ENCORE 12!

All shows include 7:30 post show reception and talk-back with artists

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Opening Concert:

All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and include post show reception and talk-back with artists

• Individual shows: $20, $22 day of show

ENCORE 12! Continues…
2/8	The Florida Orchestra Wind Quintet Works by Piazolla, Hindemith, Barber, Sforzini, Poulenc. Clay Ellerbroek, flute; Katherine Young Steele, oboe; J. Brian Moorhead, clarinet; Anthony Georgeson, bassoon, Robert Rearden, horn; Teddy Abrams, piano.
3/14	St. Petersburg Opera Chamber Ensemble Works by Corelli, Puccini, Snell, Mozart, Chabrier, Sforzini. Sarah Shellman, violin; Fred Gratta, cello; Brent Douglas, piano; Mark Sforzini, bassoon; Clay Ellerbroek, flute; Stephanie Sager, soprano.
3/28	Trio De Minaret Works by Mozart, Browning, Shostakovich. Lei Liu, violin; Lowell Adams, cello; Grigorios Zamparas, piano, Hein Jung, soprano.

Michael Kaeshammer Headlines This Year’s Stomp!

Saturday, January 28, 8 p.m.
Buy tickets online » $22, $26 day of show

The Palladium’s third annual Boogie Woogie/Blues Piano Stomp returns with an exciting new lineup of artists. The show features two grand pianos, four great pianists, doing solo turns and coming together

This year’s Stomp! lineup:

Craig Brenner
Called "a fine and funky pianist" by Living Blues Magazine, Craig Brenner has been voted "Best Musician" in Bloomington, Indiana numerous times, and his band Craig & the Crawdads has been chosen "Best Band." He has recorded 5 albums, each including his own compositions, and has appeared with Bo Diddley, Buckwheat Zydeco, Matt "Guitar" Murphy and Duke Robillard, among others.

Bob Seeley
The 83-year-old boogie woogie master. A student of the legendary Meade Lux Lewis. Seeley also played piano with Art Tatum and Eubie Blake and was a regular accompanist for Sippie Wallace. Seeley’s playing spans ragtime, stride, blues and boogie woogie. He is in the Boogie Woogie Piano Hall of Fame.

Michael Kaeshammer
This German born, Canadian bred 35-year-old singer, songwriter, incendiary pianist and showman dazzles audiences around the world with his fiery piano chops. Trained in classical piano, he fell in love with Boogie Woogie at a young age. Toronto-based Kaeshammer (pronounced case-hammer) has 7 album releases and is featured in the December 2011 issue of Downbeat Magazine.

Liz Pennock & Dr. Blues
The popular Tampa Bay duo also performed extensively with legendary Blues artist Diamond Teeth Mary McClain, and throughout the world appearing with artists including John Hammond, Carey Bell, North Mississippi All-Stars, Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women, Big Bill Morganfield, Roy Book Binder, Bob Margolin, Pinetop Perkins and Leon Russell, and joined the likes of Albert Ammons, Johnnie Johnson (Chuck Berry's piano player), and Pinetop Perkins when in 2008 they were inducted into the Boogie Woogie Piano Hall Of Fame.

Floridiana Festival and Highwaymen Artist Show

Sunday, January 29, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
All tickets sold at the door, $6

Kitschy-kitschy cool is the golden rule at this unusual antiques and collectibles show. Exhibitors will be selling everything from fun Florida ephemera and tropical touches like vintage home décor, to hard-to-find offerings such as old hotel china pieces and Florida-made vintage tourist jewelry. The Florida Highwaymen artists will offer their beautiful Florida land- and seascape paintings. Show attendees may bring their vintage Florida art for a complimentary evaluation by an expert in the field of Highwaymen and other old Florida artists. Author Gary Moss will lecture on "The Culture of Aloha Shirts" - wear or bring your vintage Aloha shirts to receive a free appraisal. Visit www.hulahula.biz for more information.

Roy Book Binder in Concert

Only Tampa Bay appearance!

Friday, February 3, 8 p.m.
Buy tickets online » $20, $25 day of show

“Book Binder’s music is a reflection of his long musical journey through the rich American cultural landscape of the last half of the 20th century.”

Roy Book Binder is a singing, songwriting, storytelling, fingerpicking guitar blues legend. His eclectic repertoire includes blues, country, bluegrass, folk, and popular songs. Book Binder travelled with The Rev. Gary Davis in the 60s, rediscovered Pink Anderson and revived his career in the 70s. Jorma Kaukonen included Book Binder’s songs on his some of his most recent recordings. Book Binder has toured with Bonnie Raitt, JJ Cale, and Hot Tuna, appeared at the Chicago Blues Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, King Biscuit Blues Festival and the Philadelphia Folk Festival.

Russian Rapture: The Music of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninof

Jeffrey Siegel, Keyboard Conversations – Concerts with Commentary

Friday, February 10, 8 p.m.
Buy tickets online » $25, $35

Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “the Leonard Bernstein of the piano,” Jeffrey Siegel charms both piano aficionados and novices alike with his illuminating and witty commentary and astounding musical gifts. Mr. Siegel whisks audiences on a journey across the globe, performing breathtaking works by two of the greatest Russian composers of all time: Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. Siegel presents a rapturous performance of soaring melodies and sumptuous sonorities of these ever-popular composers – the colorful Preludes, captivating Etudes, and the scintillating Humoresque.

Can’t Help Falling in Love with Chris MacDonald’s Memories of Elvis

The only tribute artist hired by Elvis Presley Enterprises to perform at Graceland’s Heartbreak Hotel for 7 consecutive years!

Saturday, February 11, 8 p.m.
Buy tickets online » $42, $32

Presented in part by Biltmore Construction

For one night only, bring your valentine for a big Las Vegas-style show with full production 9-piece band, dancers and singers as Chris MacDonald leads the celebration which highlights several stages of the iconic King of Rock ‘N’ Roll’s career: early years, movies, black leather ’68 comeback, white fringe ‘70 Vegas concerts. This is MacDonald’s only Tampa Bay appearance!

Circus Sarasota and Key Chorale Bring Magic to Tampa Bay

Saturday, March 24, 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 25, 4 p.m.
Buy tickets online » $10 – $45, reserved seating

Blending the sublime beauty of the human voice with the graceful strength of the human body, Cirque des Voix will take you on a journey that celebrates the grace and thrills of the world’s greatest circus performers with stunning choral music from renowned composers like John Williams, Beethoven, Orff, Jenkins & Morricone. A production of Sarasota’s acclaimed Circus Sarasota, Cirque Orchestra, Key Chorale and Young Voices. Co-artistic directors Pedro Reis and Joseph Caulkins.