Simple Gifts
06/02/14 19:40 Filed in: Past Performance
THE WOODBRIDGE MUSIC CLUB
presents
Simple Gifts
Two women playing twelve instruments!
Performing Romanian, Klezmer, Greek, Irish,
Scottish, Scandinavian, and Appalachian Music
Saturday, March 15, 2014, at 7:00 PM
Westminster at Lake Ridge
1291 Clipper Drive
Lake Ridge, VA 22192
presents
Simple Gifts
Two women playing twelve instruments!
Performing Romanian, Klezmer, Greek, Irish,
Scottish, Scandinavian, and Appalachian Music
Saturday, March 15, 2014, at 7:00 PM
Westminster at Lake Ridge
1291 Clipper Drive
Lake Ridge, VA 22192
Two women, Karen Hirshon and Linda Littleton, plus twelve instruments, equals one good time when Simple Gifts takes the stage. Drawing on an impressive variety of ethnic folk styles, this award-winning duo plays everything from lively Irish jigs and down-home American reels to hard-driving Klezmer frailachs and haunting Gypsy melodies, spicing the mix with the distinctive rhythms of Balkan dance music, the lush sounds of Scandinavian twin fiddling, and original compositions written in a traditional style.
Combining tradition with innovation, Simple Gifts creates some of the finest arrangements in folk music today: swing fiddle creeps into a Romanian dance, spoons show up in an Irish reel, and the concertina ventures far beyond styles considered traditional for that instrument. Based in the hills of central Pennsylvania, these women play an amazing array of instruments.
The Woodbridge Music Club is an affiliate of the Virginia Federation of Music Clubs, and the National Federation of Music Clubs. Our club is supported in part by a grant from the Prince William County Park Authority, and serves the citizens of Prince William County by sponsoring performances, student recitals, and student music competitions.
Combining tradition with innovation, Simple Gifts creates some of the finest arrangements in folk music today: swing fiddle creeps into a Romanian dance, spoons show up in an Irish reel, and the concertina ventures far beyond styles considered traditional for that instrument. Based in the hills of central Pennsylvania, these women play an amazing array of instruments.
The Woodbridge Music Club is an affiliate of the Virginia Federation of Music Clubs, and the National Federation of Music Clubs. Our club is supported in part by a grant from the Prince William County Park Authority, and serves the citizens of Prince William County by sponsoring performances, student recitals, and student music competitions.
This is a free concert.
An opportunity to make a donation to the WMC will be provided.