Dr. Cicoria to perform for Monday Evening Musical Club
NORWICH – For the opening concert season 2008/09, the Monday Evening Musical Club proudly presents Dr. Tony Cicoria, pianist, Monday Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the United Church of Christ, 11 West Main St., Norwich.
Tony Cicoria, a practicing board-certified Orthopedic Surgeon, is Chief of the Medical Staff and Chief of Orthopedics at Chenango Memorial Hospital and Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedics at SUNY Upstate Medical School, in Syracuse. Dr. Cicoria’s musical career began rather remarkably when he was struck by lightning in 1994 while speaking on a public telephone during a family reunion near Albany. Shortly thereafter he developed in insatiable desire to hear and to play the piano. Around the same time, music started coming to him ... first in a dream, some of which ultimately contributed to the original compositions featured in this program. Dr. Cicoria self-taught from 1995-1997 before starting formal music instruction with Sandra McKane, Hartwick College, in 1998.
As a result of his unusual introduction to the world of music, Dr. Cicoria was featured in the New Yorker Magazine article A Bolt from the Blue, by Oliver Sacks MD, as well as in Dr. Sacks’ book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. Tony has given mini-recitals at the Sonata Adult Music Camp, in Bennington, Vermont, under the direction of Polly Van der Linde, where he has played Chopin’s Military Polonaise, op. 40 (in 2002), Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu (in 2003), Brahms’ Rhapsody, op. 79, no. 2 (in 2005), Chopin’s Scherzo in B flat Minor, op. 31 (in 2006) and an early version of his own Lightning Sonata in 2007. January 29, 2008 marked a significant milestone in Dr. Cicoria’s musical career…his public debut at the Goodrich Theater in Oneonta, New York, presented by the Catskill Conservatory in association with the SUNY at Oneonta, assisted by a grant from the NYS Council on the Arts. His performance was recorded live by the BBC-1, Granada Media UK, and German National Television. He has been profiled in numerous magazines including, The Week, Financial Times UK, Superconsciousness Magazine, and has had television presentations on Canada’s The Hour, BBC-1’s documentary Imagine, and other soon to “come out” interviews.
Monday Evening Musical Club is a non-profit organization which annually awards scholarships to Chenango County students pursuing a career in music. All donations directly support the scholarship fund. A reception will follow the concert to honor Dr. Cicoria.
Tony Cicoria, a practicing board-certified Orthopedic Surgeon, is Chief of the Medical Staff and Chief of Orthopedics at Chenango Memorial Hospital and Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedics at SUNY Upstate Medical School, in Syracuse. Dr. Cicoria’s musical career began rather remarkably when he was struck by lightning in 1994 while speaking on a public telephone during a family reunion near Albany. Shortly thereafter he developed in insatiable desire to hear and to play the piano. Around the same time, music started coming to him ... first in a dream, some of which ultimately contributed to the original compositions featured in this program. Dr. Cicoria self-taught from 1995-1997 before starting formal music instruction with Sandra McKane, Hartwick College, in 1998.
As a result of his unusual introduction to the world of music, Dr. Cicoria was featured in the New Yorker Magazine article A Bolt from the Blue, by Oliver Sacks MD, as well as in Dr. Sacks’ book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. Tony has given mini-recitals at the Sonata Adult Music Camp, in Bennington, Vermont, under the direction of Polly Van der Linde, where he has played Chopin’s Military Polonaise, op. 40 (in 2002), Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu (in 2003), Brahms’ Rhapsody, op. 79, no. 2 (in 2005), Chopin’s Scherzo in B flat Minor, op. 31 (in 2006) and an early version of his own Lightning Sonata in 2007. January 29, 2008 marked a significant milestone in Dr. Cicoria’s musical career…his public debut at the Goodrich Theater in Oneonta, New York, presented by the Catskill Conservatory in association with the SUNY at Oneonta, assisted by a grant from the NYS Council on the Arts. His performance was recorded live by the BBC-1, Granada Media UK, and German National Television. He has been profiled in numerous magazines including, The Week, Financial Times UK, Superconsciousness Magazine, and has had television presentations on Canada’s The Hour, BBC-1’s documentary Imagine, and other soon to “come out” interviews.
Monday Evening Musical Club is a non-profit organization which annually awards scholarships to Chenango County students pursuing a career in music. All donations directly support the scholarship fund. A reception will follow the concert to honor Dr. Cicoria.
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