Richard Glazier is one of today's foremost
interpreters of the American Popular Songbook and
most closely associated with music of George and Ira
Gershwin. According to one critic, "Richard Glazier has
Gershwin in his soul." Trained in the classics, Glazier
earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in piano
performance from Indiana University School of Music and
a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Cleveland Institute
of Music, where he was awarded the 2007 Alumni
Achievement Award.
A childhood fan letter to Ira Gershwin began a
three-year correspondence with the lyricist and
culminated in a 1975 invitation to Gershwin's Beverly
Hills home. Glazier says, "The brilliant
man....America's best known lyricist, could not have
been nicer to me or more encouraging. This meeting
literally changed the course of my life, and it gives me
enormous pleasure to tell [the Gershwin's] stories and
play their music for audiences everywhere."
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John Shuffle
Nancy Shuffle |
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John and Nancy Williams Shuffle bring a wealth of
performing experience to their theater and concert
appearances having collectively essayed over 150 leading
roles in their combined stage careers. The couple has
regularly delighted audiences, both at home and abroad,
with their versatility, magnetism, and endearing musical
repertoire.
About John Shuffle critics have said he has a
"rich, substantial voice and expressive nuances" and a
"vocal quality that is too seldom heard." Reviewers have
glowed about Nancy Shuffle describing her voice as
"awesome, excellent...first-class...a beautiful voice."
Together the Shuffles have garnered numerous performance
awards and have eight solo and duo recordings currently
to their credit.
Violinist Michi
Wiancko is a winner of the 2002 Concert Artists Guild
International Competition. Featured as an "Artist to
Watch" on the cover of the January 2007 issue of
Symphony magazine, the Cleveland Plain Dealer
credits her with playing that "melts seamlessly into
tender utterances."
Wiancko, a Southern
Californian, holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute
of Music and the Juilliard School where she studied with
Robert Mann. She has earned an international reputation
for her performances throughout the world including such
venues as Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and the
Kennedy Center. Wiancko consistently pushes the
boundaries of the classical repertoire and explores new
genres as a singer, violinist, and composer for her own
band, Kono Michi.
