Performance Series events are made possible by grants from the Performing Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded by the National Endowment for the Arts with additional contributions from the General Mills Foundation, the Land O'Lakes Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. Additional Series funding is provided by the NorAM/Minnegasco Foundation, Prairie Ecology Bus, Incorporated, and by Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council, Waseca from appropriations by the Minnesota State Legislature.
Lucy KaplanskyGo to Concerts and Events page
With a beautiful flair for harmony, Lucy is everyone's favorite singing partner. The New York Times writes "…it is easy to predict stardom for her." On her lovely latest CD, "Over the Hills", the Manhattan minstrel sings tenderly, provocatively, and wisely, about being loved and being loveless.
Website: www.lucykaplansky.com/
Charlie ParrGo to Concerts and Events page
Charlie Parr is a regular guy, the kind of guy you'll find parked in folding chairs throughout the garages of America. He'd be the first to tell you that he's no progressive artist. Parr, who doesn't think of himself as an artist at all, is a traditionalist with the unlikely ability to pen a tune that rings with the authenticity of his source material. He's a gruff-voiced, nimble-fingered guitar player with a passion for the folk music of a mostly forgotten era. Parr's latest release, "Jubilee", is an album of down-to-dirt, Piedmont-style country blues.
Website: www.charlieparr.com/
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Minnesota Music Award winners for Best Reggae Band for five consecutive years, New Primitives explore popular music through high-energy Ska, Reggae, Calypso, and World Dance Music.
Website: www.newprimitives.com/
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MSU Director of Jazz Studies Doug Snapp formed this group with Twin Cities jazz all-stars in 2008. Snappdragon performs jazz ranging from hard swing to Latin, funk, and jazz fusion. Each tune has a unique feel and a great groove.
Scottie Miller and the InhibitorsGo to Concerts and Events page
The Inhibitors perform New Orleans funk and soulful ballads that wander back and forth somewhere between Ray Charles, John Hiatt and Dr. John. With increasing press, festival appearances and radio airplay across the country, the band continues to promote the release of the new CD, "Elixir For The Soul".
Website: www.scottiemiller.com/
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Ryan Frane is the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He coordinates the Head of the Lakes Jazz Festival at UMD. Ryan holds a Master of Music with emphasis in Jazz Studies and Piano Performance from the University of Northern Colorado. Frane performs as a jazz pianist nationwide as a soloist and band member.
Sunday, February 22, 7:30 PMGo to Concerts and Events page
Pianist Douglas Ashcraft has been performing to acclaim in recitals and concerts for a number of years. An increasingly active performing schedule includes recordings and solo and chamber concerts on both sides of the Atlantic. Recent recitals include performances at Carnegie Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and London's Wigmore Hall. He has been a member of the Idyllwild Arts Academy faculty since 1995.
The HornheadsGo to Concerts and Events page
This group of extraordinary talented horn players has been gathering international acclaim from artists and critics alike for nearly 20 years. Top session players all, members of the Hornheads have performed, toured, or recorded with artists such as Prince, Janet Jackson, Rod Stewart, Babyface, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Lenny Kravitz, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, and many others. The Hornheads will perform with the Minnesota State University Jazz Mavericks.
Website: hornheads.phpwebhosting.com/
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Cellist Randolph Fromme and pianist Shu Li concertize around the San Francisco Bay Area. Fromme currently instructs chamber music in San Francisco Conservatory's preparatory division and teaches privately. Shu Li, a native of Guiyang, China, was a finalist in the first National Piano Competition of China. She is an accompanist at the San Francisco Conservatory and has an impressive studio of students in the Bay Area.
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