Portland Piano Events

Michelle's Piano

Presents

Roland  workshop with Rick DiPiro

February 8, 2010

Two convenient times 11:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.

Rick is a nationally known recording and performing artist.  He will be demonstrating the Roland RM-700 a multi- faceted workstation and performance instrument.  This instrument is ideal for

·        Teaching studios

·        Churches

·        Performance venues

·        Recreational Music Making

Please RSVP your spot by calling or emailing: Park @ 503-997-3266 or llafet4@msn.com

610 SW 12^th Avenue- Portland, OR 97205 503-295-1180

Michelle’s Piano Company is Proud To Present
Dr. Ron Potts in Concert
Saturday December 5th at 5 pm

Please join us for an  early evening of light refreshments and great music.

Ron,  recently took Third Place in the Amateur Bosendorfer Competition held in Vienna, Austria this past May.   Ron performs actively around the Portland area and is involved with the Portland Piano International Festival as well.  

Ron will be playing Bach- Tausig  Organ Prelude in D minor, Ernest Bloch “Poems By the Sea” and Ravel’s Sonatine and Khatchaturian Toccata to name a few!   Ron will be playing a Bosendorfer 225 and a Shigeru SK7.

Please call or email for questions and to reserve your spot today.

Limited Seating

 
Michelle's Holiday Musical Journey with West Café Panache

Sean Concannon & Doug Smith of West Café, with Michelle & Lotof Shahtout of Michelle's Piano Company, with musical guest Darcy White.

Thursday, December 17, 2009, 6:00 pm
$125 per person
24 Guests

"I'm dreaming of a White Christmas," and so will you when you surround yourself with the sounds of Portland's very own Darcy White and company. Come join us as we help to make the season bright! The adventure begins at downtown's Michelle's Piano Company, where diners will sip wine and indulge in starters of Dungeness crab and corn fritters with mango mustard sauce, asparagus and Portobello yakitori, and smoked salmon and pineapple nori rolls. Between bites, you'll enjoy a breathtaking concert performed by some of Portland's finest musicians. Raise a toast -- and your voice -- as we sing carols of seasons past, present, and future. After the concert, it's a short "sleigh ride" on the Portland Streetcar to West Café, where the kitchen embraces both the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Rim. Dinner includes a choice of Asian-style beef tenderloin or Pan-Seared Halibut over mashed potatoes with a spicy cranberry apple salsa and vegetable of the day, followed by either a dense chocolate "Queen of Sheba" torte or a Fig & Mascarpone Bread Pudding served warm with traditional Hard Sauce that's sure to be music to your mouth.

A vegetarian or vegan option is available with prior notice.

 
To purchase tickets to this dinner, please call 503-736-9276 or click here

Michelle’s Piano Company is excited to host the Portland Chapter of the Oregon Music Teachers Association (OMTA), "Classical Festival” this weekend Saturday and Sunday November 7th and 8th. Over 200 young players will be performing and competing on world class concert grand pianos. The festival will be adjudicated, providing each player with oral and written evaluation.

We at Michelle’s support local Portland piano teachers, students and music activities in our community.

PMC Entertainment presents - Diana Krall

Quiet Nights World Tour
Keller Auditorium - Click Here for ticket information
Friday, August 28th
$78.50 - $99.50

Some music is intended to paint a romantic scene – a candlelit dinner, a walk along a moonlit beach. Quiet Nights – Diana Krall’s twelfth album – ain’t about that. Using Brazil as a musical point of reference, the award–winning pianist and singer is not suggesting a night out; she means to stay in.

“It’s not coy. It’s not ‘peel me a grape,’ little girl stuff. I feel this album’s very womanly – like you’re lying next to your lover in bed whispering this in their ear.”
 

Portland International Piano Festival July 12-19, 2009 World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon

Our annual summer festival for listeners, performers, teachers, and students! Artists include Jeremy Denk, the Anderson & Roe duo, Soheil Nasseri, Andrew Russo, and the Van Cliburn Silver Medalist, Yeol Eum Son.

East Meets West Saturday June 20th, 2009 4:00pm

Cinda Goold-Redman & Lena Vozheiko-Wheaton Piano Duet Concert Saturday June 20th, 2009 4:00pm at Michelle’s Piano Company 610 SW 12th Avenue Portland, OR 97205 (503) 295-1180 PROGRAM: La Valse ~ Ravel Concerto for 2 Pianos mvt. 3,4 ~ Stravinsky Danza de Jolisco ~Copland Donations greatly appreciated

Friday June 19th at 7:00pm

Join us for a special two piano concert, featuring Portland-based jazz pianist Clay Giberson and visiting from Washington D.C., special guest Alan Blackman. Additionally, there will be refreshments. For piano students, family and friends alike.

Well traveled geographically and musically, Portland, Oregon keyboardist/composer Clay Giberson’s artistic talent and musicianship are coming to the forefront. A Southwest Washington native, he completed music studies at the University of Miami and New York University where he studied with Jim McNeely and Fred Hersch.

Clay has released four recordings on the Seattle based Origin Arts record label. He has performed throughout Europe, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean, the South Pacific and Caribbean and Japan. Having been influenced by all types of music, Clay draws from these idioms in his own compositions and in the interpretation of others. Currently he can be seen playing with various artists around town. When not performing he teaches classes and lessons at Clackamas and Mt. Hood Community Colleges. www.claygiberson.com

Pianist and composer, Alan Blackman, has been a mainstay in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore area for over a decade. He has performed at Blues Alley, the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, An Die Musik, Jazzway 6004 and all of the area’s Jazz Festivals both as a freelancer and with his group the Blackman/Barke Quartet. Alan received a Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Music and Jazz performance from the University of Miami and a Masters in jazz piano performance from Towson University. He currently teaches at Howard Community College.

Awards include the Eastern Regional Song of the Year (2000) by the Gospel Music Association and the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program at the Kennedy Center in D.C (2000). In addition, he received Maryland State Arts Council grants in jazz composition for the years 2007 and 2009. His latest concerts have included jazz artists Ferenc Nemeth and Vardan Ovsepian.  Alan Blackman

Special Sale this weekend only:

Up to 50% discount on all inventory, used and new uprights baby grands, grand pianos, digitals and player pianos: Bosendorfer, Estonia, Shigeru, Kawai, Young Chang,  Steinway, Yamaha, Schimmel, Vogel, Mason&Hamlin, Roland digitals, PianoDisc player system and more.. Sales include warranty, tuning and delivery within Metro Portland area.

Thursday June 11, 2009

    Roland RM-700

Introduction of the new arrival from Roland the RM-700 digital piano. Workshops, perfomance and one on one session with Rick DePiro one of the great players and musicians in the country. Rick will be in our store all day on Thursday the 11th of June celebrating and showing the new Roland RM-700 digital piano. seating is limited please call us at 503-295-1180 to reserve your seats.    

He’s A Little Bit Country

By Tiffany Schirz

Having shared the stage and/or recorded with icons such as Johnny Cash, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald Band, Joe Williams, and George Benson, Rick DePiro (a.k.a. Ricky Dee) has performed in over 2,000 concerts worldwide as a jazz pianist, organist, keyboardist and music director. As an emerging singer-songwriter, he is widely respected as one of country music’s hottest new acts.

His most recent credits include an appearance in the upcoming film, “Once Fallen,” featuring the likes of Peter Weller, Ed Harris, and Dennis Hopper, to name a few. Watch for screen time with Ricky on Roland’s flagship RD-700GX, as he helps create the musical ambience.

Ricky has released 11 solo CDs, including his latest all original album “Give Me A Chance” (www.jaricrecords.com). Not just an artist, he is also the co-founder and co-owner of JaRic Records and Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based record label whose current artist-partner list includes jazz vocal sensation (and sister) Jacki DePiro and smooth jazz star Freddie Ravel.

An avid Roland user for more than 15 years, Ricky uses Roland exclusively on stage and in the studio. His list of gear includes the RD-700GX Digital Piano, the FP-7 Digital Piano, Fantom-X8, VK-88, E-80, and the KR-117M.

A Musical Journey with West Café Panache

Sean Concannon & Dough Smith of West Café and Michelle and Lotof Shahtout of Michelle’s Piano and Oregon, Co., with musical guest Darcy White
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009  6 p.m.  24 guests  $125

You won’t want to miss this special evening, which will indulge both your palate and your ears. The adventure begins at downtown’s Michelle’s Piano, where diners will sip wine and indulge in starters of Dungeness crab and corn fritters with mango mustard sauce, asparagus and Portobello yakitori, and smoked salmon and pineapple nori rolls. Between bites, you’ll enjoy a breathtaking concert played simultaneously by three classically trained pianists, including critically acclaimed Darcy White. After the concert, it’s a short ride on the Portland Streetcar to West Café, where the kitchen embraces both the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Rim. Dinner includes a choice of Asian-style beef tenderloin or yogurt-marinated halibut, followed by either a dense chocolate “Queen of Sheba” torte or a cobbler made out of pristine late-summer berries that’s sure to be music to your mouth.

Gianluca Luisi- Bosendorfer Artist Portland and Southwest Washington Tour February 13-22nd , 2009

Maestro Gianluca Luisis, on behalf of the Istituto Iltaliano di Cultura of San Francisco and Bosendorfer will be presenting concerts at the following locations:

George Fox Univeristy- Feb. 15th 4pm Bauman Auditoriom

Marylhurst University – Feb. 18th 7:30 pm St. Anne’s Chapel

Lower Columbia College – Feb 22nd. 7:30 pm Wollenberg Auditorium (Contact individual schools for ticket prices and information)

Michelles’s Piano Company are pleased to host Gianluca here in Portland and Southwest Washington.

Join us after work at Michelle’s, on February 20th, 6-8 pm, as your host the Honorary Vice Consul for Italy, Andrea Bartoloni and  the Portland-Bologna Sister City give a reception for Gianluca.  To further the Italian flavor Grand Prix Imports, Portland's only authorized Lamborghini Dealer will have two Lamborghini to commemorate this event!

Come and enjoy an evening of Italian refreshments and special music! For futher information please call Michelle’s Piano Company at 503.295.1180.  Michelle’s Piano Company located at 610 SW 12th Ave. Portland, OR 97205

Year End Close Out:

We are clearing out all 2008 stock to make ready for the new models. No reasonable offer refused. Large selection of Roland digitals.

Michelle’s Service Department:

We will bring your piano into our shop for a free service estimate any time Michelle’s Delivery is transporting your piano.

Did you know that Michelle’s Pianos has a large stock of vintage and restored Steinway pianos? See a sample of our inventory at michellespianos.blogspot.com

Brand new pianos from $2,295.00:

10-year warranty and bench included. Now through December 31st. Selling your piano? Michelle pays top dollar for quality used pianos.

Bargain Galore:

We always have a large inventory of used pianos from $495.00, but they go quickly.

Michelle has several pre-owned Bosendorfer ,Schimmel, and Kawai pianos ready for you to play and own.

Testimonial : We are very grateful for your contribution to the musical community at large. Our students are very excited to perform on top instruments for venues such as the Mt. Hood Music Festival in Gresham. Your fine music training and background as a music educator has given you the insights into how important it is for young musicians in training to be given the finest instruments possible to perform and practice on. Thank you again Lotof! - Corbin Music Studio