10 donated pianos decorated by our County's Middle Schools located along Main Street in Downtown Salisbury from May-Sept. for anyone to play, anytime! Main St.
While this project has been done in several cities around the world as well as the U.S. to enormous success, it has NEVER been done in quite the same way in North Carolina… till now! In our second year, “Come Tickle Our Ivories!” is a novel partnership between the Salisbury Symphony and Rowan County’s ten public and private middle schools—China Grove Middle, Corriher-Lipe Middle, Erwin Middle, Kno
04/26/2017
Photo by JON C. LAKEY / SALISBURY POST
Tanner Gibson watches River Peterson glue on a puzzle piece to the piano. Students at North Hills Christian School took part in the annual “Come Tickle Our Ivories!” piano project by decorating a donated upright piano that will be on display in downtown Salisbury May through September..
04/26/2017
All keyed up: 'Come Tickle Our Ivories' project kicks off May 5 - Salisbury Post By Susan Shinn Turner For the Salisbury Post For the third and final year, Salisbury Symphony invites you to “Come Tickle Our Ivories!” The project linking art with music kicks off Friday, May 5, at Friday Night Out in Downtown Salisbury. Groups who have decorated pianos will unveil their work begin...
07/16/2016
Young Pianists in training enjoying our Pianos all over Downtown Salisbury this evening at the Krazy Night Out!!
05/17/2016
Blind Pianist Randy Gilkey returned to Salisbury yesterday to play our project pianos and he made the newspaper today! Many thanks to Mark Wineka for the great article on this fabulous musician who loves to "tickle our ivories"!
Blind ambition: A visiting musician makes downtown pianos sing - Salisbury Post SALISBURY — As Randy Gilkey settled in behind the piano outside of Sweet Meadow Cafe Monday, it wasn’t long before he was smiling, bouncing and singing a honky-tonk version of The Band’s “The Shape I’m In.” The 39-year-old Gilkey, blind his whole life, has been performing since he was a kid, and he’...
Randy Gilkey, a blind pianist from West Virginia was in Salisbury over the weekend and played all ten of our CTOI Project Pianos! Here's the video of his sixth piano of the day!
Randy Gilkey, a blind pianist from West Virginia was in Salisbury over the weekend and played all ten of our CTOI Project Pianos! Here's' one last video of his day playing them all!
Randy Gilkey, a blind pianist from West Virginia was in Salisbury over the weekend and played all ten of our CTOI Project Pianos! Here's the video of his ninth piano of the day!
Randy Gilkey, a blind pianist from West Virginia was in Salisbury over the weekend and played all ten of our CTOI Project Pianos! Here's the video of his eighth piano of the day!
Randy Gilkey, a blind pianist from West Virginia was in Salisbury over the weekend and played all ten of our CTOI Project Pianos! Here's the video of his fifth piano of the day!
Randy Gilkey, a blind pianist from West Virginia was in Salisbury over the weekend and played all ten of our CTOI Project Pianos! Here's the video of his fourth piano of the day!