Robert Baird of BAM! Baird Artists Management, agent for Ebony & Ivory, attended the League of American Orchestras Convention in Nashville, TN from June 20-22, introducing Such Sweet Thunder: Joplin, Benny Goodman and the Boys, the new Ebony & Ivory Symphony Program. At the conference, there was great interest at the booth, and Robert distributed the Ebony & Ivory CD/DVD and details on three Ebony & Ivory Symphony Programs:

Ebony & Ivory takes the audience on a musical journey from Ragtime, through "Swing" and ending with tuneful modern jazz classics. Ragtime classics by Scott Joplin and his contemporaries are juxtaposed with Andrew Gilpin's modern Ragtime compositions which capture the flavor of the genre. The "Swing" portion of the program features Fred Jacobowitz, a maven of many performing styles, on clarinets and saxophones, bringing the music of Benny Goodman to life. The program features the Duo performing on its own, with full orchestral accompaniment and as a Quartet with the addition of bass and drums.

Star-Spangled! features popular tunes from the 1920s to the present day. Songs by Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein and many others are included in this patriotic potpourri. The program features the Duo performing on its own, with full orchestral accompaniment and as a Quartet with the addition of bass and drums.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas as Ebony & Ivory brings its fresh and vibrant dynamic to the concert stage with an utterly charming Christmas Show. The Dynamic Duo takes the audience into a Winter Wonderland where they experience a Sleigh Ride, meet Frosty the Snowman and even partake of Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire. With its trademark mix of music from all genres, Ebony & Ivory sets the mood with classical instrumental favorites from Bach to Tchaikovsky, stirs the soul with spirituals like Mary's Little Boy Chile and Go Tell It On The Mountain, and delights every family member with popular songs from Christmas past and present. We Need A Little Christmas, and this delightful show is suitable for "kids from one to ninety-two." So Deck the Halls and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas as Ebony & Ivory presents its Merry Christmas to You!