Beverly Ritz: News

Beverly Ritz returns to the Lincoln City Cultural Center May 19, 2012 to perform jazz classics and her own elegant compositions.

On Saturday evening, December 17, 2011, beginning at 6 PM, Beverly Ritz will give a solo piano performance of her unique arrangements of Christmas songs at the Waldport Community Center in Waldport, Oregon. The event is a benefit for the Lighthouse Independent Baptist Church.

Beverly Ritz's solo piano jazz concert--in combination with a silent art auction--raised $4786 in ONE EVENING for the Lincoln City Cultural Center!! On Saturday evening, July 30, 2011, 150 fans of piano jazz came to hear Beverly at this extraordinary event which Mikaela Norval named, "Cool, Soothing Piano Jazz for a Hot Summer Night."

Beverly Ritz plays traditional hymns at the Sunday morning service of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Waldport, Oregon. Performances have included her arrangements of "His Sheep Am I," "Rock of Ages," "Amazing Grace," and "It is Well With My Soul."

It was a privilege and an honor for Beverly Ritz to participate in a Master class on June 17, 2001 which was part of the Soundwaves Music Festivsl. Her 12-year-old student, Jessica Lee, was one of only five Lincoln County, Oregon music students who performed in this special event at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

In the Southshore community near Newport, Oregon, Beverly Ritz performed her piano jazz for an awesome audience at the home of Darrell Hadley. The April 16th Arbor Day Celebration was created to honor the life of Noreen Hadley, Darrell's lovely wife, who just passed away in January. Beverly chose songs about trees, spring, and cats. The 50 guests, along with Darrell's cats, Bandit and Cody, were Beverly's most enthusiastic and supportive audience yet!!

A concert pianist dreams of the performance when every song evolves according to plan and the highest of hopes. The house concert at Kathgy Parsons' lovely Sandpines (Florence, Oregon) home was the pinnacle performance of Beverly Ritz's career.

"It was the BEST audience of my career and my best performance," says Beverly Ritz, reflecting on her solo piano concert in Florence, Oregon on Sunday, March 21, 2010. The enthusiastic audience wanted jazz piano with substance, and they got it! The 19 songs performed that afternoon included compositions of George Gershwin, John Coltrane, Richard Rodgers, Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard, Marian McPartland, Horace Silver, and, ofcourse, Beverly Ritz.

Kathy Parsons, music educator & music journalist, has done an insightful interview with Beverly Ritz, and you can read this on Kathy's web site at:  www.mainlypiano.com/Interviews/Ritz,_Beverly_10.html

In lovely Florence, Oregon, on March 21 at 3 p.m., Beverly will give a solo piano concert to raise funds for Haitian orphans.

Same great music...LACEY MAE is now available in a beautiful, full-color wallet with Scott Yanow's introductory notes on the inside.

On Saturday, August 22,2009, from 11 A.M to noon, Beverly Ritz was interviewed and selections from LACEY MAE were aired on ArtistFirst.com Radio. If you missed the live interview, you can go to the web site and check the archives.

Great article in The Triplicate, the newspaper in Crescent City, California.

After receiving 2 invitations from the creative genius behind www.jango.com, I submitted my music to this web site and then found a most unexpected treasure. On www.jango.com, you build your own play list for a personal radio station, thus creating the most satisfying radio listening experience!! I recommend this wonderful web site to everyone. And, when you are there, ofcourse don't forget to request music by Beverly Ritz! By the way, after only 2 days of airplay, songs from LACEY MAE and BY ROWDY CREEK amassed so many fans that the music was placed in "general rotation!!" Thank you, Jango Radio fans!

KMHD of Portland, Oregon, has broadcast ALL NINE songs from LACEY MAE during prime time!!! Al Evans, d.j. for "Saturday Night Jazz," has played: Little Sunflower, Naima, All Blues, Summertime, My Favorite Things, Blues For Phil, Willow Creek, Lacey Mae, and I Love You, Phil on 9 consecutive Saturday nights!!!!!!!!!

"If The River Could Remind You," Beverly's piano/voice composition about love and the Siuslaw River (in Lane County, Oregon) has just been published.

THREE top jazz radio stations, KMHD--of Portland, Oregon, KKJZ--of Los Angeles, California, and KEWU--of Cheney, Washington--ALL FM 24/7 JAZZ RADIO STATIONS--have requested LACEY MAE for their music libraries!!!

Also, "Little Sunflower" from LACEY MAE is being played on WPMJ, Sirius-B Satellite Radio's "Cruisin' Jazz" station!