AASU’s Dept. of Art, Music & Theater gets their yearly schedule of public events off to a rousing start with this solo guest recital by a highly acclaimed pianist whose current main gig is as assistant conductor, vocal coach and featured pianist with the Metropolitan Opera! To say this fellow’s resumé is impressive would be a supreme understatement.

Moore has accompanied many of the world’s greatest singers, such as Placido Domingo. He recently appeared on the popular NPR show A Prairie Home Companion alongside vocalist Renee Fleming and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. He’s also performed publicly with violinist Joshua Bell (including on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, A&E’s Breakfast with the Arts and the CBS Saturday Morning News), and he’ll soon play Carnegie Hall.

As if that weren’t enough, he’s also worked as an Assistant Conductor for the Los Angeles Opera and the Opéra National de Paris. So, um, yeah, he’s an ivory-tickling baddass.

For this rare local appearance he’ll throw down Mozart’s Sonata in F, KV 533/494 (which is said to be notably “sophisticated”), Hindemith’s “expressive” 1936 Piano Sonata No. 3, and Schumann’s “romantically inspirational” Davidsbündlertänze, opus 6. $6 tickets at the door or in advance at 344-2801 or finearts.armstrong.edu/tickets.html. Sun., 3 pm, Messiah Lutheran Church (1 Westridge Rd.) - ALL-AGES.