In Concert ~ Peter Mintun
Friday,
November 20, 2009 - 8:00 PM
Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 8:00 PM
Kenyon Hall
7904 35th Avenue, SW
Seattle, Washington 98126
Friday and Saturday night: Peter Mintun’s only
Seattle piano concert this year. The concert will consist of favorite
Mintun numbers from past concerts, including songs from
Broadway in the 1920s and ’30s, early Fox films, Paramount songs,
Warner Bros. musical films, songs of New York and many more.
http://kenyonhall.org/
Phone (206) 937-3613 or
e-mail Lou Magor at kenyonhall@earthlink.net
DANCE!
PETER MINTUN ORCHESTRA
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
New
Year's Eve Gala
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 8 PM
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, California
A
superb roster of guests brings special panache to SF Symphony’s
New Year’s Eve concert. After the concert, don’t miss dancing
with the Peter Mintun Orchestra with Jesters Trio. Bramwell
Tovey, principal guest conductor of the famed Hollywood Bowl, is on the
podium for a program of cheery waltzes and polkas evoking old Vienna.
Audience favorite tenor Alfie Boe offers sparkling selections from Viennese
operettas, and 14-year-old violin prodigy Chad Hoopes—seen on The
Early Show and NPR’s From the Top—will dazzle listeners with
his musical fireworks. After the concert, don’t miss dancing with
the Peter Mintun Orchestra and a San Francisco favorite, Tainted Love.
"ALL ABOUT EVE" - A reading by Charles Busch:
SATURDAY,
AUGUST 15, 2009 - 8:00 P.M.
BRANDON FRADD THEATRE,
FIRE ISLAND PINES
SYVILLE, NY 11782
Tickets $100, $50. SOLD OUT.
A benefit staged reading of the Lux Radio Hour Presentation
of "All About Eve" starring Charles Busch as "Margo Channing"
featuring: Julie Halston (Sex and the City) as "Birdie Coonan,"
Edward Hibbert (Frasier) as "Addison DeWitt," Ashley Morris
(Die! Mommie! Die!) as "Eve Harrington," Jonathan Walker (The
Third Story) as "Bill Sampson," Jennifer Van Dyck (The Third
Story) as "Karen Richards" along with surprise guests! The evening
is directed by Carl Andress (The Third Story, Die! Mommie! Die!). PETER
MINTUN AT THE PIANO
Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night!
"A Spring Cabaret" at The Beaux Arts Alliance!
Monday,
April 27, 2009 ~ 6:30 - 8:30 P.M.
"A Spring Cabaret." The Beaux Arts Alliance invites you to a
benefit party in a beautiful East Side townhouse in Manhattan, featuring
the noted chanteur, Gregory Moore, who has performed at the Metropolitan
Opera, recreating in song the Paris of the Jazz Age, the Paris of Josephine
Baker and Cole Porter. Joining Mr. Moore on the piano is Peter
Mintun.
Details upon reservations.
Members $100. Non-members $150.
(212) 639-9120
Peter Mintun has devised and performed the incidental music for the audio book series of “Olivia” by Ian Falconer, gorgeously read by Dame Edna Everage.
Mintun has provided the piano music for the following titles: Olivia, ?Olivia...and the Missing Toy, Olivia Forms a Band, Olivia Saves the Circus, Olivia Helps with Christmas. Share in the antics and adventures of Olivia, everyone’s favorite hyperactive piglet, as she spins tall tales about lion taming and tightrope walking, plays amateur detective, starts her own one-pig band, saves Santa from being cooked in the fireplace, and creates more than her fair share of havoc that will amuse and delight listeners of all ages.
The Olivia book series has been translated into more than 20 languages. New Yorker illustrator Ian Falconer, meanwhile, was recently voted “Favorite Illustrator” by over 50,000 children at the Children’s Choice Book Awards. Audio books directed by Elisa Shokoff for Simon and Schuster.
DANCE!
PETER MINTUN ORCHESTRA
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
New
Year's Eve Gala
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 8 PM
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, California
Following the Pops Concert featuring Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley,
ring in the New Year dancing onstage to the grand PETER MINTUN
ORCHESTRA! Pre-concert entertainment begins at 8 pm and features
the Martini Brothers. Broadway performers Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley
will sing favorite classics from American musical theater. Enjoy party
favors, complimentary champagne, savories, and desserts following the
concert. Dance the night away on stage with the Peter Mintun Orchestra.
When the clock strikes midnight, 2009 balloons will cascade down from
the ceiling.
$110 - Call (415) 864-6000
ELOISE AT THE PLAZA!
Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 1:30 to 3:30 PM
and
Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 1:30 to 3:30 PM
The
Plaza Hotel
850 Fifth Avenue
New York City, New York 10019
The Plaza Retail Collection presents ELOISE at THE PLAZA. A book signing
with HILARY KNIGHT. Mr. Knight gives lessons on how to draw ELOISE!
PETER MINTUN playing KAY THOMPSON’S ELOISE! Song Book.
Free to the public.
The Plaza Retail Collection
One West 58th Street
New York City, NY 10019
Note: Only BOOKS purchased at the PLAZA HOTEL please and thank you very
much,
ME, ELOISE!
FILM FORUM ~ THE CAMPUS VAMP!
Sunday, November 23, 2008 1:00 - 4:35, 8:20 PM
Film Forum
209 West Houston Street
New York City, New York 10014
Short Silent Film Accompaniment by Peter Mintun: “THE
CAMPUS VAMP” (1928, directed by Harry Edwards) Carole Lombard Film
Short. At Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street, New York, NY. Showing before
the feature “HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE” (1935, directed by Mitchell
Leisen) with Lombard and Fred MacMurray.
See web site at www.filmforum.org
for times.
Scheduled for 1:00, 4:35 and 8:20 P.M.
Telephone (212) 727-8110
NOB HILL 80TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!
Thursday, June 19, 2008, 6:00 P.M.
The
University Club
800 Powell Street
San Francisco,
CA 94108
Nob
Hill Association to Celebrate 80th Birthday
All members of N.H.A. and guests are invited to celebrate the 80th birthday
of the Nob Hill Association honoring Dame Bella Farrow and featuring PETER
MINTUN
at the Piano. It will be a swank evening of food, drink and conversation
benefiting the restoration of Huntington Park. Price is $150 per person,
$74 of which is tax deductible. For further information, please call 415-346-8720.
Chairperson Lee Meyer. Cocktail attire, Cocktail Buffet, Complimentary
Margaritas and Wine. No Host Cocktails.
MIDTOWN JAZZ AT MIDDAY!
Wednesday,
March 12, 2008 1:00 PM
Saint Peter’s Church
619 Lexington Avenue (East 54th Street)
New York, NY 10022
PETER
MINTUN
At The Piano:
These jazz sessions feature artists in the Living Room of Saint Peter’s
Church every Wednesday at 1:00 P.M. The concerts last for approximately
one hour. Bring your lunch and join us for jazz. A donation of $7.00 is
requested.
The
Saint Peter's Jazz Ministry
DANCE!
PETER MINTUN ORCHESTRA
Featuring
THE JESTERS TRIO
On Stage
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
New Year's Eve Gala
SAN
FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
MONDAY,
DECEMBER 31, 2007
FROM WASHINGTON HEIGHTS TO AVENUE "A"
Tuesday, October, 30 2007
The
Musicians’ Union, Local 802 Theatre
322 West 48th Street (Between 8th and 9th Avenue)
New York, New York 10036
Cost: $7 suggested donation
This concert affords a rare glimpse into the seldom heard but charming
(and sometimes hilarious) songs about New York written before World War
II.
Composers represented include Irving Berlin, Bert Kalmar, Harry Warren, Mack Gordon, George & Ira Gershwin, Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson, Gus Kahn and Victor Herbert. Songs of Manhattan: "The Streets of New York," "Harlem Serenade," "Down On Avenue ’A’," "Fifth Avenue," "Slumming On Park Avenue," "Breakfast In Harlem" are a few titles be enjoyed.
More info at http://www.actorsguild.org/Events.html
RETURN TO
CASABLANCA
June 22, 2007 ~ 7:00 PMFriday
Evening - FREE!
Arium
31 Little West 12th Street
New York, New York 10014
PETER MINTUN at the Piano. A free screening of the classic black-and-white film, "Casablanca," complimented by red wines and wine cocktails and Moroccan-inspired treats from ARIUM's new wine bar menu.
Special musical appearance by pianist, Peter Mintun. 7.00 PM-11.00 PM. Film screening at 9.00 PM. Admission is free. ARIUM is a new downtown venue for classical music and the performing arts in an intimate setting. ARIUM's Sunday afternoon recital series features some of today's most gifted pianists performing on an 1905 Steinway piano by Klavierhaus, as well as an ongoing program of chamber orchestras, vocalists and solo instrumentalists, poetry and theatrical readings.
25th
ANNUAL ART DECO PRESERVATION BALL
April 28,
2007 8:00 PM
City Club of San Francisco
155 Sansome St. Tenth Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
Silver Anniversary of the Art Deco Society of California -- The ADSC is a non-profit organization that endeavors to increase public awareness of Art Deco and to preserve and promote the art, music, fashion, architecture and transportation of the era (roughly 1919-1941).
The Art
Deco Preservation Ball is held each Spring to recognize those who have
preserved, or are in the process of preserving or restoring, Art Deco
in areas including architecture, music and fashion. Past awardees include
Peter Botto & Jack Bethards (Paramount Theatre),
The Art
Deco Preservation Ball also includes dancing to Don Neely's Royal Society
Jazz Orchestra, hosted appetizers and continuous cabaret entertainment
(including Peter Mintun, Frederick Hodges, Sara Klotz
de Aguilar and Ann Gibson). Along with the excitement of the awards presentation,
the fabulous dance group The Decobelles. -- For tickets and information,
call (415) 982-DECO (3326) or email zelda1927@artdecosociety.org. -- The
City Club is housed in a historic Art Deco building in downtown San Francisco,
and the interior includes a major mural painted by famed artist Diego
Rivera, known for his work during the Art Deco period.
COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER FUND RAISER
May 7, 2007 6:00 PM
University Club
San Francisco, California 94108
Cost: Call CMC
Featuring performances by PETER MINTUN and students and
faculty of CMC. This year's theme: FIESTA. Community Music Center (CMC)
is the Bay Area's oldest community arts organization and San Francisco's
largest provider of low-cost, high quality music education, serving over
2200 students each year. CMC also provides a variety of other programs
and services, such as concerts and events, event music, practice rooms,
instrument rental, concert hall rental and sound recording services. Call
T (415) 647-6015 for information. Visit
the web site
NEW
YORK SHEET MUSIC SOCIETY
SATURDAY - JANUARY 13, 1:30
P.M.
Musicians' Hall
322 West 48th Street, New York, N.Y.
Elliot Ames salutes the great hotel and lounge pianists of the past who
brought sophistication and a personal touch to the music performed in
New York City cafe society. Held at the Musicians' Hall, 322 West 48th
Street, New York, New York, on Saturday, 13 January 2007 at 1:30 P.M.,
the event will honor current performers, including Kathleen Landis and
Nancy Winston (of the Pierre), Steve Ross, Peter Mintun, Ronny Whyte,
John Wallowitch, and, schedule permitting, Irving Fields. The public is
welcome; there is a nominal charge of $10 for non-members.
PETER MINTUN has written
the notes for the new Shellwood (U.K.) CD SWCD32
CY WALTER
THE PARK AVENUE TATUM
Possibly the greatest 5 star hotel pianist that ever graced America. His
arrangements and stylings of the memorable show tunes of the 30s, 40s
& 50s are the stuff of legend, his fluent and breathtaking abilities
were marvelled at by his peer group which included Cole Porter, Gershwin,
Richard Rogers and many of the best composers of that glorious era.
Upon hearing about this CD, the legendary pianist, George Shearing declared
with conviction, "I shall be first in line to buy it!"
Michael Feinstein, who was twelve years old when Walter died, added, "Listening to Cy Walter's recordings is one of the most fulfilling experiences I have ever had."
"Peter Mintun's superb liner notes..."
www.ArtsJournal.com "Peter Mintun has written splendid, from-the-heart
program notes." Alex Hassan
(http://www.noveltypiano.com)
To see the track list, go to:
http://www.shellwood.co.uk
DANCE!
PETER MINTUN ORCHESTRA
Featuring THE JESTERS TRIO
On Stage
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
New Year's Eve Gala
SAN
FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2006
Ring in the New Year with a grand gala celebration. Enjoy party favors
and complimentary Champagne, savories, and desserts following the concert.
Dance the night away to the PETER MINTUN ORCHESTRA, on stage and in the
lobby. When the clock strikes midnight, 2007 balloons cascade from above.
Brian Stokes Mitchell, vocalist
James Gaffigan, conductor
Dubbed "The Last Leading Man" by the New York Times, Brian Stokes
Mitchell has enjoyed a rich and varied career on Broadway, television
and film, along with appearances in the great American concert halls.
A SPECIAL LIVE MUSIC AND MOVIE EVENT !
Peter
Mintun's Movietone Follies of 2007
Piano virtuoso, pop music historian and national treasure Peter Mintun
returns for another fun-filled evening, taking us on a history of the
Fox (and later 20th Century-Fox) studio's music and song, from its earliest
Movietone scores for silent movies to the Golden Age of the Fox musical.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2006 8:00 PM
 |
At
the new Steinway in the Greenbrier's Old White Lounge, redecorated
by Carlton Varney for the 2002 engagement of Peter Mintun. |
Peter Mintun is one of America's favorite society pianists.
Peter began his career in San Francisco, where for twenty five years his playing graced such rooms as Masons in The Fairmont Hotel and L'Etoile in the Huntington Hotel.
In 1994, at the suggestion of Michael Feinstein, he came across the United States to his first New York engagement, performing at The Madison Room at the New York Palace Hotel. Shortly thereafter he moved uptown to the Bemelmans Bar at The Carlyle, where he entertained some of New York's most toney guests and visitors through 2002. Since then he has appeared at the famous Greenbrier Hotel and Resort in West Virginia, inaugurating their newly designed Old White Lounge (designed with Peter especially in mind by Carlton Varney, president of Dorothy Draper Incorporated - it was Mrs. Draper who redesigned The Greenbrier after the Second World War in her own inimitable and fanciful taste).
In 1999 Peter picked up and left his San Francisco home and bought a brownstone in upper Manhattan. Always an original one family residence, it has provided a home for Peter's various pianos (including multiple player pianos and Dana Suesse's concert Steinway), and his vast collection of paper perforated piano rolls, wind-up phonographs, and miles of vintage sheet music. On January 30, 2005 the house and Peter were profiled in the New York Times in a feature by Christopher Gray.
In 2003 Peter visited London, supervising concerts of the "classical" music of the late Dana Suesse. The music of this composer, who was represented by Mr. Mintun, has been revived recently by the BBC Concert Orchestra (conducted by John McGlinn), and the Albany Symphony (conducted by David Alan Miller - piano soloist Kevin Cole). Dennis Colwell conducted Suesse's Jazz Concerto (1956) with the River City Brass Band in Pittsburgh, PA. The soloist was Donna Amato.
A profile on Mr. Mintun was written by Will Friedwald for the New York Sun in the issue of January 25, 2005.
Peter finishes
off the year, as he has done for over a decade, conducting his own Peter
Mintun Orchestra for the San Francisco Symphony's New Year's Eve Gala
at Davis Symphony Hall.
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