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Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 11am to 12 noon
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Meeting ID: 884 5803 4260
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Meeting ID: 884 5803 4260
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Music Appreciation: Listening Guide to Classical Music
For our classical music lovers – but not only…
Soprano Jumi Kim, designed a course – now in its second year – for Ashby Village members interested in classical music that will feature a brief lecture accompanied by a description of the repertoire to be performed by Jumi or other guest artists. Every month she will present a different topic/composer.
Class 9: Western Shore Irish Band
All Irish Music on the Eve of St. Patrick's Day
Western Shore Irish Band brings the dynamic music and song of Ireland, Scotland and other Celtic lands to life. Valerie Rose and long-time Bay Area collaborator Jason Pollack perform the irresistible Celtic dance tunes (jigs, reels, hornpipes, waltzes), and the alternately beautiful and bawdy songs of the Celtic tradition. It’s high-energy, fun, powerful acoustic music for all.
Valerie Rose is a fiddler and singer in the San Francisco Bay Area who presents tunes and songs from the great Irish / Celtic tradition. Hearkening back to the pioneers of the Celtic folk music revival such as Clannad and Altan, Valerie's arrangements of traditional tunes and songs are spiced with rich harmonies and playful interchanges between the musicians, both vocally and instrumentally. Audiences are captivated by the pure, haunting quality of her voice and the vibrant intensity of her fiddling. She magically brings to life the transcendent beauty of Celtic melodies and the joyous energy of the tradition's jigs and reels.
Jason Pollack is one of the leading players of Irish flute in the San Francisco Bay Area. His style is clean, crisp, powerful, similar to his role models Matt Molly from the Chieftains and Bothy Band, and progressive Irish musician Mike McGoldrick. Being classically trained and with a background in jazz as well as popular music, he brings those skills and sensibilities to Irish traditional music to create a distinctive voice within this age-old art form.