Sunday, 19 September 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

Tin Pan Alley on the Riverwalk

A banquet of beloved American songs from 1910 - 1940

David Giardini and Paul Bissacia
The Saint Paul's River Room
Hors d'oeuvres by Crum's on Central
Cash Bar (Beer & Wine)
Seating limited to 150 people at tables for 8

New York’s famous Tin Pan Alley comes to the Riverwalk in this concert by singer David Giardini, a dynamic lyric baritone crooner who specializes in the great American Songbook from the 1920’s and 1930’s, an era often referred to as “Tin Pan Alley.” David has crooned with top swing orchestras and pianists at such venues as the world famous Rainbow Room, command performances at the United Nations, Swing 46, Grand Central Partnership, the Central Park Band shell and many others. David is also an award winning film writer/director/producer and model. He began acting at age 12 with various theater companies around Connecticut including Oddfellows Playhouse (where he studied acting, script writing and directing and more), Theatre First, Company 1 in Hartford, and the Alliance Theater Group in New Haven. After graduating from Hofstra University, Mr. Giardina moved to New York City and began acting professionally in film, television and stage productions including "As The World Turns", "NY's Most Wanted" (he played the criminal of the week), After School Specials for ABC and CBS, including Linda Lavin's directorial debut "Flour Babies", as well as comic roles on the USA Network, appearing opposite Gilbert Gotfried.

He will be joined by pianist Paul Bisaccia, who has performed around the country and around the world. A specialist in the music of George Gershwin, he was the first artist to record the complete solo piano music of Gershwin and his PBS television special “Gershwin by Bisaccia” has been broadcast throughout the U.S. and seen by millions. The American Record Guide says, “For Gershwin interpretations Bisaccia wins hands down.” Popular recording and cabaret star Michael Feinstein reacted to Bisaccia’s Gershwin television program by saying “How wonderful! It just proves that talent always prevails in these times of mediocrity.”

Bisaccia is a protégé of renowned Brazilian pianist Luiz de Moura Castro and is a summa cum laude graduate of the Hartt School of Music where he ranked highest in his graduating class. He made his European debut at age 17 and has returned to perform in Romania, in Germany, to participate in the International Symposium on Musical Interpretation in Spain, and to perform in Switzerland and Rome. He has also made several performance tours in South America and Asia.

Bisaccia’s music is also featured in the acclaimed Ric Burns television documentary “New York”. He has become the most frequently requested pianist by listeners of beethoven.com and his most recent special for Public Television, “Paul Bisaccia and the Great American Piano” has been hailed by the critics as “another sure-fire winner.” He was selected as the “Alumnus of the Year” by the Hartt School at the University of Hartford and to honor the occasion the governor proclaimed “Paul Bisaccia Day” in the State of Connecticut. Bisaccia was honored to perform Rhapsody in Blue in inauguration ceremonies for the new theater on the site of Aeolian Hall in New York, where Gershwin himself first performed his legendary masterpiece.