Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/27/2016
7:00 pm - 9:45 pm
Location
Munster High School
Categories
Ronnie Kole, recipient of the “Mahalia Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award” among other achievements over his illustrious, defining career will be bringing his smooth sound and elegant persona to Munster High School Auditorium on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Single tickets will be available on the day of the performance for $30.
Season tickets to Northwest Indiana Concert Association’s 2015-2016 series are now available. For more information please contact Christine Small (219-923-7879 / csmall617@att.net) or Marie Smith (219-923-2078) / lexie0808@aol.com
“He is one of the great players of our time”
– Harry Connick Jr.
New Orleans musical legend Ronnie Kole is a pianist/entertainer is a class act and consummate performer. The New Orleans-based musician has traveled the world to play in refined venues, make guest appearances with symphony orchestras, and perform at festivals. Kole is a piano man’s piano man, admired by many top stars in the business from Harry Connick Jr. to Allen Toussaint. Ronnie was also instrumental in helping to organize both the New Orleans Jazz Festival and the French Quarter Festival, and has made numerous appearances at both venues. A protégé of Al Hirt, Kole began his professional career on television, gaining exposure on the Johnny Carson Show. Since then he has formed a career that has lead him to receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award, Chevalier to the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Government, inducted into New Orleans Musical Legends Park and the Louisiana Hall of Fame, just to name a few accomplishments. He has also performed for six U.S. Presidents and Pope John Paul II, who is now Saint Jean Paul II. Ronnie Kole is truly a musical entertainer for the ages.