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| February 6, 2014 9:44 AM

Dominick Farinacci and the Tony Foster Trio

All shows at 7:30 p.m. — O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish, Friday ($29); Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts, Saturday ($23, $25, $27 and $29); Whitefish Lake Restaurant, Sunday ($29, bar seats $20;  call 862-5285 for dinner reservation time)

Renowned jazz trumpeter Farinacci has been featured on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” and In January 2012, he appeared on an hour-long segment of NPR’s “Jazz Rising Stars.” He is a master of playing lyrical passionate music on the trumpet and the flugelhorn. At 17 Farinacci opened for Wynton Marsalis, who invited him to New York to perform as a special guest on a PBS broadcast, “Live From Lincoln Center: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong.” He attended The Juilliard School on a full four-year scholarship.  

Canadian-born pianist Tony Foster, currently based in Seattle, is a favorite sideman of internationally renowned vocalist Dee Daniels. He can be heard on Daniels’ acclaimed 2008 release “Jazzinit.” Foster’s fluid melodies, use of space and soaring solos support and complement any soloist and elevate his band’s energy and musicianship. 

Tickets are at http://SingerandSimpson.com or by calling 406-730-2817.

Shows are sponsored by Don K Subaru and are Singer & Simpson Productions.

 

‘Canyon Reverie — Ancient Spring’ 

Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., Saturday; Flathead High School, Sunday, 3 p.m. 

A pairing of musical traditions marks the next Glacier Symphony and Chorale Masterworks concerts. The “Canyon Reverie – Ancient Spring” concert features a selection of works for small orchestra from the extensive repertoire of Native American cedar-flutist R. Carlos Nakai.  Complementing Nakai’s evocative and spiritual music will be music from the French and American tradition by Debussy, Ravel and Massenet, as well as Glacier Symphony musician Janet Haarvig and Glacier Symphony and Chorale music director John Zoltek. Tickets for youth through grade 12 are free for this Masterworks concert. Adult tickets can be purchased at www.gscmusic.org or by calling 407-7000 or at the box office located at 69 N. Main St. Kalispell.