ragtime for tulsa concert - West Coast Ragtime Society

RAGTIME FOR TULSA CONCERT
Richard Egan, Ragtime pianist from St. Louis
Sunday, 3:00 p.m., December 9, 2012
Hope Unitarian Church
8432 S. Sheridan, Tulsa, OK
Rich Egan plays the music of classic
piano ragtime as well as folk-ragtime
composers. In addition to Scott Joplin
he performs the music of Brun Campbell, Blind Boone, Trebor Tichenor.and
some of his own compositions. He
performs and emcees yearly at the Scott
Joplin Ragtime Festival in Sedalia, MO
and the West Coast Ragtime Festival in
California.
Hope Unitarian Church is located at the
top of the hill. Enter at Hope sign on
west side of Sheridan.
Ticket purchase:
To guarantee admission, purchase
tickets, $25.00 (adults). Students $5.00
by mailing a check and stamped selfaddressed envelope to: Ragtime for
Tulsa, 2805 E. Skelly Dr. Ste 802, Tulsa,
OK 74105. Tickets will also be sold at
the door, if still available.
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Richard Egan, Ragtime Pianist
Richard Egan grew up on a hilltop above the Missouri River floodplain and as a teenager he
found that ragtime's sounds spoke a language he came to love. Richard took piano lessons from
ages 8 to 12 from a local church organist and then avoided piano for two years, until he was
introduced to Scott Joplin's music in the film "The Sting" in 1974.
With the support of Trebor Tichenor and his daughter Virginia Tichenor (who played here in
Tulsa with husband Marty Eggers in April), he performed at ragtime festivals on the Goldenrod
Showboat on the St Louis levee for a number of years until 2001 when the boat was moved.
Along the way, in addition to Classic ragtime of Scott Joplin, James Scott and Joseph Lamb, he
discovered the folk ragtime music of Brun Campbell (The Ragtime Kid), Blind Boone, Tom
Turpin, Trebor Tichenor and other Midwestern performers. In 1993 he published a book of
transcriptions of Brun Campbell's rags, many of which were only know on recordings made by
Campbell in the 1960s. He also transcribed, and had published, one of Blind Boone's most
famous pieces, Camp Meeting No. 1. In 2012 he teamed with Larry Karp, author of three
mystery books involving ragtime performers, to present a highly acclaimed music/lecture on
Brun Campbell at the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival in Sedalia, MO.
In addition to being a performer, Egan has been active in promoting and expanding the St.
Louis ragtime scene. He holds an A.B. and M.A. in geography from the University of Missouri
(Columbia). In his day job he is a cartographer for the Federal Government.