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The 2016 Magnolia Concert Series presented by Morris Broadband and Hampton Inn of Hendersonville continues with Katie Ciluffo and Bill Altman on the stage at Flat Rock Cinema, located at 2700 Greenville Highway in Flat Rock, NC. The live concert, produced by Howard Molton, will be at 3:00 pm on Sunday, June 26th, 2016.
Katie Cilluffo and Bill Altman have been playing jazz together for the past few years throughout western North Carolina. They play a variety of traditional jazz standards and Bossa nova favorites. Katie and Bill always enjoy the opportunity to entertain new audiences together. A couple on and offstage, they share a love of music and each other, and their friendly, engaging onstage rapport charms young and old alike.
Katie, originally from Michigan, studied vocal performance at Interlochen Arts Academy and University of Michigan with a concentration in opera. Since moving to Hendersonville, she has sung everything from opera, jazz, bluegrass, musical theater, and pop with organizations such as Asheville Lyric Opera, Flat Rock Playhouse, Parkway Playhouse, and many others. Over the Christmas season, Katie performs with her a Capella trio, the Belle Tones, singing 1940’s Andrews Sisters-style hits. She is currently the soprano soloist at Trinity Presbyterian Church and recently appeared as the soloist in a concert of Viennese operetta favorites with the Blue Ridge Orchestra in Asheville. She regularly presents classical recitals in addition to her jazz performances.
Bill is a well-known and well-traveled guitar player as well as a Hendersonville native. With over 30 years experience, he has played in rock, blues, and alternative bands, including the Crystal Zoo, Crocodile Smile, and his current blues “groosion” trio, Big Block Dodge. Bill makes regular appearances as musician and as music director at Flat Rock Playhouse, both on the main-stage and at the downtown theater, and has appeared in more “Music on the Rock” concerts that any other musician. In addition to electric and acoustic guitar, he plays the dobro, mandolin, electric bass, banjo, lap steel, and pedal steel. Mark Fullington, in an article for The Indie File, wrote “the guitar of Bill Altman has a broad sonic palette that includes ominous chords, tormented rapid-fire leads that range in mood from mega-blues to sci-fi in a perfectly executed display of how much power and emotion a guitar can generate.”
The concert series is also sponsored in part by Carolina Investment Brokers, and WTZQ-AM1600 and FM95.3. Tickets are $20 plus tax. Show time is 3:00 and doors open at 2:15. Flat Rock Cinema’s complete food and beverage menu, including wine and local brews, will be available and can be seen, along with a map, driving directions and ticket information, at MagnoliaConcertSeries.com. Information can also be obtained by calling the cinema box office at (828) 697-2463.
Additional media material and information can be provided by:
Howard Molton
TEL: (828) 388-1465
Email: hemolton@gmail.com
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