Jon Schmidt (born 1966) is an American pianist currently residing in Salt Lake City, Utah. He describes his style as “New Age Classical.” He was born to German immigrants who acquainted him with the works of such composers as Beethoven, Mozart, and Chopin. He began songwriting at age 11. To date, he has released eight albums and seven piano books containing transcriptions of original arrangements. His work is often described as New Age music with pop elements of hook and melody. He is also noted for his treatment of harmony, counterpoint, and rhythm. His works were also featured on sample discs for the Iomega Hipzip Digital Audio Player with the pieces “Sacred Ground”, “All of Me”, and “Waterfall”. Schmidt’s influences include Mannheim Steamroller, Billy Joel, and Beethoven. Schmidt currently has more than 2 million hits on YouTube for his piano/cello arrangement of Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” and Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida”, which is called “Love Story meets Viva La Vida”.
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Darin Caine is a self taught Blues Guitarist who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Free Concert Series
Miracle on Third and Main
Live on Stage on the Phoenix Theatre stage. The APA invites everyone who is looking for a good holiday classic production, to celebrate the season by attending some of APA’s best holiday productions ever. Two shows, The Other Wise man and The Little Match Girl will be presented on the Academy stage for selected evenings in December. APA is very excited to bring these shows back again to our new facility, located at 1140 South 900 East.
A quirky, sci-fi, not-so-romantic comedy, boom follows Jo, a female journalism student, and Jules, a male marine biologist, on what appears to be an erotic “casual encounter.” But there’s nothing casual whatsoever about this particular evening. Will meaningless sex have meaning? What’s going on in the fish tank? And who is that woman, Barbara, pulling levers in the corner? Something is about to explode.
The play follows a family of incorrigible children who are the terror of their town. When they take over the annual Christmas pageant, the whole community rediscovers the true meaning of Christmas.