Speaker 1: Let's see if we can get Mary Lynn here on
Speaker 1: our speaker phone here, because it looks like our in
Speaker 1: the studio phone is having some issues. So mary Lynn,
Speaker 1: how you doing.
Speaker 2: I'm great, How are you well?
Speaker 1: You know, we're making good with what we've got. The
Speaker 1: storms kind of did a little number on some of
Speaker 1: our phones, but you were on the air right now,
Speaker 1: and I was just telling everybody that we've got a
Speaker 1: whole nice lineup and of course of main shows, but
Speaker 1: the showcase programs are wonderful too.
Speaker 2: We do. We have so much the season. We're very,
Speaker 2: very excited. We kick off on June sixth through the
Speaker 2: eighth for.
Speaker 3: Our forty first if you can believe at festival, I
Speaker 3: can't believe.
Speaker 2: It's already forty first, but it is.
Speaker 3: And we're going to kick off with our beloved under
Speaker 3: the Stars at will Rock Concert and that's always such
Speaker 3: a nice evening. We've pushed it back an hour this year,
Speaker 3: so gates will open at six. The first concert will
Speaker 3: go on at seven with Grady Nichols. And for those
Speaker 3: who are local to northeast Oklahoma, they're all familiar with
Speaker 3: Grady Nichols.
Speaker 2: For those who may have just moved here, who are not.
Speaker 2: He is a wonderful jazz saxophonist.
Speaker 3: And he is amazing, and he's bringing a three piece
Speaker 3: band with him, and so we're very excited to have
Speaker 3: Grady open.
Speaker 2: Up at seven for.
Speaker 3: Some nice light jazz music and you can have your picnic,
Speaker 3: grab your glass of wine and just get in the
Speaker 3: shade and sit and listen to some wonderful music. And
Speaker 3: then at eight o'clock, our Manhattan Chamber Players are returning
Speaker 3: to us from the East Coast and they will be.
Speaker 2: Playing wonderful, wonderful classical.
Speaker 3: Music featuring not only Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, but they.
Speaker 2: Will also be playing Edvard Greek.
Speaker 3: We are dedicating our festival to Edvard Greek, a very
Speaker 3: famous Norwegian composer, and we're very excited. So at each
Speaker 3: of the concerts, if you attend all of them, you'll
Speaker 3: get to here one maybe two pieces from Edward Greek,
Speaker 3: and I think it's going to be very beautiful. Tom.
Speaker 3: So we're very excited about the under the stars at
Speaker 3: Willa Rock. And of course we always have the food trucks.
Speaker 3: We always have our wine truck, which we added last
Speaker 3: year and we're bringing back.
Speaker 2: It was very popular.
Speaker 3: We have children's events, sort of a children's tent where
Speaker 3: families can come over and do some crafts and games
Speaker 3: while they're listening to beautiful music. And then of course
Speaker 3: the finale always is a beautiful fireworks display, and so
Speaker 3: we'll have that again for everyone to enjoy.
Speaker 2: So are you going to come out, Tom and enjoy it?
Speaker 2: I enjoy it with us? Awesome? We can't wait.
Speaker 3: And so now we just need everyone to pray and
Speaker 3: keep their fingers crossed for really nice weather. Last year
Speaker 3: it was almost perfect. It wasn't too hot, it wasn't windy,
Speaker 3: it was just very very nice. So we're going to
Speaker 3: keep our fingers crossed that will have beautiful weather again.
Speaker 3: So after Friday night, after we kick off, we will
Speaker 3: then have our Candle Light Concert in Tulsa at Casha Hall,
Speaker 3: and we're very excited to have our Baroque Orchestra back.
Speaker 3: They will be opening the concert for us, and then
Speaker 3: we are going to have world renowned classical pianist Natasha
Speaker 3: Peremski who will be performing again wonderful selections classical selections,
Speaker 3: and then she will also be doing Edvard Greek for us,
Speaker 3: and so we're very excited I call Casha Hall sort
Speaker 3: of the Hogwarts of northeast Oklahoma.
Speaker 2: It's such a cool it's such a cool venue. It's
Speaker 2: a beautiful school.
Speaker 3: It's just a really really nice intimate It holds almost
Speaker 3: around a thousand people, but it's just it's very, very nice.
Speaker 3: And so we're always so blessed and excited to work
Speaker 3: with Kasha to be able to have our concerts there.
Speaker 3: Very easy parking, very easy accessibility, and just a lovely evening.
Speaker 3: And so we are excited about that concert. And then
Speaker 3: we will wrap up the festival with a grand finale
Speaker 3: at the Johnstone Sair the Refinery, and we did this
Speaker 3: last year, and of course it's just such a beautiful
Speaker 3: venue with all the chandeliers and the lighting and just
Speaker 3: overlooking downtown.
Speaker 2: It's a beautiful setting.
Speaker 3: And for that concert, we will have Esher Court returning
Speaker 3: to it, a quartet court. We will have extra quartet
Speaker 3: returning to us. And you know, I try to tell
Speaker 3: folks that, you know, I'm old. I've listened to a
Speaker 3: lot of classical music in my day, and these guys
Speaker 3: are just absolutely pure. They are fantastic, They are amazing,
Speaker 3: They're very personable, but I think they are some of
Speaker 3: the most talented musicians that I've ever had the privilege
Speaker 3: to listen to. And you know, they have quite an
Speaker 3: affirmations to themselves with awards and different competitions, but then
Speaker 3: just also through their own contempt phrase. They studied with
Speaker 3: is talk Peerlman and have just to me they are
Speaker 3: the is talk Peerlman of a quartet. They are just
Speaker 3: truly remarkable musicians and so we are so so glad
Speaker 3: to have them back. This is our third year in
Speaker 3: a row to have them, and I want to keep
Speaker 3: asking them to come back so long as.
Speaker 2: We can afford them.
Speaker 3: I'm afraid one day we will not be able to.
Speaker 3: They are just truly that talented. And so they will
Speaker 3: also be performing selections that they have chosen, and then
Speaker 3: we will also have another Edvard Greek piece, and so
Speaker 3: we're excited about that. Opening the concert for them is
Speaker 3: sort of a special treat.
Speaker 2: We're doing something kind of unique this season.
Speaker 3: We are having three of Lisa Steele's piano students who
Speaker 3: will be performing at six. We have Nick dou Eric
Speaker 3: lu and Banie and these young talented pianists are remarkable.
Speaker 3: One of the three I have been told will probably
Speaker 3: be Sunday, a actual classic concert pianist, and he plays
Speaker 3: as though he is an.
Speaker 2: Adult, professional classic concert pianist.
Speaker 3: But all three of them are just amazing, and I
Speaker 3: really hope and encourage folks to come out in here
Speaker 3: and just cheer on these kids and encourage them to
Speaker 3: continue pursuing whatever they want to do, whether it's a
Speaker 3: career or just for their own pleasure, but continue pursuing
Speaker 3: their piano playing because they really are very.
Speaker 2: Very talented.
Speaker 3: So that will be at six, sure goes on at seven,
Speaker 3: and then that will conclude.
Speaker 2: Our festival, but it is a lot.
Speaker 3: And then of course during the daytime we have all
Speaker 3: of the showcase events. So on Friday we have the
Speaker 3: Bartlesville Ringers, which are a wonderful ensemble of bell ringers
Speaker 3: that will be at First Presbyterian Church at ten. We
Speaker 3: then have Trinity Recorder Consort at eleven a m which
Speaker 3: is an ensemble of players who will play the recorder
Speaker 3: as just as it's and then at one o'clock we
Speaker 3: will have our very own Wade Daniels who will be
Speaker 3: performing a piano recital which will.
Speaker 2: Be very lovely.
Speaker 3: He has all kinds of classical pieces. But then I
Speaker 3: think he also has Bershlin in his ensemble, and so
Speaker 3: I know Wade is an amazing pianist himself and he
Speaker 3: will do a fantastic job, so people love to hear
Speaker 3: him play. So again, those are all at First Presbyterian Church.
Speaker 3: On Saturday, we have a portion. We have four players
Speaker 3: from the Manhattan Chamber Players that will be performing for
Speaker 3: us at our own Ambler Hall at eleven am on Saturday,
Speaker 3: June seventh, and so that was very well attended last
Speaker 3: year and we're very excited to have them back. A
Speaker 3: very special treat for some of them to stick around
Speaker 3: and play for us. And then on Sunday at two pm,
Speaker 3: we have the OKM Youth Keyboard Orchestra and that's our
Speaker 3: very own youth keyboard Orchestra again to give it a
Speaker 3: shout out. Lisa Steele is in charge of that and
Speaker 3: she is doing an amazing job with these students. We
Speaker 3: have about twenty kids plus that are enrolled into this
Speaker 3: keyboard orchestra and they play on keyboards but play the
Speaker 3: sounds of a full orchestra. And I've been helping her
Speaker 3: get the music for that, and I think it's going
Speaker 3: to be quite spectacular again we have some Edvard Grieg,
Speaker 3: we have a Harry Potter, and we have some other
Speaker 3: classical pieces that I think folks will really enjoy. And
Speaker 3: I have to give a shout out Tom to our
Speaker 3: keyboard orchestra. It is a really unique ensemble and as
Speaker 3: far as we know, we are the only full time
Speaker 3: youth keyboard orchestra in America, and so that is really
Speaker 3: something to be proud of and it just continues to grow.
Speaker 3: So we really hope everyone will come out and listen
Speaker 3: to that. We had a Christmas concert, over three hundred
Speaker 3: people attended.
Speaker 2: It was just amazing. The kids did a wonderful, wonderful job.
Speaker 3: Clock concert will actually be our older performers performing. The
Speaker 3: younger keyboard orchestra students will have performed the week before
Speaker 3: at our Kids Festival, So please come out listen to them.
Speaker 3: First Presbyterian Church two pm on Sunday, and then we
Speaker 3: conclude our showcase with a very famous performer, Elvis, who
Speaker 3: is performed by Brent Ginnons, our very own board member, singer, songwriter,
Speaker 3: country singer. Brent does Elvis impersonations and has won all
Speaker 3: kinds of awards.
Speaker 2: And everyone just loves listening to him.
Speaker 3: Sing as Elvis, he dresses up, he does the whole thing,
Speaker 3: and he will be doing some of Elvis's.
Speaker 2: Popular pieces, but also.
Speaker 3: Doing gospel since it is on Sunday, and that will
Speaker 3: be at the Refinery again on Sunday, June.
Speaker 2: Eighth at four pm.
Speaker 3: So, as you can see, we have quite a bit
Speaker 3: and you never know what Mike else get added in.
Speaker 3: Sometimes we have some surprises for our patrons.
Speaker 2: But tickets are on sale right now.
Speaker 3: If folks want to go to okmmusic dot org and
Speaker 3: our phone number is nine one eight three three six
Speaker 3: nine nine zero zero, or they can come see Rose
Speaker 3: Andite at four fifteen South Dewey. And actually, Tom I
Speaker 3: forgot to say. We have a new employee, Katie Swan
Speaker 3: just joined us this week and she can also sell
Speaker 3: tickets to our patrons, so please come by, introduce yourself,
Speaker 3: come meet Katie.
Speaker 2: She just started on Monday.
Speaker 1: Nice, very good.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you guys are growing up having an amazing festival.
Speaker 2: We have an amazing staff.
Speaker 3: So please come buy and see us and get your tickets.
Speaker 1: Well very good, and of course the tickets can be
Speaker 1: found right there at your website okmmusic dot org and
Speaker 1: you can find out a little bit more in depth
Speaker 1: about the artists as you get ready to make your
Speaker 1: selections for tickets. Now I want to lightly touch on
Speaker 1: especially for kids. I know that that has just been
Speaker 1: like blowing the phone off the hook.
Speaker 2: It has been.
Speaker 3: I mean, we have a full schedule again that kicks
Speaker 3: off on May thirtieth through June eighth, and the day
Speaker 3: that we launched it was an insane We have never
Speaker 3: had that rush of people.
Speaker 2: I mean, it always sells out if you will. The
Speaker 2: events are free.
Speaker 3: Reserves out might be a better word, but oh my goodness,
Speaker 3: we are almost I think two thirds sold out for
Speaker 3: the tea and then we have over I think it's
Speaker 3: like at fourteen hundred reservations at this point. So please
Speaker 3: you go onto our website check it out again. It's
Speaker 3: okay at music dot org. Check out all the programming
Speaker 3: we have. It kicks off on Friday, May thirtieth with
Speaker 3: our Younger Keyboard Orchestra. They're putting on a concert, and
Speaker 3: then on Saturday we have tea time in Arundelle, we
Speaker 3: have the SunFest Dancing Eagles.
Speaker 2: We'll be out at SunFest with the kids doing hoop dancing.
Speaker 3: On Sunday, we have a really special art emmerger and
Speaker 3: boogie bingo that night for families. Monday, on Tuesday we
Speaker 3: have story times and then on Wednesday we have wonderful
Speaker 3: puppet shows. On Thursday we have another art immersion, and
Speaker 3: then we do our really fun Jamming with Trolls event
Speaker 3: at at Unity Square and then again on Sunday during
Speaker 3: the main part of the festival the older keyboard kids.
Speaker 3: So we have over twenty events, most of them all
Speaker 3: of them are free except for the tea and then
Speaker 3: that is ten dollars and on our tickets to Tom
Speaker 3: for the festival to share. We tried because we know
Speaker 3: the economy has been hard, It's been difficult and times
Speaker 3: have been uncertain, but hopefully times are getting better. But
Speaker 3: this year we tried to actually cut our ticket pricing
Speaker 3: just to help everyone, because part of our mission is
Speaker 3: making music accessible to all and we felt like maybe
Speaker 3: that was a gift that we could give back, and
Speaker 3: so we really hope that that will help everyone. We
Speaker 3: have student ticket price, we have senior ticket prices, we
Speaker 3: have VIP tickets, and then we have general admission. So
Speaker 3: please go on the website and check all of that out.
Speaker 3: Make sure if you want to come to, especially for kids,
Speaker 3: that you do go ahead and reserve your spot because
Speaker 3: the venues are smaller, and even though we have multiple
Speaker 3: showcase events for the kids, you still need to go
Speaker 3: on reserve your spot because it will be by reservation.
Speaker 1: All right, Marylynn, hang on the I'm going to talk
Speaker 1: to you off here here in a second. But folks,
Speaker 1: you have been listening to our community connection residential and