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September 21, 2016The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Announces New Show! Acoustic Guitar Phenomenon Tommy Emmanuel
The Hall is thrilled to announce its first 2017 performance! We are bringing back two-time GRAMMY nominee Tommy Emmanuel, whose five decade career has garnered hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide. He’ll bring his passionate and infectious live show to the Hall on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 7:30 PM.
This one night only engagement is in support of Emmanuel’s upcoming album, It’s Never Too Late, which will be released on September 21 on Thirty Tigers. The album is 14 tracks of all original music with no vocals or guests. To view the music video for his new single, “Blood Brother”, please visit: https://youtu.be/V4xpE8KG38s
Emmanuel has been voted Favorite Acoustic Guitarist in both Guitar Player Magazine and Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s reader polls, and is a YouTube sensation. His videos have over 29,000,000 views and have led to sold out shows in new markets all over the US. Tommy has also been seen all over the United States in his Public Television pledge specials Center Stage and Tommy Emmanuel and Friends.
About Tommy Emmanuel: Two-time Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel is one of Australia’s most respected musicians. The legendary guitarist has a professional career that spans five decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians throughout the world. A household name in his native Australia, Tommy has garnered hundreds of thousands of loyal fans worldwide. Tommy’s unique style – he calls it simply “finger style” – is akin to playing guitar the way a pianist plays piano, using all ten fingers. Rather than using a whole band for melody, rhythm, bass, and drum parts, Tommy plays all that – and more – on one guitar. Guitar legend Chet Atkins was one of the first to inspire Emmanuel to try this “fingerpicker” style as a child. Decades later, Atkins himself became one of Emmanuel’s biggest fans. Tommy Emmanuel is an honorary Kentucky Colonel, a CGP (Certified Guitar Player – a title given by Chet Atkins to only 5 guitarists in the world), an Order of Australia Medalist (AM) and the holder of both an honorary Master’s Degree (MA) and more recently an honorary Doctor of Arts (DR) from Charles Sturt University in Australia in recognition of his commitment to rural Australia and his contribution to music education.
More information at www.tommyemmanuel.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/TommyEmmanuelTV
Music Hall members may purchase tickets starting Thursday, September 15, 2016 via phone and in person at the Box Office. (With a minimum $50 donation you can become a member and take advantage of the best seats in the house.)
Single tickets go on sale to the general public Tuesday, September 20, 2016 via phone, (518) 273-0038, in person, or online at www.troymusichall.org. Tickets are available at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Box Office, 30 Second Street, Troy, Monday through Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. More information on the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall and upcoming programs is available on the website at www.troymusichall.org.
The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall has hosted performances by legions of world-renowned artists, from legends like Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Isaac Stern, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Vladimir Horowitz, to the best on today’s contemporary music scene, including Joshua Bell, Andrew Bird, Steve Martin, Lyle Lovett, and John Prine and many others.
