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Artists MIKI SAWADA and CHRIS THOMPSON travel across North Carolina with a piano for the 8th installment of Gather Hear Tour. Their unique new show melds together classical piano and rap/spoken word, with the epic, physical, and dramatic Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Sonata as the anchoring work. Chris’ featured original composition SPIRA closes the show.
We thank the leading sponsor of Gather Hear North Carolina, ARTS COUNCIL OF MOORE COUNTY, for commissioning SPIRA and making this tour possible. We also thank the Nationtal Performance Network for awarding us their Documentation Fund.
About Chris: Multi-talented musician Chris is a composer, percussionist, and spoken word/rap artist. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in composition at Peabody Institute, and is a proud alum of NC A&T's internationally acclaimed Cold Steel Drumline, having served as Drum Captain.