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Barron Ryan Next Up For MVPAC

Recording artist Barron Ryan will give a performance at the Ron Dalley Theatre on Monday October 21.

The Moapa Valley Performing Arts Council will host another great entertainer Monday, October 21 with featured artist Barron Ryan. The show will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Ron Dalley Theatre at Moapa Valley High School.

Ryan’s love for music has always been divided. The son of two musicians, he grew up in a house filled with the sounds of artists ranging from Mozart to Michael Jackson. So when it comes to his own performing, he’s not content drawing on just one influence. He combines them all into a musical adventure that’s vintage yet fresh, historical yet hip, classic yet cool.

After beginning piano lessons at age four with his father, Barron seemed destined for a career in music. He excelled in performing throughout his middle and high school years in Tulsa, OK, then continued to impress his peers and instructors as a piano performance major at The University of Oklahoma.

Everything did not come up roses, however, as Ryan was then rejected from all the music conservatories you might be impressed by. Disheartened and a little annoyed, he briefly gave up on the piano in pursuit of a satirical hip-hop career. But due to a favorable result in a piano competition that sent its winner to perform in Israel, that project was graciously short-lived.

Thanks to that Israel concert tour, Ryan found his artistic voice. He discovered the joy of jazz- and ragtime-inspired concert music (found on his debut album, Classical with Attitude), and is learning from great jazz pianists by replaying their solos (found on his latest album, The Masters’ Apprentice).

Tickets are available at the door beginning at 6 pm, and prices are $10 for adults, $8 for senior citizens and students, and $30 for a family. Doors to the theatre open at 6:30pm.

All events are sponsored in part by MVPAC, Individual Partners for the Arts which include Nevada Arts Council, America First Credit Union, Grant and Laurel Bushman, Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce, Moapa Valley Telephone Company, and Board of County Commissioners.

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