By By JONATHAN CLAYBORNE
jonathan@wdnweb.com
Staff Writer
How about a little fresh music with your leftover turkey?
A piano-fiddle duo known as Pianafiddle will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at the Washington High School Performing Arts Center.
The post-Thanksgiving performance will be part of a series presented by the Beaufort County Concert Association.
Season memberships, allowing access to the next four shows in the series, cost $45 and may be purchased at the door.
An annual subscription of $45 grants tickets to all five shows in the association’s full season, which begins in September.
Students from kindergarten to high school seniors will be admitted free if accompanied by an adult who has a ticket, according to a news release.
For more information, stop by the concert association’s website, www.gobcca.org, or call 252-948-3766.
Pianafiddle is comprised of two players, pianist Randy Morris and fiddler-violinist Adam DeGraff.
The duo played in New Bern as recently as Monday, said Eleanor Rollins, president of the concert association.
“I think that the variety of music that they play covers all sorts of genres and audience appeal,” Rollins commented. “Some of it has a classical bent to it, some of it has a bluegrass bent to it.”
Rollins said she saw these musicians at a booking conference three years ago.
“And they were just delightful,” she added. “The interplay between them is fun as far as their personalities.”
Members of the association’s board go to Nashville, Tenn., to watch around 40 auditions over two days, reads an e-mail from Paul and Jerrie Oughton, a husband-and-wife team handling publicity for the group.
After the auditions, the board picks the acts it likes and hopes they’re available for local bookings, the Oughtons related.
The association has sold around 900 season subscriptions, but there is room for more subscribers in the 1,200-seat WHS auditorium, according to Rollins.
“We are always delighted to have membership at what fills the auditorium at the high school,” she said.
“BCCA provides internationally recognized artists who are professional in every way at the lowest possible cost,” the Oughtons wrote. “It is a time not only to experience outstanding talent, but also to reconnect with friends and enjoy the occasion together. Anticipating and then enjoying these performances enriches a person’s life.”