Holly Bea Weaver, Allenspark. Pianist Barry Hannigan and flutist Mary Hannigan will be performing at The Old Gallery in Allenspark on Saturday, August 10, 2019, at 4 p.m. This is the 10th year the two have performed a benefit concert for The Old Gallery, a nonprofit center for community, the arts and visitors.

“We are thrilled to be performing at The Old Gallery again,” said Barry Hannigan. “The Old Gallery is a great center for community and the arts in the Peak to Peak area, and we are happy to support their efforts by performing this benefit concert.”  

They will be performing Sonata, Op. 2, No. 2, La Vibray by Michel Blavet; Aria, Op. 48, No. 1 by Ernst von Dohnanyi; Grand Valse Brillante, Op. 18, Valse Brillante, Op. 34, No. 1 and Valse, Op. Post. by Frederic Chopin; Suite de Trois Morceaux, Op. 116 by Benjamin Godard and Sonata, Op. 23 by Lowell Liebermann. 

Barry Hannigan was recently awarded Emeritus status at Bucknell University, where he retired as the Ellen P. Williams Professor of Music. He also received Bucknell University’s highest award for inspirational teaching. He made his New York debut in Carnegie Recital Hall in 1984 and has since received rave reviews in major cities across the United States. He has performed in Russia, England, China, Ireland, Norway and New Zealand. He is the recipient of many awards and prizes, including those from the Ford, Belin, Surdna, and Presser Foundations. He has also received a Solo Recitalist Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts; an award intended to recognize the nation’s outstanding recitalists.  

Mary Hannigan is a member of the Harrisburg Symphony and recently retired from the faculty of Dickinson College, where she performed for many years with that college’s faculty wind quintet. She has also taught at Susquehanna University, Bucknell University, Wilkes University and Colorado College. A former faculty member of the Rocky Ridge Music Center in Colorado, she performed for the Music in the Mountains series for many years.

Admission is free, but donations to the non-profit are appreciated. Refreshments will be served. Kathy Bowers is the Community Host for the event.

The Old Gallery is located at 14863 Colorado Highway 7 in Allenspark, 20 minutes south of Estes Park. On Saturday, Sept. 14, the famed Takács String Quartet will perform at The Old Gallery. Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 at the door. However, the event does sell out every year. Tickets can be purchased at theoldgallery.org.

For more information contact Peggy Mauermann at 303-747-2906 or info@theoldgallery.org.