If you wonder what kind of value the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center brings to our community, look no further than the presentation its latest headliner made to local high school students last week.
Check out the story about Alpin Hong in Third Coast Digest — written by former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel critic Tom Strini — here. From it:
Pianist Alpin Hong knows his Bach. He also knows his Super Mario Brothers. Both came in handy at a lecture demonstration May 4 at South Milwaukee High School.
Hong played Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy, Chopin’s “Harp” Etude and Mendelssohn’s Variations Serieuses before the session was over. But he won the 300 or so assembled by scoring his music theory points with melodies from computer games and sci-fi, fantasy and horror movies, with a heavy dose of stand-up comedy
Without the SMPAC, these types of opportunities would never happen — and our schools, and city, would be worse off for it.
Want to see Alpin Hong perform? He is playing Saturday and Sunday at the SMPAC. Learn more here.
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NICE Press for our SMPAC as well as for the hilarious and hip Alpin Hong. This is one concert not to miss.
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