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Philip Fortenberry's Coming Home, One Night Only Benefit Concert
Starts: Friday, March 22, 2019 7:30 PM
Ends: Friday, March 22, 2019 9:00 PM
WCU, Thomas Fine Arts Center Auditorium
710 William Carey Parkway, Hattiesburg, MS 39401
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Pianist and WCU Class of ’80 Alum Philip Fortenberry will perform a benefit concert “Coming Home, One Night Only” at WCU’s Homecoming Celebration on Friday, March 22, 7:30 p.m.
Renowned pianist, composer and Columbia, MS native Philip Fortenberry will bring his masterful piano playing, exciting storytelling, beautiful music and southern charm home to Mississippi for a solo benefit concert, “Coming Home, One Night Only” at his alma mater, William Carey University, during the Homecoming celebration in the 1,200-seat Thomas Fine Arts Center Auditorium, 710 William Carey Parkway in Hattiesburg on Friday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds from the concert with benefit WCU’s Winters School of Music and Ministry Studies’ new Strings Program and help support the Steinway Program.
Tickets to the concert are now on sale to the public for $15 general admission and are available for purchase call the WCU Music Office at 601-318-6175 email Tanya Hobbie at thobbie@wmcarey.edu.
Tickets are $10 for WCU Alumni attending the Alumni Awards Dinner prior to the concert at 5:30 p.m., buy via email alumni@wmcarey.edu or call the office of Alumni Director Pam Shearer at 601-318-6561. WCU students will receive free admission to the concert with photo I.D.
“William Carey takes great pride in its outstanding graduates, and Philip Fortenberry certainly fits that classification,” says President Dr. Tommy King. “His accomplishments as a pianist and musical director are remarkable, and we are so glad to claim him as one of our best,” he added.
A native of Columbia, MS, he began playing piano at age four, became the accompanist for his church at age seven and performed his first solo concert at age 12 while continuing his work as a church pianist. After completing his undergraduate degree in 1980 at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, he left the south and moved to New York City.
Philip continued his studies and holds a Master of Music Degree in classical piano performance from New Jersey City University, was an adjunct faculty member in the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University and continued his private piano studies at The Julliard School.
He was the hand/body double for actor Michael Douglas in HBO’s biopic “Behind the Candelabra,” and has performed on numerous concert stages from Lincoln Center to Carnegie Hall, from The Kennedy Center to The White House, featured as a headliner to rave reviews. He has composed and released eight solo CDs.
Philip is a partner in two entertainment companies, PK Music and PK Entertainment based in Las Vegas, NV. In August 2018, Fortenberry successfully completed a three-week solo concert tour of China debuting his “Salute To Broadway” concert to thousands of Chinese citizens in 14 cities showcasing his prestigious career performing in 10 Broadway shows and eight national tours including “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Cats,” “Ragtime” and “The Lion King.”
He is the co-producer and pianist of the critically-acclaimed musical revue, “The Cocktail Cabaret” that debuted on Nov. 30, 2017 at the iconic Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip. Fortenberry serves on the board of “The Composers Showcase,” a Nevada nonprofit that gives opportunities for composers to present original music to an enthusiastic and supportive audience.
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