Join Us for the Final Art Piano Pop Up Performance of the Summer
Left: Eve Elliott Right: Sam Elliott
Join us in partnership with Utah Opera & Utah Symphony for one last art piano pop-up performance for the summer! The final performance is set for Sunday, July 23rd at 6pm at the Newpark Hotel in Kimball Junction. Make the most out of a bright & sunny Sunday afternoon and pop in to enjoy a live performance from the talented trombone and piano duo — Sam Elliott & Eve Elliott!
About the performers:
Sam Elliott:
Sam Elliot joined the Utah Symphony in 2015 as Associate Principal/2nd trombone after graduating from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. While at the Conservatory he studied with Paul Welcomer, 2nd trombone of the San Francisco Symphony. Prior to that he studied at the University of Washington in Seattle with Steve Fissel and Koichiro Yamamoto, the bass and principal trombones of the Seattle Symphony. Sam participated in summer music festivals such as the Art of Sound Brass Institute and Southeast Trombone Symposium. He has played with orchestras up and down the west coast including San Francisco, Seattle, and Juneau. When not at Abravanel Hall, Sam can be found at home practicing, homebrewing, and enjoying time with his wife Roxanne and daughter Dagny.
Eve Elliott:
Eve Elliot is a Los Angeles-based ragtime and jazz pianist. In 2022 she won the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest, the first female winner in over 20 years. She plays regularly at venues in the Los Angeles area including the Richard Nixon Library and El Segundo’s Old Town Music Hall, and has been featured at the Scott Joplin Festival and West Coast Ragtime Festival.
This performance is part of our Art Pianos For All public art program in collaboration with the Summit County Public Art Advisory Board. Learn more here.