World-renowned pianist and composer Christopher Cooley will perform in concert at Lake Pointe Baptist Church in Dadeville at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 8, to benefit the Lei Bledsoe/Joe Ponder Fund at Sardis United Methodist Church. The evening’s repertoire will include selections that have been important to his life in music, Cooley said. Admission to the concert is free; donations will be accepted.
“These will be pieces that inspired me to be a pianist, to practice,” Cooley explained. “The list will include Rachmaninoff and Chopin and Rhapsody in Blue – or at least part of it.”
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