Coming to the Redfern: Cathie Ryan, KSC Concert Band
From Jackie Hooper, Redfern Arts Center:
Celtic soprano Cathie Ryan and her band will set toes a tapping to an Irish beat during a Wednesday, March 10, concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond at Keene State College. In addition to this performance, Ryan will conduct a lecture-demonstration on Irish Mythology in Music at 2 p.m. the same day in the same location. The lecture-demonstration is free and open to the public. Tickets to the evening concert range from $24 for adults to $13 for children.
In preparation for St. Patrick’s Day, Ryan will perform traditional Irish ballads along with jigs and reels. The program will also include many of Ryan’s original works. Her music also reflects the influence of the Irish and American folk songs she learned growing up in Detroit as a child of Irish parents and visiting her grandparents in Ireland.
And from Connie Lester, Redfern Arts Center:
The Keene State College Music Department presents the KSC Concert Band’s first spring performance, entitled “With a Song in Their Hearts: The Dramatic Power of Melody,” on Thursday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond.
Conducted by KSC music faculty member Dr. James Chesebrough, the band will perform Irish and British folk melodies, Broadway tunes, sacred tunes, and DJ favorites.
Featured performers are KSC faculty members Dr. Sandra Howard, soprano, and Dr. Heather Gilligan, piano, and KSC students Mark Perry ’10, saxophone and music education major; Kimberly Harte ’10, mezzo-soprano and vocal performance major; and Melissa White ’10, soprano and music education major.
KSC Concert Band is comprised of music majors, non-majors, and community members. This performance is the first of the semester; the second concert is on Thursday, April 22
For further information about the performances and the lecture-demonstration, for tickets, or to request accommodations for a disability, call the box office, 603-358-2168, or visit www.keene.edu/racbp.
