Trained in the classics, Glazier earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in piano performance from Indiana University School of Music and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He made formal classical debuts in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Rome, and won several major international piano competitions including the Pro Musicis Award and National Federation of Music Clubs Grand Prize.

Glazier has performed in nearly every state of the union, bringing audiences not only the music of the Golden Age of American Popular Song, but fascinating commentary about the composers of the era as well. Weaving stories, film clips and piano performances, Glazier's programs are entertaining, educational and inspiring. For some of his audience, Glazier brings back fond memories, for others he gives an exciting glimpse of our musical heritage.

In 1996, in celebration of the George and Ira Gershwin's Centennial, he began performing a one-man, multimedia concert program entitled "Gershwin-Remembrance and Discovery." He added a second program to his repertoire with "Ragtime & Romance-The Music of Joplin and Gershwin." A third concert program, "A Salute to the Hollywood Musical," features songs written for musical films by a wide range of composers. For the 2004-05 season Glazier premiered "Hooray for Love-The Music of Harold Arlen" in celebration of Arlen's Centennial.

This season, Glazier has combined the best from these tributes for one great show, "Celebrating the Music of George Gershwin and Harold Arlen" for the McCallum Theatre audience.

Tickets for Richard Glazier, Celebraiting the Music of George Gershwin and Howard Arlen on Thursday, March 8 at 8pm, are on sale now. Ticket prices are $25/20/10. -- www.mccallumtheatre.com