GLOBE — The multi-talented New Odyssey will be performing on Tuesday, March 27, at High Desert Middle School Auditorium, located at 4000 Desert Dr., Globe.
New Odyssey is a cover band from Chicago playing all types of music from across the decades including today’s top hits (playing everything from the Bee Gees and Beethoven to the Blues Brothers and the Beatles). These songs are performed on 30 different musical instruments including a pocket trumpet, accordion, sousaphone, melodica, banjo and bass trumpet, to name a few.
They have been together more than 30 years, playing venues as diverse as performing arts theaters and corporate events to festival beer tents.
Gary Todd, drummer and comic, has been involved in show business since age two when he started performing as an acrobat with his family act “The Tumbling Todds.” He also sings and plays more than 15 musical instruments.
Michael Jay began singing and playing guitar at age 12. By the time he was 21, he was playing bass, composing music for his own bands and performing alongside national recording artists. Jay has done TV and radio commercials, was musical director of a local play, is involved in music ministry at his church, and once sang the National Anthem for the Chicago Cubs. As well as playing 10 instruments, he is the vocal strong point of the band.
Gary Polkow began his piano training at age seven. By age eight he was rewriting and performing traditional classical children’s pieces. His list of credits includes film credits, synthesizer sound design, music and choir director, as well as the musical director of New Odyssey.
Globe-Miami Community concert season schedule:
New Odyssey - March 27, at the High Desert Middle School Auditorium.
Jared Pierce - April 17, at Miami High School Auditorium, located at 4739 S. Ragus Rd., Miami.
A master pianist, Pierce comes from BYU and has performed throughout the U.S. and in Brazil, Portugal and Spain.
All performances will begin at 7 p.m.
Admission to the concerts is by membership. The main benefit of membership is to attend all the remarkable concerts the Association organizes with the Globe-Miami community in mind. Special rates for students and for families help make the concerts available to everyone. The membership cost is as follows: adults, $40; students, $10; families, $90; single parent families, $50.
Memberships are available on the evening of the concert, at the desk at Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, at the White Porch in Globe, or by mailing in a membership form from the brochure. Brochures are available at both the Globe and Miami Libraries, the Chamber of Commerce, both Senior Centers, the Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, White Porch, Bullion Plaza Museum and Cultural Center, Gila County Historical Museum, United Jewelers and the Copper Hen. More information can be found by visiting the Globe-Miami Community Concert Facebook page or by calling 928-812-1696.
All out of town guests are welcomed to the concerts free of charge when accompanied by a member. Also, there is reciprocity with Associations in Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado and this entitles members to attend those concerts free of charge.
