Welcome to St. Paul’s Concert Series, providing world-class performances at a donation-based family-friendly admission price. Please scroll below to see our next scheduled performance, join the online broadcast, and make a donation.
Presenting:
We welcome a live audience to our concerts! We also continue to broadcast our performances simultaneously online for those who prefer a remote experience.
To join the ONLINE BROADCAST on June 17, click HERE.
After the performance, our performer(s) will engage with our audience through comments submitted online and from the in-house audience.
Donations for this performance are gratefully accepted. Average donations for attendees are $20 (adult) or $10 (student). You can donate online with paypal/credit card at this link below, or donate at the door the night of the concert. Regardless of donation, all are welcome! We greatly appreciate your support of our artists and our concert program. Please share your support by making a donation HERE.
Concert Program
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About Our Upcoming Performer
Pianist Kevin Ayesh has presented concerts and master classes throughout the United States (he has performed in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia), as well as in Canada, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. As a North Carolina Visiting Artist for four years, he appeared before thousands across that state, performing as many as 50 recitals in a season.
In 2022, Ayesh was the featured guest artist at the 43rd Dr. Sharyn Edwards Piano Festival in North Carolina; he has also recently appeared as guest recitalist and clinician at the Lindlar International Piano Festival in Germany, the Star Valley Junior Music Festival in Wyoming, the Gene Marcus Piano Festival at Purdue University-Fort Wayne, and the USA Piano Camp at the University of South Alabama. Recent solo recitals include Ball State University (IN), Western Kentucky University, Stephen F. Austin University (TX), Winthrop University (SC), St. Mary’s University of California, Saddleback College (CA), Schmitt Music in Kansas City, KS, Steinway Society of Puerto Rico in San Juan, PR, Silk Purse Arts Centre in West Vancouver, BC (Canada), St. Paul’s Concert Series in Yuma, AZ, Epiphany Tuesday Concert Series in Washington, DC, GVPC Live! Concert Series in Henderson, NV, Thursday Afternoon Music Club in Wichita, KS, and Emerson Avenue Salon Series in McLean, VA, in addition to several concerts in Europe.
Ayesh has appeared three times as concerto soloist with the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, twice with the Brevard Philharmonic Orchestra, twice with the Asheville Chamber Players, and also with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, the Blue Ridge Orchestra, the 4 Seasons Chamber Orchestra, the Wichita Community Orchestra, and the Maryland Youth Symphony Orchestra, performing such concertos as Mozart’s K. 466, K. 467, and K. 488, Beethoven’s 2nd, 3rd, and Choral Fantasy, Brahms’ 1st, Rachmaninoff’s 2nd, Clara Schumann’s Op. 7, and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. He has also presented numerous lecture-recitals of the piano music of American composer Robert Starer.
Ayesh is the recipient of many prizes, including the Naftzger Piano Award, Baltimore Music Club Award, and Winner of both the JCC Baltimore Piano Competition and the Maryland State Music Teachers’ Elizabeth R. Davis Memorial Piano Competition. He has been a finalist in several national and international competitions, was awarded Second Prize at the Wideman International Piano Competition, and captured both Third Prize and Composer’s Prize at the New Orleans International Piano Competition.
Ayesh has adjudicated Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) auditions for the state conventions of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, and has been a featured clinician at both the Georgia and South Carolina Music Educators Association state conventions.
Formerly the Lead Music Instructor and Artistic Director of the Concert Series at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, NC, Ayesh currently teaches applied piano at Spartanburg Methodist College in South Carolina. A native of Wichita, Kansas, Ayesh received his Bachelor of Music degree with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin; his master’s and doctorate degrees are from the University of Maryland. His teachers were Elinor Aiken, William Race, and Nelita True.
About the St. Paul’s Concert Series
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is pleased to bring this year-round concert series at an affordable, donation-based cost. Concerts are performed in the beautiful St. Paul’s sanctuary near downtown Walnut Creek and are also streamed live online. Our concert series presents in-person* world-class performances in an intimate setting along with free parking and convenient nearby access to Walnut Creek BART. Or, if you choose to enjoy our performances from the comfort of your own home, join us online on YouTube for our live broadcasts!
*As of 9/1/22, Masks will be recommended, but not required for attendees of our concerts. Vaccine status will no longer be checked. We will continue to seat our audience with acceptable spacing to reduce risk of transmittance.
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