10/12/2024
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor
125 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
Event Type
The 3rd Annual Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue will take place on Saturday, October 12th at 7:30PM at the Congregational Church in Boothbay Harbor – 125 Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor, ME.
Hosted by Artistic Director Aaron Robinson, this year’s Ragtime Revue features the talents of three-time world champion jazz pianist Brian Holland and Grammy-winning drummer Danny Coots performing Hot Ragtime, Stride Piano, Boogie-Woogie, Blues and Early Jazz from the turn of the 20th Century. American archival ragtime pianist Corte Swearingen will perform 4-handed ragtime works by Jenks with Robinson. Swearingen will also be on-hand to sign and talk about his latest recording project: “The Complete Ragtime Works for Piano – Vol I. by Glenn Jenks”. The song-and-dance team of Jones & Boyce will perform period dance pieces and songs. Susan Boyce and Brian Jones were longtime collaborators and performers with Glenn Jenks for several decades.
The Ragtime Revue will award Susan Boyce with the Glenn Jenks Ragtime Emeritus Award for her many years of performing with Jenks at various ragtime Festivals and Revues. Historian, author and musicologist,
Larry Melton will receive the Glenn Jenks Lifetime Achievement Award for his life-long devotion and never-ending accomplishments in the world of ragtime. This year’s 2024 recipients of the Glenn Jenks FUTURE IN MUSIC prize sponsored by Bay Chamber’s Young Stars of Maine Program will be presented to Max Bostock, piano and composition.
For ticket reservations, call: 207-882-6335. General Admission at the door is $35 and $20 for Students. The Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All proceeds benefit the Glenn Jenks Musical Scholarship.
