Brandon University piano faculty members Kyung and Michael Kim are pleased to announce that they will be performing a special fundraising concert for the inaugural Mayfest in Neepawa. THE CONCERT WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, MARCH 2, AT 7:30 PM, AT KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 396 FIRST AVENUE, NEEPAWA, AND WILL FEATURE WORKS BY J.S. BACH, MOZART, BRAHMS, AND ROSSINI. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR, OR CAN BE RESERVED IN ADVANCE BY E-MAILING MAYFESTNEEPAWA@GMAIL.COM, AND ARE $15 FOR ADULTS, $10 FOR SENIORS AND STUDENTS. KYUNG KIM AND MICHAEL KIM HAVE BEEN PIANO FACULTY MEMBERS AT BRANDON UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC SINCE 2008, WHERE MICHAEL ALSO SERVES AS DEAN. THEY HAVE PERFORMED TOGETHER REGULARLY AS A PIANO DUO SINCE THEY MET IN 1998, TOURING THROUGHOUT THE U.S., CANADA, AND KOREA TO CRITICAL ACCLAIM. BOTH WINNERS OF NUMEROUS COMPETITIVE AWARDS, AND ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS AND TEACHERS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, KYUNG HAS APPEARED AS CONCERTO SOLOIST, RECITALIST, AND CHAMBER MUSICIAN THROUGHOUT THE U.S., CANADA, CHINA, HONG KONG, KOREA, AUSTRIA, AND HUNGARY, ALSO APPEARING AT THE NIAGARA, HEIFETZ, BARTOK, SALZBURG MOZARTEUM, AND CLEAR LAKE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS. MICHAEL HAS ALSO TOURED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE CANADA, U.S., U.K., AND KOREA AS CONCERTO SOLOIST, RECITALIST, AND CHAMBER MUSICIAN AT NUMEROUS VENUES AND SUMMER FESTIVALS. KYUNG HOLDS HER DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON, AND MICHAEL HIS DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS DEGREE FROM THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN NEW YORK. THE BRAINCHILD OF CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS KYUNG AND MICHAEL KIM, THE INAUGURAL MAYFEST WILL BE HELD MAY 24 AND 25 WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE OF KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, THE VISCOUNT CULTURAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, AND THE TOWN OF NEEPAWA. IT WILL FEATURE A VARIETY OF MUSICAL TALENT DRAWN FROM NEEPAWA, THE WESTMAN REGION AND ABROAD, INCLUDING PIANISTS JAYOUNG HONG, KYUNG KIM, MICHAEL KIM, AND SUNHWA HER, TENOR SANGMYOUNG KIM CONDUCTING THE NEEPAWA COMMUNITY CHOIR, AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED MUSIC FACULTY FROM BRANDON UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC. THE CONCERTS WILL TAKE PLACE AT NEEPAWA’S HISTORIC KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (396 FIRST AVENUE), AND FEATURE A WIDE VARIETY OF EXCITING MUSICAL SELECTIONS: MAY 24 – “A PIANO EXTRAVAGANZA”. PIANISTS JAYOUNG HONG, KYUNG AND MICHAEL KIM, COMBINE FORCES TO CREATE AN UNFORGETTABLE TOUR DE FORCE EVENING OF WORKS FOR PIANO (SOLO, 4 HANDS, 6 HANDS, AND 8 HANDS), INCLUDING WORKS BY J.S. BACH, MOZART, GLIBERT/SULLIVAN, AND RACHMANINOFF. MAY 25 – “GALA FINALE – LOVE AND SONG”. MAYFEST ARTISTS, GUEST MUSIC FACULTY FROM BRANDON UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC, AND THE NEEPAWA COMMUNITY CHOIR CONDUCTED BY SANGMYOUNG KIM WILL PERFORM A POTPOURRI OF CLASSICAL AND POPULAR MUSIC SELECTIONS THAT IS SURE TO DELIGHT AND PLEASE THE MUSICAL PALATE. “MICHAEL AND I ARE MOST GRATEFUL TO KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, THE VISCOUNT CULTURAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, AND THE TOWN OF NEEPAWA FOR THEIR GENEROUS ASSISTANCE AND WILLINGNESS TO HOST THIS INAUGURAL FESTIVAL”, SAYS CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR KYUNG KIM. “THE HISTORICAL BEAUTY AND RICH ACOUSTICAL QUALITIES OF THE KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, IN COMBINATION WITH CULTURAL VITALITY AND RICHNESS THAT THE TOWN OF NEEPAWA OFFERS ITS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, MAKES THIS THE IDEAL VENUE AND LOCATION FOR A MUSIC FESTIVAL OF THIS STATURE.” MAYFEST TICKETS ARE $25/ADULTS AND $15/STUDENTS AND SENIORS FOR BOTH NIGHTS (MAY 24 AND 25), OR $15/ADULTS AND $10/STUDENTS AND SENIORS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CONCERT.