Mac Frampton
Saturday, January 17, 2009 8PM

"Think of Horowitz mixed with Liberace and an ounce of Victor Borge, and you’ve got the picture," says the Atlanta Constitution. “How one man can bring the rafters down in Symphony Hall as if a full orchestra were playing is a feat in itself. It’s consummate musicianship. Electrifying!” Billboard Magazine has called him “an immensely talented pianist.” In thirty years as an entertainer, he has performed more than 3,000 concerts worldwide. Mac Frampton has recorded 22 albums and a motion picture soundtrack.

www.macframpton.com

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A Keys Favorite Returns -- ICE Presents Pianist Mac Frampton

ISLAMORADA, Florida Keys – Pianist Mac Frampton and his trio, extremely popular with Keys concert goers, will perform at the Coral Shores High School Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 8 p.m., for ICE’s Upper Keys Concert Series. 

Frampton, a medal winner in the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition while he was working on post graduate studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, has 22 albums to his name.

“Mac Frampton played for us in 1995 and again in 1998 to rave reviews, and since then, everybody has been clamoring to get him back for another concert – he’s that good,” said Susan Gordon, a member of ICE’s Upper Keys Concert Series committee and the ICE Board of Directors.

Frampton started playing the piano at the age of three, formal training began at five, and he made his professional debut at eight. At the Van Cliborn competition, after hearing Frampton play some improvised pop and jazz with other contestants, Van Cliborn himself told the pianist to go into music professionally. “With that kind of endorsement, I had to think seriously about going into the pop arena,” noted Frampton.

Frampton has played with the Boston Pops, Roberta Flack, Victor Borge, Louis Nye, the Fifth Dimension, and Metropolitan Opera star Roberta Peters. In 1995, he founded the Hollywood Hills Orchestra, a 16-piece ensemble dedicated to the performance of great cinematic music. To date, he has played more than 3,000 concerts worldwide.

Tickets are $30 at the door and $25 in advance at Upper Keys TIB Bank branches and the Key Largo and Islamorada Chambers of Commerce.

ICE (Islamorada Community Entertainment) is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing quality entertainment and cultural events to Upper Keys residents and visitors, and provides musical and arts scholarships to local students.