"Isn�t It Grand!" Peter Nero performs solo on piano for one-night-only gala concert on April 10
03/27/2008

Gala festivities include pre-concert cocktails, dinner, and an intimate champagne reception with Mr. Nero


For one night only, Peter Nero performs solo piano in a highly anticipated gala concert in the intimate Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, joined by bassist Michael Barnett. Gala festivities on Thursday, April 10, 2008 include pre-concert cocktails and dinner in the Dorrance H. Hamilton Rooftop Garden, overlooking the Avenue of the Arts. The concert, a program of jazz and swing, begins at 8:00 p.m. and will be performed without intermission. An intimate post-concert champagne reception with Mr. Nero follows the concert. Dinner and concert-only tickets are still available. For information on �Isn�t It Grand! Peter Nero Plays Piano,� call 215.893.1940. For concert-only tickets, call 215.893.1999 or visit www.phillypops.org.

�Isn�t It Grand! Peter Nero Plays Piano� begins with pre-concert cocktails and dinner on the Hamilton Rooftop Garden at 5:30 p.m. catered by Restaurant Associates for dinner and concert ticket holders ($250 per person). Immediately following the concert, all-inclusive ticket holders ($400 per person) will attend a post-concert champagne reception with Mr. Nero.

Selma and Samuel J. Savitz and Cindy and Larry Wanerman chair �Isn�t It Grand! Peter Nero Plays Piano.� The evening is generously sponsored in part by Pelino & Lentz, P.C. A portion of the
proceeds benefit the Peter Nero and the Philly Pops education and community partnership programsDinner and concert-only tickets still available.

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Peter Nero
�If the perfect pops conductor could be conjured,...he might answer to this description,� wrote Philadelphia Inquirer music critic Peter Dobrin. �Huge talent with polymath abilities and catholic tastes. Musician who actually enjoys giving audiences what they want. Plays piano like a dream. ...[H]e might look something like Peter Nero.�

A two-time Grammy� Award winner and 10-time nominee, Mr. Nero has built an impressive career as a conductor, arranger, composer, and master pianist. For his ability to pick just the right material, he most recently was dubbed �Dr. Feelgood.� Named �the epitome of the Pops Conductor/Performer� by the Washington Post, Mr. Nero won the Grammy� Award for �Best New Artist� in 1961, another in 1962, and since that time has garnered 10 additional nominations and released 67 albums. His recent guest performances include engagements with the Indianapolis Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, the Charlotte Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the Baltimore Symphony, among others. On January 27, 2007, Mr. Nero performed at the Academy of Music 150th Anniversary Concert, joining rock icon Rod Stewart from the piano on �They Can�t Take That Away from Me.� Maestro Nero was a guest soloist on Mr. Stewart�s second of four recordings, As Time Goes By ... The Great American Songbook, Vol. 2. He has made numerous television appearances on national networks as well as PBS. He is the recipient of six honorary doctorates and in 1999 received the Pennsylvania Distinguished Arts Award.

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�ISN�T IT GRAND! PETER NERO PLAYS PIANO�
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

April 10, 2008 � The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts � Thursday evening

5:30 p.m. Cocktails and Dinner in the Hamilton Rooftop Garden for Dinner and Performance Ticket
Holders

8:00 p.m. �ISN�T IT GRAND! PETER NERO PLAYS PIANO � Perelman Theater

Peter Nero, piano
Michael Barnett, bass

Post Concert Champage Reception for All-Inclusive Ticket Holders immediately following the
concert.

�Isn�t It Grand! Peter Nero Plays Piano� is generously sponsored in part by Pelino & Lentz, P.C.

For information, call 215.893.1940.

Concert-only tickets: $100. Call 215.893.1999 or visit www.phillypops.org.

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