Tag: Oracle Piano Society

A Gem in the Desert

Steve Weiss Quietly tucked away in Oracle, a gem hiding in plain sight in the desert, is a musical venue providing live entertainment performed by a wide variety of musical artists. The Oracle Piano Society is in Oracle on the side of American Avenue, opposite the public library, just 15 minutes from the SaddleBrooke Ranch…

Oracle Piano Society features SaddleBrooke resident

No stranger to SaddleBrooke, Mark Freshwater will be performing at the Oracle Center for the Arts (OrCA) on November 18 at 4:00 p.m. Mark has performed in and around SaddleBrooke, AZ for over 15 years including solo engagements over the last eight years. Mark performs at country clubs, retirement communities, art galleries and private parties…

Freshwater to perform at Oracle Center for the Arts

OPS Director Mark Freshwater

On Saturday, March 19, the Oracle Piano Society (OPS) Director Mark Freshwater will be performing at the Society’s Performing Arts Center in Oracle. The event is a charity fundraiser to benefit the Society with 100% of the proceeds going to the charity. Freshwater will perform music from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. to include selections from…

Oracle Piano Society purchases former lodge; will turn building into performance and arts center

Val Bembenek The Oracle Piano Society, widely known for presenting high caliber classical music performance events along with sponsoring regional youth music education programs, has announced it will soon have its own permanent home in Oracle. The three year old nonprofit is purchasing the former Oracle Masonic Lodge, a 3,600 square foot building for $200,000,…

Freshwater appointed to Oracle Piano Society Board

Front: Elaine Helzer, chairman; Back: Rachel Opinsky, secretary, Mary Huebner, treasurer, Freshwater, director, Stephen Cook, artistic director; not pictured Earlene Lewis, director

Stephen Cook and Mark Freshwater “I recall seeing Van Cliburn play when I was eight years old and it had a huge impact on my continuing classical lessons from my mother, the instructor,” says Freshwater, pianist/singer and easy listening songwriter. At The Oracle Piano Society November board meeting Freshwater was asked to join the non-profit…

The Oracle Piano Society’s Spring Concert coming soon!

Mark Freshwater It has been called the most difficult piano work ever written requiring “wrists of steel, fingers with eyes in them.” It is a work of stunning imagination and transcendent virtuosity and the focal point of a March 1 concert featuring The Oracle Piano Society’s own founder and Artistic Director Dr. Stephen Cook. It…