Show i t it itt Ji 5 Ii t t gar 1 i F. F t Ir r 7 r. r f J C e J y 1 i 1 J j r f I I. I 1 TI 1 tri i- i 1 j I 11 lG i L' L E t n nIt nf j f i j ii It cr crA A THOMAS 1 PIANIST NEXT IN COMMUNITY CONCERT SERIES 1 Thomas Thomas the 25 rear ear ar old concert pianist from Venton fenton NJ and graduate of tie ae I-e. I Juilliard School of Music f New f New York will give a conert conert con- con ert rt here in Bountiful for the J Community Concert association on Saturday arch darch 22 at 8 15 pm p.m. in the Viewmont High School auditor- auditor urn urn um I MR IANN with his mature musicians musician- musician t s I ship and technique is emerging as one of the truly I bright stars among the younger young young- I er generation of American I pianists He became a resit resident resident resi resi- t dent of California in September Septem Septem- ber 1968 when he entered the University of California at Santa Barbara to work on a Master of Arts degree with a double major special pert perI performance per per- t I and composition Very early in his life young Thomas developed an avid I interest in music At the age I of 12 after only 1 years of I piano lessons made his public debut performing Beethoven's Tempest Sonata at the Klockner School in Trenton Trenton Trenton Tren Tren- ton NJ IN ORDER TO devote more time to music when he was 16 he dropped out of regular high I school A year later his father I died and went to I work as a carpenters carpenter's apprentice apprentice apprentice tice at the Chapin School in inI Princeton practicing the piano I in his his' lunch hours in the school music room and attending music room and attending night classes at Trenton Central Central Central Cen Cen- High to get his diploma During one of those lunch lunchtime lunchtime lunchtime time practice sessions the headmistress Mrs Olga Smith heard him from a nearby room playing playing Beethoven's and sent to gate Impressed with the teenagers teenager's teenagers teenager's teenagers teenager's teen teen- agers ager's talent she introduced him to John Ellis then a teacher at the famous Juilliard School of Music in New York studied privately with Mr Mrs Ellis for a year and at the age of 19 was accepted at Juilliard with a tuition scholarship awarded by the school His teacher at Juilliard Juilliard Juilliard Juil Juil- liard was Mr Josef and in May 1967 after five years of study he graduated with a BS degree as a piano major IANN has some original original inal compositions to his credit including works for piano and for chamber groups In addition addition addition ad ad- he composed the music for the play by Fred which was performed performed performed per per- formed at the New Jersey State Cultural Center in Trenton Trenton Trenton Tren Tren- ton in m May 1967 has a quite remarkable remarkable remarkable re re- re- re gift for improvisation tion and is most noted in this capacity for his daring and I imaginative improvisations in collaboration with a vocalist on I Ithe the works of Shakespeare Ives E E. E E. E Cummings and others HE liE RECENTLY improvised on the piano with a vocalist and percussionist the music I. I for two plays by Orpheus Orpheus Orpheus Or and Phaedra andon and andon andon on another occasion improvised improvised ed the music for a modern dance program |