David Jorgensen Performs Music of The Beatles for Heart Walk Foundation Fundraiser
By Yvonne Lynott
David Jorgensen, along with Heart Walk Foundation co-founder Tim Eicher, will celebrate the Beatles in concert April 4 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jorgensen and Eicher will play acoustic guitar and vocalize in harmony and in unison. The musicians will perform at The Room at the Square, located at 175 W 900 S in St. George. The event is a fundraiser for current Heart Walk Foundation projects benefiting the Q’ero Tribes of Peru. The concert is their inaugural performance featuring the music of Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison.
There will be a hosted wine table and complimentary appetizers.
“Lennon and Harrison’s music is surprisingly complicated,” Jorgensen said. “Tim Eicher, who doesn’t consider himself a professional musician, turned out to be the perfect match for this project. Together we put in countless hours of arranging and rehearsing the very difficult, but haunting music of Beatles John and George. We have worked until the music becomes vibrant and alive. It is always my goal to captivate and inspire members of the audience. Our music offers nothing less than the excellence our audiences have come to expect. They will love Tim’s voice as I do. I treasure our time jamming together. It has resulted in a concert that we are very proud of.”
Jorgensen’s musical style leans toward the eclectic, including classical, bossa nova jazz, and finger style. He prefers acoustic and playing with another musician or vocalist. He has perfected his musical and vocal techniques over the past 40 years, putting together shows that honor the music of James Taylor, Cat Stevens, and The Beatles. He has also created a popular Christmas show. Tim Eicher has played with numerous musicians and enjoys bringing vocal and instrumental crispness to musical collaboration.
“David and Tim have an extraordinary show planned for the St. George audience,” said Heart Walk Foundation co-founder Penelope Eicher. “David is a strong supporter of Heart Walk Foundation having performed on our behalf several times over the past 15 years. He is a gifted guitarist and vocalist, a true perfectionist with his music. That proficiency shows in everything he plays. We are so grateful that he has developed this incredible Beatles revue to help the Q’ero and share his amazing talent yet again with St. George.”
“Heart Walk Foundation not only has done yeoman’s work to uplift the quality of life for the Q’ero but they have made untold sacrifices to do it,” said Jorgensen. A remarkable percentage of donations raised go to the Q’ero to help them expand and diversify their food supply, develop their unique textiles, build schools and educate their children, improve their animal husbandry, secure medical care and so much more. Heart Walk Foundation’s goal is to see the Q’ero become wholly self-sufficient. It is always a pleasure to work with Tim and Penelope, both selfless Heart Walk Foundation volunteers who I count among my very good friends.”
Tickets for the concert are $30 and can be purchased at heartwalkfoundation.ticketspice.com/in-my-life. Heart Walk Foundation is a St. George-based volunteer nonprofit organization that partners with indigenous Q’ero mountain communities in the Andes of Peru.
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