Prominent Michigan jazz trio to perform July 7 at Rozsa

HANCOCK -- The Ellen Rowe Trio is coming to three U.P. communities as part of Pine Mountain Music Festival’s nineteenth season. They will appear at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, at the Rozsa Center in Houghton. Tickets -- $20, or $10 for students and children -- are available at the Rozsa Center box office, by phone at 1-877-746-3999 toll-free and at the door.

Pianist Ellen Rowe. (Photo courtesy Pine Mountain Music Festival)

Pianist Ellen Rowe, bassist Paul Keller and drummer Pete Siers are three of Michigan’s finest jazz musicians. The Trio is much in demand across the country. This will be their first appearance with Pine Mountain Music Festival.

Their concert will include a captivating variety of works by Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin and others, along with several original works by Ellen Rowe herself.

Joshua Major, artistic director of Pine Mountain Music Festival, says, "It is such an honor to bring these fine musicians up to the U.P. The vibrancy, strength and honesty of their music will be the perfect companion for the physical beauty of our surroundings."

The Pine Mountain Music Festival presents a season of opera, classical and jazz music this summer in the Dickinson County area, the Marquette area, the Keweenaw Peninsula and other towns in the Upper Peninsula and northeastern Wisconsin. Headquartered in Hancock, Michigan, it is supported by donations, ticket sales and grants. Visit the web at pmmf.org, or call 1-877-746-3999 for tickets or 888-309-7861 for more information.