A 2020 CAFE award winner for family entertainment! Join Pianist and Singer Matthew Ball aka The Boogie Woogie Kid for a family program of New Orleans Song, Boogie-Woogie Piano, Swing Dance Era favorites and more! Matthew is the piano man of nearly 5 million YT views who performs classics like Ain’t Misbehavin, In The Mood, It Had to be You, On The Sunny Side of the Street, When the Saints Go Marchin’ In, Basin Street Blues, Bumble Boogie, Glory of Love, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, and more.
A graduate of Oakland University and lifetime Metro-Detroiter, Matthew trained classically at Oakland University with classical pianist Flavio Varani, a graduate of The Paris Conservatory and Manhattan School of Music, who traced his own pedigree of study back to Chopin himself! Recently appearing on a host of local shows, including Fox News Up North's 'Michigan This Morning Show,' twice on Fox News Detroit's 'The Nine Show,' on Fox News Grand Rapids' 'The Morning Mix' Show, Channel 20 News Detroit's 'Concert on the Qube,' and as well as Pam Rossi's 'Behind the Mic' hit podcast, Matthew Ball has established himself as one of the leading entertainers around Detroit and Michigan.