In Concert At The
Tabernacle
David Crohan & Friends
Sunday, July 31, 2011
8:00 p.m.
in support of the
Trust Fund
for
Cherie Stannard
Tickets $30
&
$50 for Limited Premium Seating
Available at the MVCMA Museum Shop
or
online via Paypal
Cherie Stannard is a member of the MVCMA Campground
Community who was injured last fall in a traffic accident. As a result of her injuries she
is quadriplegic.
Cherie is one of millions of Americans who do not have health insurance to help pay for
her mounting medical expenses. She is eligible for Medicaid, which will pay for a portion
of her bills, but many things will not be covered, such as a van outfitted for
transporting wheelchair users, customized computer equipment and other assistive
technologies which will help her to become more independent. There are some additional
limited state sources of funding to set-up and maintain a home which will accommodate
Cherie's needs, but there will be many additional expenses involved as the lives of Cherie
and her siblings evolve and adjust to this new reality.
Pianist David Crohan crosses the
traditional boundaries between classical and jazz music with an ease and sophistication
that is the envy of many of his colleagues. His performances have aroused admiration all
over the United States in audiences which have included such distinguished people as
President and Mrs. Clinton, Walter Cronkite, Lady Bird Johnson, James Taylor, Carly Simon,
Billy Joel and many others. In 1990, he was privileged to entertain Rose Fitzgerald
Kennedy on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
David Crohan's musical talent announced itself early when he began, at age three, to play
popular tunes he heard. Blind from birth, he received his early education at the Perkins
School for the Blind in Boston where his study of classical music was encouraged. In his
teens, he became a pupil of Avis Charbonnel who was herself a pupil of the great Liszt
Pupil Theodor Leschetitsky, and following his graduation from Perkins he attended New
England Conservatory of Music where he was awarded the Artist's Diploma and Master of
Music Degrees. Solo recitals, chamber music performances and concerto appearances with
symphony orchestras followed.
All the while, David maintained a strong interest in playing jazz as well and the result
has been an extraordinarily fluent ability to cross styles as only a few musicians (Andre
Previn is one notable example) have been able to do. He began making music in the summer's
on Martha's Vineyard in 1964, and in 1978 opened David's Island House which rapidly became
a magnet for music lovers who came to hear David's fascinating performances of both
classical and jazz repertoire.
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