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June 2026 Program Suggestions

Hi, all,

By popular vote, the (optional) theme for June 2026's party, hosted by Kim and Mike, will be:

🇺🇸 🇺🇸 American composers, in celebration of the 250th birthday of the US! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

Any genre of music by American composers, including emigres.

Some suggestions:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronological_list_of_American_classical_composers

https://www.pianistmagazine.com/blogs/5-american-composers-for-the-piano-that-you-have-to-discover/

Composers that lived/emigrated in the US:
https://www.classicfm.com/lifestyle/travel/european-composers-america/

If you don't want to choose an American composer - no problem at all. It's optional.

Thanks for heading this up, Kim!

2021 Princeton Peak Piano Retreat

The Walden Chamber Music Society presents the 16th Anniversary Princeton Peak Piano Retreat Recital!

The recital was held Friday, July 30, 2021 7:30 p.m. at the home of Jo and Harvey Boatright in Buena Vista Colorado.

The Princeton Peak Piano Retreat (PPPR) is held every year. Click for details.



2021 PPPR Performers: From left to right: Cheryl Scherer, Peter Hall, Jo Boatright, Roger Moen, Heidi Alina. This photo was taken moments before the recital, 7:30PM MT, July 30, 2021

Peter Hall performs Tocotta by Aram Khachaturian



Peter Hall performs Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15 “Raindrop” by Fryderyk Chopin



Roger Moen performs Don Shirley's arrangement of the classic Beatles song, "Yesterday"



Here's the program for the recital:
PPPR 2021 Program

And here are the biographies of the performers:
PPPR 2021 Bio

If you're interested in attending the multi-day retreat as a student of the piano, or if you might be interested in attending the recital, please reach out!

Encouragement for Nervous Performers

Hi there!

Are you thinking of performing at one of our piano parties, but are a little hesitant?

Please check out this video of laughs and testimonials (from Chaffee County Piano Party #2) - we have a lot of fun, and people are enjoying the parties. Take a chance!

Videos from Piano Party #1

Please enjoy these videos of Chaffee County Piano Club performances at Piano Party #1 - Sept 22, 2019

NOTE: There are five videos in this blog entry! Don't miss out - scroll down to see all of them.

Want more? Please visit our videos page.



1 of 5: The Chaffee County Piano Club had its first Piano Party! A good time was had by all. We had 5 performers and 9 guests for a total of 14 people.



2 of 5: Roger Moen, performing a few warm-ups: The first is an arpeggio by Dinu Lipatti; the second is an excerpt from Spamalot; the third is a portion of Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata. The main piece is the middle adagio movement from the Bach-Busoni Toccata in C.



3 of 5: Ian Runge plays two songs in the style of recent performances by Michael Bublé: "For Once In My Life," and "Save The Last Dance For Me."



4 of 5: Jim Bradley plays Chopin's Impromptu No. 1 in A flat, Op. 29.



5 of 5: Jim Hight plays "The Girl From Ipanema" - and it's a sing-along!
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