The Park County Arts Council presents the Piatigorsky Foundation’s fall tour featuring  Katsuya Yuasa (clarinet) and Mary Au (piano accompanist). The concert will be on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Meeteetse School Cafeteria. The  performance is free.  

The Piatigorsky Foundation brings live classical music to audiences throughout the  United States. By performing in nontraditional venues, musicians weave  extraordinary concerts into the fabric of everyday life, according to the release.  Since 1990, the foundation has brought live classical music to over 3,775 communities nationwide, reaching seniors, schoolchildren and underserved populations. The Wyoming tour, made possible by the generous support of the Muriel & Seymour Thickman Family Charitable Trust in Sheridan, provides rural residents with access to world-class performances, offering an opportunity for people to experience high caliber cultural events often only available in larger cities. 

The Wyoming Arts Council partners with the Piatigorsky Foundation to book the tours each year, ensuring that these enriching experiences continue to reach communities across the state. This initiative goes beyond offering concerts — it brings communities together, igniting passion, creativity and a deep appreciation for the arts in places that  rarely have access to such enriching experiences.  

A charismatic and versatile clarinetist, Katsuya Yuasa has been praised by critics as  a “born performer with rare ability to express the beauty and soulfulness of the  composer’s music” — and has toured in the United States, Europe, South America and Asia as a concert soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and orchestral player. Born in Kobe, Japan, he is presently the International Concert Artist of Mu Phi Epsilon (MPE) and Professor of Clarinet at Florida A&M University. He is a founding member of Duo Esplanade (flute, clarinet) and Cosmos New Music (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano).  An inventive artist, he explores a wide repertoire of classical, jazz, ethnic, pop, rock and contemporary music.  

This performance is made possible from generous grants from the Wyoming Arts  Council through funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyoming  State Legislature, WESTAF, and donations.

For information call Steve at 307-899-6693.