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Where Ben Franklin, Mozart, & Marie Antoinette Meet
Saturday September 13, 7:30 p.m. Studio Around the Corner, 67 Main St., Suite 101, Brewster, NY Tickets $15 general, $10 seniors and kids
Musical Journeys of the Welsh Triple Harp
Where Ben Franklin, Mozart, & Marie Antoinette Meet
Zoe Vandermeer, Soprano, Welsh Triple Harp
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Michael Meade, Cello
Saturday September 13, 7:30 p.m.
Find out what's happening in Southeast-Brewsterfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Studio Around the Corner, 67 Main St., Suite 101, Brewster, NY Tickets $15 general, $10 seniors and kids
Concert sponsored by the Town of Southeast Arts Coalition
Did you know that both Ben Franklin and Marie Antoinette played harp?! And Mozart met Marie Antoinette when they were just eight years old! In this delightful musical journey of the Welsh Triple Harp, music by Marie Antoinette, Mozart, Handel, Bochsa, Kuhlau, Donizetti, Verdi, and late 18th century Welsh harpist Edward Jones will be interspersed with amusing anecdotes and true tales. Join us for a splendid evening of music, wine, stories, song, and harp!
Zoe Vandermeer, soprano and Welsh Triple Harp, is a prize-winning graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, performs internationally, and is on the roster of the Connecticut Commission of Culture and Tourism. She was recently named Finalist in The American Prize, opera division, and has been a recipient of the Dame Joan Sutherland Fund, MTNA Foundation Grant Fund, and the Emerging Artists Fund. Winner of the Bay Area Vocal Arts Competition, her voice/triple harp album ‘Angel’s Wine, the Songs of John Dowland’ won second place for Best Classical Album in 2002 by JPF. Ms. Vandermeer has recorded for Koch International, Voce Classics and KachinaMusiK and she has been a featured guest on radio stations in the US and Scotland. Articles about Ms. Vandermeer can be found in the Swiss journal ‘Harpa’ and the Classical Singer Magazine. Previously a faculty member at the Hartt School, she currently teaches singing, piano, and harps locally, in New York and Connecticut.
Michael Meade, Cellist, has served on the faculty at Manhattanville College since 2006. He is also a member of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, and performs in many other area ensembles. Mr. Meade is a 1976 graduate of the Eastman School of Music, and earned a Master’s Degree in Music Performance in 1984 from the University of Connecticut. His major teachers include Ronald Leonard, Alan Harris, and Samuel Mayes. While still at Eastman, Mr.
Meade was a founding member of the Colden String Quartet which performed internationally, and became the resident quartet at Western Michigan University.
This beautiful brand new Welsh Triple Harp was made by New Zealand harpist and harpmaker Robin Ward who currently resides in England. The design is based upon a harp in St. Fagans Museum in Cardiff, Wales. It has a full 5 octave range and has three rows of strings made of gut. Built to accommodate airplane travel guidelines, it stands 5 feet 3 inches tall and has a lovely sweet, full sound.
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