WEEKEND: Pianist to play original pieces in Earth’s honor

CHIMACUM — This spring, pianist Buzz Rogowski, known for playing cafes and restaurants, is reinventing himself.

To celebrate that fact, Rogowski will give a recital of original music honoring the Earth at the sanctuary he calls “a fabulous space for music” — the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 45 Redeemer Way.

Rogowski will sit down at the church’s Kawai grand piano at 7 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free while donations will be accepted for the local food bank and for Lutheran World Relief.

Rogowski, an Olympic Peninsula musician for the past dozen years, is often heard playing piano at Lanza’s in Port Townsend and the Ajax Cafe in Port Hadlock.

Saturday’s solo recital at the church will be a bit different. It will feature music inspired by life in the Northwest, including some new compositions and an improvisational piece, and the evening will be recorded for a CD.

Between sets, refreshments will be offered during a short intermission.

Rogowski attended the Conservatory of Music at Pacific University in California, home of the Dave Brubeck Institute of Jazz.

“I am a musical sponge,” he says, one who “absorbs everything I hear musically and then reinterprets it into my own style of impressionistic-Rogowski jazz.”

This music can be heard at www.buzzmusic.biz and at CDbaby.com, while more details about Saturday’s concert can be found by phoning the Church of the Redeemer at 360-385-6977.