Dominick Farinacci Concert

Massillon Museum Hosts Dominick Farinacci Concert

Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci will perform at the Massillon Museum’s final Rhythms Concert of this season on Saturday, March 28. The doors will open for social time in the lobby at 7:30 p.m.; the concert will begin at 8:00 p.m.

A recent graduate of the Institute for Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School, Farinacci has recorded five records for the Japanese label, M & I Jazz. They garnered the "International New Star" Award from Japan’s Swing Journal Magazine in 2003—an honor previously awarded to Christian McBride and Diana Krall, among others. He received “Gold Disc Awards,” signifying a record of the month for Swing Journal, for three of those recordings.

Farinacci has toured several times throughout Japan and has performed in the United States with Tony Bennett, Ira Sullivan, Joe Lovano, Joey DeFrancesco, Mulgrew Miller, and Jason Miles. In 2000, he performed with one of his mentors, Wynton Marsalis, and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra as a featured student in a Louis Armstrong tribute, which was broadcast on PBS’s “Live From Lincoln Center.” In 2005, Farinacci performed with his own groups at the Blue Note and Birdland Jazz Club in New York as well as at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. His quartet recently recorded a live performance at the Kennedy Center for NPR's JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater.

The $25 per-person pre-sale ($23 for Massillon Museum members) may be purchased in advance by calling the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or by visiting www.massillonmuseum.org. Tickets will be sold at the door ($28 non-members, $25 Massillon Museum members) as long as seats remain available. Cash, checks, and Visa and MasterCard are accepted. The concert is open to the public.

Community members have stepped forward to make the Museum’s music series possible: In Tribute of Kevin Alden Hunt; Mel and Ann Herncane; Affinity Medical Center; A.A. Hammersmith Insurance, Inc.; Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffith and Dougherty Co.; FirstMerit; The Health Plan HomeTown Region; and The Eye Clinic, Inc. WKSU is the media sponsor. Grant support is provided by the Canton/Stark County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau, Ohio Arts Council, and Arts in Stark.

The Massillon Museum hosts five out-of-the-mainstream concerts in the intimate setting of its main gallery to broaden the arts that it offers to the community.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East, in downtown Massillon. Free parking is available on adjacent streets and in nearby city lots. For more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.

Media Contacts:

Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Executive Director - 330-833-4061

Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator - 330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525