Name: Classical Music Concert presented by the Piatigorsky Foundation
Start: 2026-01-04T14:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-01-04T15:00:00-06:00
Location: East Bank Regional Library

Classical Music Concert presented by the Piatigorsky Foundation

Two internationally renowned performers—tenor Kelly W. Burns and pianist Nicholas Shaneyfelt—will present a free midday concert on Sunday, January 4, 2 pm, at the East Bank Regional Library (4747 W. Napoleon Ave. in Metairie).
Tenor Kelly W. Burns is an active performer of opera, musical theater, recital and concert works throughout North America in vocal repertoire of compositions spanning more than 400 years. He has sung with opera companies and orchestras such as the Chautauqua Opera, Opera Roanoke, Memphis Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Little Orchestra Society of New York, the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Chamber Opera, Opera Project Columbus, and the Oxford Shakespeare Festival.
Nicholas Shaneyfelt is Associate Professor of Music in Collaborative Piano at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where he coaches singers, provides musical direction for the opera program, and collaborates in recital regularly with faculty and students. He completed doctoral studies in the Collaborative Piano studio of Martin Katz at the University of Michigan. Prior to Michigan, he served as Staff Accompanist for the Department of Music and Dance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The concert is underwritten by the Piatigorsky Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to making live classical music accessible to underserved communities across the U.S., bringing world-class musicians to perform for schoolchildren, seniors, and people in remote areas, fostering new audiences and enriching community life through intimate, lively concerts. Founded by cellist Evan Drachman in honor of his grandfather, the legendary cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, the foundation believes music is a necessity for everyone, not a luxury.