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March 3rd, 2012
Masters of the Celtic Harp
Grainne Hambly & William Jackson
8 PM
Carroll Arts Center
91 West Main St., Westminster, MD
Admission: $19, $17 Students, Seniors 65+ and teens
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Two great players. One fantastic show. Quite simply, Gráinne Hambly and William Jackson are two of the foremost harpers of Ireland and Scotland. Combining their extraordinary talents on harp as well as concertina, tinwhistle and bouzouki, The Masters of the Celtic Harp have been performing all over the country and dazzling audiences with their artistry. With demanding solo careers that often have them performing on different continents, their Two Sides of Celtic show is a special treat.
A lifelong County Mayo resident, Gráinne Hambly has been touring extensively throughout the United States since 1998 and has not only garnered an ever-growing following of devoted harp enthusiasts but has managed to cross over and capture the Irish music fan with the taste for the fast, driving reels and jigs of traditional music. She has broken the genteel parlor image and elevated the stature of the harp right up there with the fiddles and pipes in the realm of dynamic dance music. Add to that the unsurpassed expressive quality the harp has in her hands in the rendition of age-old airs and laments and you have the masterful performance of an experienced and renowned player.
William Jackson of Glasgow has been at the forefront of Scottish traditional music for nearly 30 years. In addition to his stature as one of the leading harpers and multi-instrumentalists in Scotland, William has gained an international reputation as a composer. His "Land of Light" won the international competition in 1999 as the new song for Scotland. William was a founding member and creative tour de force of Ossian in 1976, which became one of Scotland's best-loved traditional bands. The band, whose music influenced a generation of musicians, extensively toured the U.S. and Europe. Besides harp, he also plays tinwhistle and bouzouki.
While working with Ossian, he established himself as a composer and has steadily knit together Celtic influences with classical instrumentation in a style uniquely his own. He has an impressive list of commissioned works and subsequent recordings, including "The Wellpark Suite," "St. Mungo", and "Inchcolm", a 1996 commission from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra called "A Scottish Island" and his latest commission, "Duan Albanach", created for the 2002 opening of the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow. In November 2007, he performed with the Asheville Symphony in a debut of his "Scottish Fantasia". His latest CD release is "The New Harp", featuring his own compositions as well as traditional pieces. He has composed music in Scotland for the BBC and Scottish television and recently directed and performed the music for "The Battle of the Clans" for the History Channel. William's performance on harp, whistle and bodhran is featured on the soundtrack of A Shot at Glory, starring Robert Duval and Michael Keaton, which was filmed in Scotland.
April 7th, 2012
Irish Fiddle Master
Kevin Burke
8 PM
Carroll Arts Center
91 West Main St., Westminster, MD
Admission: $19, $17 Students, Seniors 65+ and teens
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"A lot of people think Irish music is wistful and melancholy. That’s one side of it, but there’s also a great, rough, resilient spirit in the music, an element of joy underlying even the most plaintive melody. I grew up listening to musicians with that spirit and I value it. So much in music today makes people passive, bored and boring: three things I never want to be."
Kevin Burke needn’t worry. His sparkling, lyrical fiddle playing has earned him a reputation as one of the finest, most influential players in music today. From The Bothy Band to Patrick Street, he has defined Irish fiddling for a generation. His work with artists as disparate as Kate Bush, Arlo Guthrie and Christy Moore has given him an audience that not only spans continents, it defies attempts at categorization. Described as "one of the greatest Celtic fiddlers alive" by The New York Times, Burke was recognized with a National Heritage Fellowship Award by the National Endowment For the Arts in 2002, this country’s highest honor in the traditional arts. In 2005, he was named one of Irish America’s Top 100 by Irish America Magazine.
October 6th, 2012
Canada's Finest Singer-Songwriter
James Keelaghan
8 PM
Carroll Arts Center
91 West Main St., Westminster, MD
Admission: $19, $17 Students, Seniors 65+ and teens
Called Canada’s finest singer-songwriter by one of the most respected music journalists of the last 50 years, James Keelaghan is an artist who has proven to be a man for all seasons. As the calendar pages have turned, for almost a quarter of a century now, this poet laureate of the folk and roots music world has gone about his work with a combination of passion, curiosity intent and intensity. His masterful story telling has, over the course of nine recordings, been part of the bedrock of his success, earning Keelaghan nominations and awards - including a Juno (Canada's Grammy) - and acclaim from Australia to Scandinavia. Possessed of an insatiable appetite for finding the next unique story line, Keelaghan forges his pieces with brilliant craftsmanship and monogrammed artistic vision, making him one of the most distinctive and readily identifiable voices on both the Canadian and international singer-songwriter scenes. His journey has attracted fans of literate and layered songwriting to join him on his artistic expeditions, some of which weave their way through marvelously etched historical stories with underlying universal themes, others of which mine the depths of the soul and the emotional trails of human relations. His songbook has enlightened, enthralled, and been embraced, by audiences around the world.
November 3rd, 2012
Singing Sensations
The Burns Sisters
8 PM
Carroll Arts Center
91 West Main St., Westminster, MD
Admission: $19, $17 Students, Seniors 65+ and teens
“Part folk, part rock, part country, and all heart..." -- The Folk Times
The Burns Sisters are known for their soaring familial harmonies, charismatic stage presence, and generosity of both spirit and song. They are beloved by fans, other artists, and all the crews who work with them. Everybody loves the Burnsies!
For Jeannie, Marie, and Annie, music and service have been woven into the fabric
of their lives from the start. Their mother sang in a church choir and shared the joy
of song with her family. Raised with 12 siblings in a politically and socially active
family, they grew up with the belief that you stand up for the rights of all
people. They continue to walk their talk and have stayed true to their ideals, within
themselves and in their music. Their music is engaging and leaves you feeling that
while you see challenges that face us, you have faith they can be handled. Their
performance is guaranteed to lift your energy and fill your heart. The musical scope of the Burns Sisters is broad and they are always open to new challenges. They have performed in a vast array of venues, from festivals to symphony halls and on tour with Arlo Guthrie. Their most recent release is the critically acclaimed, Wild Bouquet.
Walt Michael & Co.
8 PM ~ Saturday, December 8th, 2012
Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys
8 PM ~ Saturday, January 5th, 2013
Si Kahn
8 PM ~ Saturday, February 2nd, 2013
Tom Paxton
8 PM ~ Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
The Kruger Brothers
8 PM ~ Saturday, April 6th, 2013
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