Harpist, percussionist, mime dancer at Norwood Green concerts
Image via WikipediaNORWOOD -- The Norwood Village Green Concert Series welcomes Adirondack harpist Martha Gallagher, percussionist Brian Melick and mime dancer Karen Montanaro, and legendary Irish music family band McPeake to the band shell over the next several days.
On Thursday, June 9, Gallagher, Melick and Montanaro will give two shows, first at 1 p.m. for Norwood-Norfolk Elementary, and then at 7 p.m. for the public.
A singer, harper, composer/songwriter, arranger and recording artist, Gallagher has gained international renown, changing the way people perceive the harp and harp music. She has taken the instrument through and beyond it’s stereotypical boundaries of classical and traditional music, into the territories of blues, jazz, world and contemporary music.
Melick has been actively involved with music for the past 30 years and has developed a wide range of experience as a drummer, multi hand percussionist, and as an educator.
He has been a featured artist on over 300 commercially recorded works and has been produced by major as well as independent record companies.
Montanaro is a world-renowned dancer and mime artist, an award-winning choreographer, and the innovator of “mimedance” (the fusion of two classical art forms). She has danced professionally with the Ohio Ballet and the Darmstadt Opera Ballet in Germany. For more than a decade, Karen toured and taught internationally with mime master, Tony Montanaro.
McPeake will take the stage Thursday, June 16 at 7 p.m. For generations of folk music enthusiasts, the name of the McPeake Family of Belfast has stood for one of the most distinctive sounds in Irish music
Francis McPeake IV, the fourth generation of this world-famous musical dynasty and one of the few authentic uilleann pipers in the world today, has put together a revived band, 'McPeake', which is unique in the world of music with its fusion of original Celtic compositions and contemporary rhythms and styles.
Each McPeake member is an artist in his or her own right. Each has performed with many international artists including Van Morrison, Mary Black, Ronan Keating, Riverdance, John Hurt, Denis Hopper, The Chieftans and more.
Admission is free but audience members will have a chance to contribute as “the bucket” is passed.
For more information, visit norwoodvillagegreenconcertseries.org.
On Thursday, June 9, Gallagher, Melick and Montanaro will give two shows, first at 1 p.m. for Norwood-Norfolk Elementary, and then at 7 p.m. for the public.
A singer, harper, composer/songwriter, arranger and recording artist, Gallagher has gained international renown, changing the way people perceive the harp and harp music. She has taken the instrument through and beyond it’s stereotypical boundaries of classical and traditional music, into the territories of blues, jazz, world and contemporary music.
Melick has been actively involved with music for the past 30 years and has developed a wide range of experience as a drummer, multi hand percussionist, and as an educator.
He has been a featured artist on over 300 commercially recorded works and has been produced by major as well as independent record companies.
Montanaro is a world-renowned dancer and mime artist, an award-winning choreographer, and the innovator of “mimedance” (the fusion of two classical art forms). She has danced professionally with the Ohio Ballet and the Darmstadt Opera Ballet in Germany. For more than a decade, Karen toured and taught internationally with mime master, Tony Montanaro.
McPeake will take the stage Thursday, June 16 at 7 p.m. For generations of folk music enthusiasts, the name of the McPeake Family of Belfast has stood for one of the most distinctive sounds in Irish music
Francis McPeake IV, the fourth generation of this world-famous musical dynasty and one of the few authentic uilleann pipers in the world today, has put together a revived band, 'McPeake', which is unique in the world of music with its fusion of original Celtic compositions and contemporary rhythms and styles.
Each McPeake member is an artist in his or her own right. Each has performed with many international artists including Van Morrison, Mary Black, Ronan Keating, Riverdance, John Hurt, Denis Hopper, The Chieftans and more.
Admission is free but audience members will have a chance to contribute as “the bucket” is passed.
For more information, visit norwoodvillagegreenconcertseries.org.
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