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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>FYI. BB<o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> Michael Arnowitt <MA@MAPiano.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 15, 2023 7:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Michael arnowitt' <MA@MAPiano.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Upcoming piano performances in Vermont and western Massachusetts (2a)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I’m returning to the United States for a short trip to perform some piano concerts in northern and southern Vermont and Western Massachusetts. Here are the details:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Saturday, February 25, two concerts, one at 3 pm and one at 7:30 pm - Waterbury Congregational Church, Waterbury, Vermont <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sunday, February 26 at 3 pm - North Hadley Congregational Church, North Hadley, Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sunday, March 5 at 3 pm - Bennington College Deane Carriage Barn, Bennington, Vermont<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>No particular theme to this concert, just a mix of different pieces that I’ve been really enjoying working on and performing in the last couple of months. The major work on the program is Beethoven’s Sonata no. 31 in A-flat major, opus 110, which I haven’t performed since 2015. Written near the end of Beethoven’s life as his health was deteriorating, this visionary sonata, often considered Beethoven’s most emotional, touches upon themes of gratitude, struggle, healing, and resurrection and is just without a doubt one of the great pieces of piano music. Another highlight of the program are three soulful pieces by the present-day Ukrainian composer Victoria Poleva, including onecalled Ischia Island I have not previously performed. These are unpublished pieces the composer sent me a year ago shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I’ll also be playing four fugues from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, three etudes by Claude Debussy, some early Expressionist poetic miniatures by Arnold Schoenberg and my own 2022 confection, “Bi Bim Bach.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Regarding the Waterbury, Vermont performances: many thanks to Willie Docto and the Eleva Chamber Players organization who is presenting me in concert. You can buy tickets at the door, but it always makes a concert sponsor and a performer feel happy when people do buy tickets in advance, which you can do through Eleva’s website:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="https://www.elevachamberplayers.com">https://www.elevachamberplayers.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>In a couple of days I’ll be posting on my YouTube channel an interview my wife Therisa will do with me where I’ll be talking about the pieces on the program I’ll be playing at these concerts. Assuming everything goes technically smoothly, it should be online in a day or so. You can visit the homepage of my YouTube channel “Michael Arnowitt Music” at this link: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelArnowittMusic">https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelArnowittMusic</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I think that’s about it. The only thing I can think to add here is that I do have about a week gap between my second and my third concert, so if anyone might wish to host my playing the concert either publicly or privately during those open dates, naturally, I’d be happy to add another performance to what I’m doing on this trip. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Lastly, I do have the ability to separate my email announcement list by where someone lives, so if you have moved to a different state than where I think you live, but you would still like to receive notices from me when I perform near your current location, just reply to this email and let me know where you’re living now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>All the best and I hope to see you at some of these upcoming concerts!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Michael Arnowitt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>pianist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="mailto:MA@MAPiano.com">MA@MAPiano.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>cell 802-229-0984<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Toronto, Ontario / Montpelier, Vermont<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=55 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><span style='mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=46 height=29 style='width:.4791in;height:.3055in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png"></span></a><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=470 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E;mso-ligatures:none'>Virus-free.<a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avg.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>