Festival Sampler and St. Louis Ragtime Showcase
Fri, Nov. 19: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm PST
Emceed by Jack Rummel.
Here's a concert with a sample of the performers at this year's West Coast Ragtime Festival! This is your chance to hear many of the featured festival performers each play one piece in their own unique styles. Featured performers include: Isaiah Burton, Richard Dowling, Andrew Greene, Kevin Gunia, Takashi Hamada, Frederick Hodges, Charlie Judkins & Miss Maybell, Morten Gunnar Larsen, Ethan Leinwand, Carl Sonny Leyland, David Thomas Roberts, Christoph Schmetterer, Squeek Steele, Bub & Petra Sullivan, West Fest Wanderers and Bryan Wright.
Following the traditional Festival Sampler is a special St. Louis Ragtime Showcase that was produced by TJ Muller and Ethan Leinwand highlighting the vibrant St. Louis ragtime community. You'll see new faces and familiar ones! Featured performers include: The Arcadia Dance Orchestra, Richard Egan, The Gaslight Squares, Miss Jubilee (Valerie Kirchhoff), Ethan Leinwand, Royce Martin, TJ Muller, and The St. Louis Ragtimers with Marty Eggers.
Friday Evening Concert
Fri, Nov. 19: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm PST
Emceed by Richard Dowling.
Tune in to enjoy a special Friday evening concert featuring the following performers each playing a set: Charlie Judkins & Miss Maybell, David Thomas Roberts, Squeek Steele, Andrew Greene, Michael Chisholm & Kevin Gunia and Ivory & Gold® (Jeff and Anne Barnhart).
Rising Stars
Sat, Nov 20: noon – 1:30 pm PST
Emceed by Jeff Barnhart.
When award winning youth performers ascend to the world stage playing full sets of musical artistry what can you call them but Rising Stars! Featured performers are: Florian Krueger, Ramona Baker, Diego Bustamante, Vincent Johnson, Will Perkins, and John Reed-Torres.
Saturday Afternoon Concert
Sat, Nov 20: 3:00 – 5:00 pm PST
Emceed by Matt Tolentino.
Please tune in to enjoy a special Saturday afternoon concert featuring the following performers: Frederick Hodges/Richard Dowling on a special two piano set, Takashi Hamada from Japan, Martin Spitznagel, and the Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra of Oslo, Norway. The Ophelia segment of our program will be emceed by Max Morath.
Ragtime, 1901!
Sat, Nov. 20: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PST
Emceed by Sean Sharp.
Every piece in this show is from 1901, when ragtime was the rage in America! Featured performers: Elliott Adams, Chris & Jack Bradshaw, Michael Chisholm, Crown Syncopators, Richard Dowling, Robyn Drivon, Steve Drivon, Marty Eggers, Gaslight Squares, Heidi Evelyn, Hillary Herbert, Frederick Hodges, Ivory & Gold®, Vincent Johnson, Charlie Judkins & Miss Maybell, Kevin Gunia, Morten Gunnar Larsen, Carl Sonny Leyland, TJ Muller, Porcupines, David Thomas Roberts, Del Robles, Squeek Steele, Adam Swanson, Virginia Tichenor, Matt Tolentino, and Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod.
Youth Concert
Sun, Nov. 21: Noon – 1:30 pm
Emceed by Vincent Johnson.
The future of ragtime depends on the ragtime playing youth of today, so our festival provides opportunities for outstanding young performers to spotlight their talents. All our youth performers are in this one show: Jade Anderson, Romil Bhatt, Isaiah Burton, Devin Cheng, Andrew Sacks, Anthony Sarginson, Dylan Swayzee, and Lilianne Tao.
Sunday Afternoon Seminars and Concert
Sun, Nov. 21: 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Emceed by Michael Chisholm.
Tune in to enjoy a special Sunday afternoon program that features seminars and a concert! The seminar presentations are: Syncopating Celluloid by Galen Wilkes followed by St. Louis Murder Ballads by Magdalene Linck.
Following the seminars, the concert features the following performers: Royce Martin, Jared DiBartolomeo, Robyn & Steve Drivon, Chris & Jack Bradshaw, The Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra and Adam Swanson.
Sunday Evening Concert
Sun, Nov. 21: 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Emceed by Frederick Hodges.
Tune in to enjoy the final festival concert on Sunday evening featuring the following performers each playing a set: Carl Sonny Leyland, Larisa Migachyov, Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod, Bryan Wright, and Brian Holland with Danny Coots.
