Sun Mar 25: Windborne *matinee*
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Santa Cruz House Concerts
Mar 15, 2018, 1:42:58 AM3/15/18
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The next concert in our Downtown Sounds house concert series will be a Family Matinee with a terrific young singing quartet:
Sunday, Mar 25 4:00 PM
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Jeremy Carter-Gordon:
Sunday, Mar 25 4:00 PM
Details below. Please RSVP as soon as possible, to ensure your reservation and to get directions to our house.
We are asking a donation of $20/adults, $5/kids ... all proceeds go to the artists.For reservations, email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>
Winborne will also be appearing:
Sat, Mar 24 1pm Vocal Workshop, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley $10-$35
Sat, Mar 24 7pm Menlo Park House Concert $20
Mon, Mar 26 8pm Freight & Salvage, Berkeley $20
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Other events of interest:
Thu, Mar 15 7:30pm Paper Wings House Concert, Santa Cruz
Old-time & Original tunes and vocal harmonies
Reservations: email <darrow.f...@gmail.com>
Fri, Mar 23 7pm Santa Cruz Contra Dance, featuring Semper Fiddles:
Ben Schreiber, Adrianna Ciccone, Sumaia Jackson, Daniel Steinberg
Live Oak Grange, Santa Cruz
Fri Mar 23 7:30pm Sylvia Herold & Chuck Ervin: Vintage jazz/swing songs
Ugly Mug, 4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel
Upcoming shows in our series: (visit our calendar link)
*tentative* Thu, Jun 14: Orkestra Keyif : Music of Istanbul & Thrace
Wed Jun 27: Cajun Country Revival : Cajun concert & dance! Windborne : Songs from Corsica, Georgia, Americas
Sunday, Mar 25 4:00 PM
"The singers of Windborne have a deep understanding, both musically and
culturally, of the traditions from which they draw much of their repertoire.
Their singing is a feast of a cappella harmony." -Peter Amidon
Throughout its 10+ year history, Windborne has appeared as a duo, trio, and now,
as a quartet. A group of vocal chameleons, they grew up in musical families, going
to singing parties, taking classical voice and instrumental lessons, and seeking out
folk music from around the world. They draw upon their collective five decades of
experience as performers and teachers to switch effortlessly between drastically
different styles of singing within the same concert, all the while regaling the audience
with their vocal energy and carefully crafted arrangements.
Over the past decade, Windborne has studied with masters of traditional singing
styles in the US and around the world. Through these collaborations, they have
developed the vocal agility and authentic sound for which they are known. Their
dynamic concert programs include songs from Corsica, the Republic of Georgia,
Bulgaria, Quebec, and Basque country, as well as traditional and original American
folk music. They educate as they perform, telling stories about the music and
explaining the characteristics and stylistic elements of the traditions in which they sing.
They believe deeply in the power of music to change hearts.
In 2014, Windborne was one of 10 groups selected by American Music Abroad and
the US Department of State to tour as cultural ambassadors through music. They
traveled to Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Angola, touring with internationally known
artists, performing at sold-out national theaters, and collaborating with traditional
musicians in each country. They also taught music and dance workshops with school-
children, English-language learners, dance schools, choirs, and music conservatories.
Lauren Breunig:
Lauren sang with Village Harmony for many years and travelled with their first
study program to Corsica. Since then, she has toured with Northern Harmony in
the US, England, Scotland, Wales, France, Italy, and Switzerland. She has also
sung with Hallowell, a hospice choir that sings at the bedsides of individuals
nearing the end of life. Currently, she works as a circus artist and teacher,
performing on aerial fabric, trapeze, and in partner acrobatics.
Lynn Mahoney Rowan:
Lynn is a veteran singer of Northern Harmony. She has travelled to Corsica
twice to study traditional polyphonic singing. She is an accomplished song
arranger, and an energetic workshop leader and teacher for Village Harmony
as well as taking over the teen choir for Revels North. She specializes in highly
ornamented styles of singing, such as music from Corsica and Eastern Georgia.
She received a B.A. in Performance Studies from Marlboro College and composed
music for a production of Federico Lorca’s Blood Wedding, directed by Eric Bass.
Will Thomas Rowan:
Will received his B.A. in Music Composition from Marlboro College, and his
masters in Conducting from the Bard College Conservatory. He specializes in
choral compositions inspired by and incorporating styles and themes from the
Shape-Note and ballad singing traditions. He has sung for many years with
Northern Harmony and he teaches for Village Harmony. Will is a regular soloist
and guest instructor with Revels North. For Windborne, Will plays the banjo and
two Georgian stringed instruments, the Panduri and the Chonguri. In other musical
endeavors, Will plays jazz and rock piano, as well as traditional Bulgarian drum.
In 2013 Jeremy joined Windborne, rounding out the group with bass notes and
more banjo! Jeremy holds a MA in dance anthropology, and is a bit of a dance
nomad, from studying Swedish folk dance at the Erik Sahlström Institute in Sweden
to traveling across Europe on a Watson Fellowship, collecting sword dance traditions.
He is a well-known in the folk music and dance community for his singing, dancing,
and has taught traditional music and dance on five continents!
Visit their website: <www.windbornesingers.com/>
Santa Cruz House Concerts
Mar 12, 2025, 6:11:06 PMMar 12
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The vocal quartet Windborne is coming at the end of this month, to give a choral workshop and concert. When you RSVP, please indicate which (or both) you plan to attend. If you've already made a reservation, you should have just received an acknowledgement (if not, check your spam).
Donation: $30/sliding
Details below. Their show sold out last year and we've already got many reservations, so please RSVP as soon as possible, to ensure your reservation and to get directions to our house.
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Other events of interest:
Sun Apr 6, 7:00pm: Veretski Pass, featuring Cookie Segelstein:
Music from the Carpathian Bow
Spring Street, Santa Cruz house concert
Donation: $25 Info/reservations: email <herr...@ucsc.edu>
Upcoming shows in our series: (visit our calendar link)
Sat Apr 19, 7:30pm: Women of Choro: Brazilian virtuosi
Sat May 3, 7:30pm: Patrice Haan & Steve Baughman: Celtic harp/guitar duo
Thu May 15, 7:30pm: Martin & Eliza Carthy: English folk legend
Sun May 18, 7:30pm: Lily Henley & Duncan Wickel: Sephardic ballads & American Roots
Sat May 31: 7:30pm: Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini: Brazilian jazz
Windborne : Songs from Corsica, Georgia, Americas
Friday, Mar 28 7:30 PM
Santa Cruz House Concerts
Mar 23, 2025, 11:42:22 PMMar 23
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The vocal quartet Windborne is coming at the end of this week, to give a choral workshop and concert. If you've already made a reservation, you should have just received an acknowledgement (if not, check your spam).
Details below. Their show sold out last year and we've already got many reservations, so please RSVP as soon as possible, to ensure your reservation and to get directions to our house. When you RSVP, please indicate which (or both) events you plan to attend.
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