On Tuesday, July 21, The Korey Brodsky Band will open for Anna & Elizabeth at Danbury Music Centre. The Korey Brodsky Band will start at 7; Anna & Elizabeth will start at 7:30. Admission is $15 and tickets are available at the door or online at danburymusiccentre.org. That afternoon, Anna & Elizabeth will offer a workshop on Appalachian singing, 2-4 pm, also at Danbury Music Centre. Admission to the workshop is $10. Danbury Music Centre is located at 256 Main Street, Danbury, CT, 06810.
The Korey Brodsky Band performs both original and traditional bluegrass with virtuoso instrumental playing and compelling trio harmonies. The band features 16 year old Korey Brodsky who recently played guitar in the IBMA 2013 Youth All-Star band at the Awards Show in Raleigh, NC. Sofia Chiarandini, fiddler and lead singer, is 15 years old and is the 2014 recipient of the Mark O'Connor Berklee College of Music summer program scholarship award. Rick Brodsky, multi-instrumentalist, plays bass and sings with the band. Joining The Korey Brodsky Band on July 21 is Pete Kaufman, an accomplished banjo player who has played with many bands including Five in the Chamber.
Anna & Elizabeth is a performance duo centered on the unique talents of Anna Roberts-Gevalt (fiddle, banjo, guitar and harmonies) and Elizabeth LaPrelle (ballads, banjo) and on their shared desire to inspire people with the beautiful soul of Appalachian roots music. Master musicians steeped in knowledge of mountain tunes, ballads and stories, the pair are gifted storytellers and visual artists reviving the lost art of “Crankies,” scrolling storyboards made of sewn fabric or cut paper.
Examples of their work can be seen and heard in these videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA3Qw3KiEtk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLKqxcZrxX1x0Ivv-yb0mozJTO9RQzZ4Jf&t=25&v=wvfbNqLAqbQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI2cWtF7oZE&list=PLKqxcZrxX1x0Ivv-yb0mozJTO9RQzZ4Jf&index=7
Begun with the simple goal of bringing ballads to the small nooks and crannies of rural Virginia where they lived, the project rapidly grew, bringing the gals and their stories to stages throughout the U.S., festivals in Seattle, Austin, Chicago and Brooklyn, The High Museum of Modern Art in Atlanta, a music festival in Uzbekistan, artist residencies at universities, and summer traditional music schools. Their travels have led to collaborations, too, with Eamon O’Leary (The Alt w/John Doyle, Nuala Kennedy), Jefferson Hamer (of Child Ballads w/Anais Mitchell), Tim Eriksen, Wayne Henderson, Riley Baugus, and Alice Gerrard. The two are recording a quartet EP with the Murphy Beds (O'Leary, Hamer) this winter.
Anna is a blue-ribbon fiddler and banjo player (West Virginia State Folk Festival; Kentucky Fiddle Contest, Morehead); the artistic director of East Kentucky’s traditional music institute, the Cowan Creek Mountain Music School; a 2014 fellow for OneBeat, a State Department sponsored international music residency; and an in-demand music video artist, most recently for songwriters Kristin Andreassen and Rachel Ries.
They invite audiences to get close, offering intimate and breathtaking multi-media shows unlike anything seen or heard. “We believe in the power of stories-- from family jokes to ancient ballads. What keeps us going is this process of exploring how the old stories are still magical, after all these years.”
Anna & Elizabeth will lead a workshop on Appalachian Songs, 2-4 pm on July 21 at Danbury Music Centre. This workshop will cover ballads, gospel tunes, lullabyes, harmonies, and oldtime songs. They will perform a concert that night, featuring their beautiful hand-made crankies as well as their unforgettable music.
For more information about the workshop and performance July 21 at Danbury Music Centre, see danburymusiccentre.org or call 203-748-1716. More information about Anna & Elizabeth can be found on their website: http://www.annaandelizabeth.com/
Attached: 2 photos of Anna & Elizabeth and 1 photo of The Korey Brodsky Band.