[Image description: Two women sitting at an upright wooden piano. There are mismatched table lamps on each side of the piano and a brick wall behind them. One woman wears glasses and has light hair. She plays the piano while the woman beside her, with dark brown hair, watches.]
GCTC Studio
Friday, Feb 6 at 6:30 PM &
Wednesday, Feb 11 at 6:30 PM
The Piano Teacher is dotted throughout with musical excerpts from the classical and jazz traditions. Join local pianist, sound designer, and piano teacher Ali Berkok in an informative, entertaining, and spoiler-free pre-show talk, taking a deeper dive into some of the play's musical touchpoints.
About the presenter:
Ali Berkok is a pianist, composer and sound designer. He has produced six albums as a leader, including two for electroacoustic outfit Aurochs, and a solo piano album, Never Get Lost for Long, which features reinvented jazz standards such as “Cheek to Cheek,” and Coltrane's “Giant Steps,” as well as spontaneously extemporized compositions. Chief amongst his music research interests is polytemporality, the simultaneous presence of two or more asynchronous rhythmic layers. Berkok holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Toronto.
This talk is free and open to the public, regardless of whether you are attending the show that evening.
[Image description: A white man with short hair and glasses, wearing a black t-shirt . He sits o n the floor, his hands resting on the keys of two keyboard which are on the floor on either side of him. ]