The Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College is pleased to announce that it will kick off its 2022 events calendar on Sunday, February 13 at 2:30 p.m. with a piano concert by NTCC President Dr. Ron Clinton. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for ages 17-and-under. Virtual live-streaming tickets are also available for $10. All proceeds from the concert will directly benefit the NTCC Eagle Food Pantry, which provides much-needed food and other services to NTCC students.
“Dr. Clinton is a phenomenally talented pianist, and it is really a treat to get to watch him perform. I hope everyone will join us, either in person or online, to enjoy the concert and support a very good cause,” Carolyn Franks, Director of the Whatley Center, said.
Clinton joined the NTCC faculty when the college opened in 1985, teaching music, humanities, and philosophy before joining the administrative team. He was named President of NTCC in 2017. Prior to his time at NTCC, Clinton performed extensively throughout the United States, Asia and South America as a concert pianist, appearing as guest soloist with symphony orchestras in Houston, Austin, Lubbock, South America, and the Republic of South Korea. He received his Doctor’s Degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Piano Performance where he studied with William Race and performed in master classes with such notable artists as Augustin Anievas, Claude Frank, Anton Kuerti, and Leon Fleisher.
In addition to his work at NTCC, Dr. Clinton has also served as “artist in residence” at Mokwon University in Taejon, South Korea and has been a faculty member at the Conservatory of Music at the University of Southern Chile in Valdivia, Chile where he taught piano, served as guest conductor of the Conservatory Orchestra Austral de Chile, and performed concerts throughout the country, including performances at the prestigious International Frutillar Music Festival in southern Chile. His solo and chamber music performances have been recorded and broadcast over PBS stations throughout the United States.
In-person tickets can only be purchased online at www.whatleycenter.com or by calling the Whatley Center Box Office at 903-434-8181. Virtual Streaming tickets can be purchased online at www.ntcc.edu/clintonconcert. A link to the high-definition streaming event will be e-mailed to ticketholders 48 hours before the concert.
Tickets are also now on sale for Forever Motown, which will be held February 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for this and other shows are available for purchase online at www.whatleycenter.com or by calling the box office at 903-434-8181.
