La Porte Hospital Invites community to hear pianists perform on September 6

Event Information

All are invited to attend a free concert in the La Porte Hospital Chapel at noon on Friday September 6.  Two local pianists, Donovan Diedrich and Rose Marie Dure will debut as “Dure and Diedrich” with four hands on the keyboard piano duets.   The two first met at La Porte Hospital where they were playing music for the Christmas season and have enjoyed playing duets since then.

Their music selections will please a variety of music lovers and include “Over the Rainbow” by Arlen/Mercury, “March of the Dwarves” from the Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg, and “Lady Gaga Fugue” by Germanotta and Khayat/Dettori. 

Rose Marie, originally from Pennsylvania, has lived in La Porte for more than twenty years. She taught music in La Porte and Michigan City elementary schools and for ten years she was accompanist at La Porte High School under the direction of Eddie Burk, Mike Allen, and Lyle Brown. She also served as music director for productions at La Porte Little Theater and Dunes Summer Theater.  Sharing music with her late husband, Robert Dure, operatic tenor was a major part of her life.  Rose Marie and Bob have two talented children and five grandchildren.

Donovan Diedrich has been a musician since middle school where he learned guitar, drums, and piano with the piano being his favorite.  After middle school he started teaching himself piano using YouTube videos and memorizing what he heard and saw. In 2010 he started taking lessons at Roxy Music with Joan Davis.  Donovan is assistant manager at Wana Pizza in Michigan City and in his spare time enjoys photography, baking and travel.

La Porte hospital is pleased to offer this concert and encourages area residents to attend. 

First Friday in the Chapel is made possible by the Healthcare Foundation of La Porte (HFL), a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to empowering residents to live healthy and well in and around La Porte. HFL is proud to support health and wellness programs and services to achieve the vision of La Porte becoming one of Indiana’s top 10 healthiest communities by 2030. For more information about First Friday in the Chapel performances, please call 219-325-7633.  All concerts are held in the chapel at La Porte Hospital, 1007 Lincolnway in La Porte.