite everyone in the community to
Speaker 2: come out for the special free concerts. It's performed by
Speaker 2: Bartlefield's very own students throughout the community that range an
Speaker 2: age from seven years old. We do have one dad
Speaker 2: that we're typical to have in this youth keyboard orchestra.
Speaker 2: His daughter started taking piano for Luca's Steel, fell in
Speaker 2: love with the piano and then just wanted to see
Speaker 2: if you could also play with the orchestra. And we're
Speaker 2: excited to have that because our next goal, after getting
Speaker 2: the use of keyboard orchestra off the ground, is to
Speaker 2: start actually in adult keyboard orchestra so that we get
Speaker 2: full use of these wonderful instruments that are also incredibly expensive.
Speaker 2: Each keyboard is around ten thousand dollars, so you can
Speaker 2: imagine that when you are putting all these instruments together,
Speaker 2: and you have to put all the sound equipment together.
Speaker 2: It gets very extensive, very quickly. So we definitely want
Speaker 2: to bring everyone out so they can see these remarkable instruments,
Speaker 2: see these amazing students. Lisa Steel and Tappy Stewart are
Speaker 2: our instructors, and so those who don't know who they are,
Speaker 2: they are two of the most talented, most lovely instructors
Speaker 2: that I have ever been privileged to work with. Lisa
Speaker 2: teach piano Kathy, I believe teacher's boys, along with also
Speaker 2: string instrumentation, and I'm not sure what her womens are.
Speaker 2: She seems to know how to do so much in
Speaker 2: the musical world. Of of course, she I think is
Speaker 2: also with the director over a music director over at
Speaker 2: First Presbyterian Church. So both of these ladies are fantastic
Speaker 2: and phenomenal. Their students love them and learn so much
Speaker 2: from them. The concert will be conducted by Maestro Mark Beckliff.
Speaker 2: We're excited to have him back. He conducted our first
Speaker 2: keyboard orchestra concert at the festival with these students and
Speaker 2: he is now returning and we're so glad to have
Speaker 2: him back. And if I might, Tom, I just wanted
Speaker 2: to give a shout out to all of our students
Speaker 2: who are playing, because I don't know if they get
Speaker 2: to hear their name over the radio. But if that's
Speaker 2: the case, can I give them a shout out? Let's
Speaker 2: do that, all right? We have Addie Brown, Vincent Chin,
Speaker 2: Heidi Droje, Daisy Droje, Nick Do and Naya Gonna Sakara. TJ.
Speaker 2: This is the dad Gonna Sakara, Kaylie Khan at least
Speaker 2: from Sorry, Alice Later, Coorra Miller, Sebastian Miller, Malan Wynns,
Speaker 2: Adeline Nightingale, Jojo Mee and Joe Knee, Andrew pan hard
Speaker 2: Of Shay, Alice Lou, Eric Loue, Andy Zoe, and Andrew Zoo.
Speaker 2: And so we are so excited for these kids again.
Speaker 2: They ranged in age from seven all the way up
Speaker 2: to fourteen fifteen. And then of course TJ, the dad
Speaker 2: who will keep his age young at heart. He's going
Speaker 2: to join this ensemble for an amazing night. And I
Speaker 2: think people will really be impressed when they come. You know,
Speaker 2: you don't really know what to expect, I you know,
Speaker 2: sayed Keyboard sace Pana growing up, and so in my
Speaker 2: mind I sort of thought I knew what it was
Speaker 2: going to sound like the boy. The first time I
Speaker 2: heard their concert during the festival, I about fell out
Speaker 2: of my chair. I was like, oh my gosh, this
Speaker 2: is amazing. And so these kids do a remarkable job.
Speaker 2: And they're going to be playing favorites. They're gonna be
Speaker 2: playing songs s Mannheim, see Mooller still not. They're going
Speaker 2: to be playing Christmas Brooks, so Tomenbaum, Tchkosky's over Church
Speaker 2: to the Nutpacker, Trans Siberian Orchestra of Parallel of the Bells,
Speaker 2: and then they'll be doing some mixes the jingle Bells,
Speaker 2: the first and while Dexa hal Taco Bells, Cannon and
Speaker 2: d And I think it's going to be a fantastic concert.
Speaker 1: Tom My, goodness sakes, that sounds like a fantastic contract.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to see it myself now. That's coming
Speaker 1: up Friday at the First Presbyterian Church that's fifth and
Speaker 1: Dewey Downtown. It's right there by the everything and uh
Speaker 1: and what time are we starting off again?
Speaker 2: Friday, December thirteenth, seven pm, First Presbyterian Church. Go on
Speaker 2: to Okay music dot org and learn more information about it.
Speaker 2: The dress We've had some folks asking of how to dress,
Speaker 2: and I've it's been telling them, you know, it's a
Speaker 2: free concert, and come dressed in Christmas attires. So whatever
Speaker 2: that means to you. If you want to wear a
Speaker 2: TACKI Christmas butter, go ahead. If you want to dress
Speaker 2: up like you're going to Christmas service, that's okay too.
Speaker 2: These kids are going to be all dressed up and
Speaker 2: decked out for Christmas. Weare and we're excited to see
Speaker 2: them and we're excited to hear them perform. It is
Speaker 2: going to be an amazing concert. They have been practicing gosh,
Speaker 2: I think now for like three four months, so they
Speaker 2: have really been pouring their heart and full into it.
Speaker 2: And it's going to be a really amazing concert.
Speaker 1: Wow. And again that's the keyboard orchestra. And this may
Speaker 1: just be the first in the world of this kind
Speaker 1: and it started in Bartlesville. I like that.
Speaker 2: That is true, and we are excited and we are
Speaker 2: again very grateful to Lease the Sale and Kathy Stewart
Speaker 2: for pouring all of their heart and full into this
Speaker 2: project and for making us a possibility for the students.
Speaker 1: Okay, and we can find out more at the website.
Speaker 1: That's okay, kmusic dot org, dress Christmasy whatever that means
Speaker 1: to you. And remember it's a free concert. But you
Speaker 1: know what, it doesn't hurt to give a hearty applause
Speaker 1: because that applause is going to be well deserved for
Speaker 1: those kids. And that's like money in the bank.
Speaker 2: That is very true. And if people would like to
Speaker 2: make a donation so that we can purchase more keyboards,
Speaker 2: we will not say no.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah grace or sakes no yeah, goodness thing. And
Speaker 1: of course if you want to make a donation between
Speaker 1: now and years in, you can do that on the website,
Speaker 1: I believe correct.
Speaker 2: Yes, they can go to akamusic dot org and there
Speaker 2: is a donation A box will pop up that we'll
Speaker 2: ask for if you would like to sign up, and
Speaker 2: it allows you to also make a donation.
Speaker 1: All right, Mary Lynn Mim, thank you very much for
Speaker 1: being with us. And Friday night is going to be
Speaker 1: the night. It's going to be the Keyboard Orchestra and
Speaker 1: it's going to be at First Presbyterian Church in bartiswill
Speaker 1: seven o'clock be there. Thanks for being with us.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Tom hav a merry Christmas