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April 2, 2009 Welcome to the Bragg Creek Performing Arts Newsletter. This edition provides updates on our current concert series and new concerts which we've added.
Keri Lynn Zwicker - April 4, 2009 Keri has been playing music for 25 years. First as a suzuki piano student starting at age 5, then on to the University of Alberta to receive her Bachelor of Music with Distinction as a classical pianist. For the past 13 years she has focused on the harp. At age 18, just months after buying her very first little harp this eager young musician was out harping on Whyte Avenue in Old Strathcona - much to the delight and surprise of those who passed by. Within a year she had self-produced a cassette "Solstice." Her success led her to busk her way across Western Canada as part of the Fringe Festival Circuit. For a few years Keri had her own outdoor stage show at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival and it was at this time that she released "The Devil's Mill." It's a well know secret that her debut CD and Fringe busking financed her Bachelor of Music studies at the University of Alberta! Keri Lynn has been a harpist in David Wilkie's Cowboy Celtic since 1998. This high-profile position that has not only taken her across North America and Scotland numerous times but has given her the invaluable experience of performing in front of crowds of thousands at the most prestigious Cowboy festivals like those in Elko, NV, Vail, CO, and Santa Clarita,CA. Keri is probably one of the few harpists in North America that has the opportunity to tour regularly with a band. This Celtic harpchick is active as a classical musician too - Keri has performed full length solo pedal harp concerts as well as duo concerts with cello, oboe and flute. She has been hired by the best choirs in Edmonton, including Kokepelli, ProCoro, Cantillon, Madrigal Singers, Ariose, to perform challenging works for solo harp and voices. She plays second harp with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra but often acts as principal. As well she regularly travels to play with Saskatoon and Regina Symphonies as well. Tickets are available online at our web site, by phone from 403-949-4114 or 403-949-4277 or in person at Bragg Creek Centre or Spirits West.
Emma-Lee - April 4, 2009, Opening for Keri Lynn Tickets are available online at our web site, by phone from 403-949-4114 or 403-949-4277 or in person at Bragg Creek Centre or Spirits West. Dinner Menu
Details and photos are available on our web site.
Jane Bunnett embracing voices - April 18, 2009
Bragg Creek Performing Arts is pleased to announce that a special concert has been added to our regular concert series this year. Order your tickets early for Jane Bunnett’s exciting new show “ Embracing Voices” to be performed at The Bragg Creek Centre on April 18th 2009. This features an incredible touring company of 16 artists. Jane explained, "My original plan was to make a simple, live trio recording this time, something improvisational, but the possibility of writing and arranging my own vocal material around the Grupo Vocal Desandann was too compelling”. Vocal Desandann is an extraordinary Cuban vocal group of Haitian descent. This very unique and world-renowned ensemble is composed mainly of second and third generation Haitians who were born and raised in Cuba, and bring their incredible history and lineage to this project with vocal performances that demand attention! Jane said “I did a complete turnaround and ended up involving myself in the biggest and most complex project of my career. I'm so glad I persevered. I don't quite know what to make of this music. I've never heard anything like it. But I've never been good at fitting into niches." Embracing Voices is the very first time that all of the tracks on a CD of Jane’s includes the vocal talents from some of the jazz & World scene's best and includes songs in English, Creole and Spanish! www.janebunnett.com. Come to the concert where you will be able to meet with these renowned artists to share your thoughts about this colourful, exciting and memorable event. Tickets are available online at our web site, by phone from 403-949-4114 or 403-949-4277 or in person at Bragg Creek Centre or Spirits West.
Bragg Creek Festival
You can check out the tentative schedule and buy tickets for the second Bragg Creek Festival on the Festival web site. Tickets are also available by phone from 403-949-4114 or 403-9494277 or in person at Bragg Creek Centre or Spirits West. Thank you to our sponsors.
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Our next Spotlight Series performance features Keri Lynn Zwicker. Opening for
Keri Lyn will be Emma-Lee.
Armed with a voice that transports you, Emma-Lee chose not to
rest on this strength alone. She instead put a sincere focus on becoming a great
songwriter and the results of her efforts are fully evidenced throughout
Never Just A Dream. Her weakness for a great pop melody turns
out to be one of her greatest strengths; on Never Just A Dream
spectres of AM oldies radio mingle effortlessly with childhood influences like
Joni Mitchell and jazz great Ella Fitzgerald, creating a hauntingly beautiful
musical landscape at once complex and yet familiar.
