On January 23, 24, and 25, Muscatine Arts Council will host the 21st annual Eagles and Ivories Ragtime Festival. This will be a weekend of world-class ragtime and stride, Dixieland jazz, boogie-woogie, spirituals, traditional jazz, and much more. Each evening concert is $15 and afternoon concerts are $10. A three-day concert package is $40. Children under 16 are free. Tickets are available at Flowers on the Avenue and at the door.
Free events include, Friday 9 am Kick-off concert at Sunny Brook, Saturday 9 am Eagle Watch at Pearl City Station, and Saturday 12 noon Silent Movie with live piano at the Art Center.
Ivory and Gold® features Jeff Barnhart, piano, and Anne Barnhart, flute, are praised by the L.A. Jazz Scene as a musical duo that can, "draw out the beauty in the rich melodies and play the music with taste, sensitivity, and a real affection for the idiom." More on Ivory and Gold can be found at www.ivoryandgold.net. Ragtime Dr. Dave Majchrzak started playing the piano at age 6. Dave graduated from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine in 1986. Dave plays with Red Lehr's St. Louis Rivermen and Powerhouse Five Traditional Jazz Bands and has been honored with the late Trebor Tichenor's spot in the St. Louis Ragtimers. Dave has appeared at the festival in Sedalia every year since and was named the 2007 Artist in Residence for the Scott Joplin Ragtime Foundation.
Daniel Souvigny, who recently turned fourteen, lives in Hampshire, IL. He loves music and has a passion for ragtime. He has been playing since the age of five and began serious technique training at the age of ten. He is the youngest musician to win first place in the Junior World Championship of Old-Time Piano Playing Contest.
Mad Creek Mudcats are a Muscatine group playing music from the 1890-1930 time-period. This includes ragtime, traditional jazz and novelty tunes. They are regulars at Eagles and Ivories. They will play during the Friday evening Soup Supper.
Locust Street Boys from the Quad Cities Dixieland jazz band formed in 1990 as a group from St. Ambrose University. They will play during the Saturday evening Syncopation Supper.
The Weekend Schedule
Friday, January 23, 2015
? 9:00 Free Sunnybrook Concert
o Ivory and Gold® with Jeff and Anne Barnhart
? 5:00 - 7:00 Soup Supper
o Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue
o Music by Mad Creek Mudcats
? 7:00 - Concert
o Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue
o Music by Ivory and Gold®, Ragtime Dr. Dave Majchrzak, Daniel Souvigny ? 10:00 After Hours, Francesca Vitale's, 128 East 2nd Street
Saturday, January 24, 2015
? 9:00 - 3:00 Free Eagle Watch
o Pearl City Station, 200 W. River Front (River Front Park)
o Corp of Engineers Park Rangers & Dave Bakke
? 12:00 Silent Movies
o Muscatine Art Center, 1314 Mulberry Avenue
? 2:00 Concert
o Muscatine Art Center, 1314 Mulberry Avenue
Music by Ragtime Dr. Dave Majchrzak
? 5:00 - 7:00 Syncopation Supper
o Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue
o Music by the Locust Street Boys
? 7:00 - Concert
o Wesley United Methodist Church , 400 Iowa Avenue
o Music by Ivory and Gold®, Ragtime Dr. Dave Majchrzak, Daniel Souvigny ? 10:00 After Hours, Francesca Vitale's, 128 East 2nd Street
Sunday, January 26, 2013
? 10:00 - Ragtime, Jazz, Gospel worship service
o Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue
? 2:00 - Concert
o Muscatine Art Center, 1314 Mulberry Avenue
o Music by Ivory and Gold®
