Great Young Fiddlers

Darol Anger asked me to help publicize this upcoming concert. I don't think posting it here will have any effect whatsoever, but it won't hurt either. It should be great-- these are fine young musicians, doing some creative stuff.

Concert: Fiddle Summit: State Of The Art
with Aoife O’Donovan, Alex & Tatiana Hargreaves,
Tristan & Tashina Clarridge & more.
7 PM- $12 suggested donation
Community Music Center
3350 SE Francis St Portland, OR 97202
503-823-3177
www.CommunityMusicCenter.org

A contemporary fiddle concert with the best of the new generation of acoustic music players, with members of Crooked Still and Darol Anger’s Republic Of Strings.

Some of the country’s finest young fiddlers will gather here in Portland on March 23 for a freewheeling display of some of the new (& old!) acoustic string music which is moving audiences all over the world. Picking up their cue from artists such as Bela Fleck, Darol Anger, and Mark O’Connor, these young virtuosos are already making their mark nationally in venues from concert halls to bluegrass festivals, and have forged a tight community of committed artists at the age when most kids are still trying to figure out wardrobe issues and master Facebook.
Convened in Corvallis the previous week for a self-organized group teaching clinic, some of these young master musicians will perform a concert at the Community Music Center in southeast Portland, in a small, excellent-sounding hall, perfect for acoustic strings.
Complete list of musicians:
Aoife O’Donovan,
Alex & Tatiana Hargreaves,
Tristan & Tashina Clarridge,
Simon Chrisman, Paul Kowert.

Vocalist Aoife O’Donovan is considered by many to be the successor to Alison Krauss as Queen of the younger folk music community. Her pure and agile voice can be heard on many different recordings, including her own group, Crooked Still.

Tristan & Tashina Clarridge, Grand National Fiddle champions, make a brilliant brother-sister team and have performed and recorded extensively all over the U.S. They have created music educational events all up and down the west coast, and perform regularly with Mark O’Connor, Natalie MacMaster, Tony Trischka, and Darol Anger.

Alex Hargreaves at age 15 is one of the most talented jazz fiddlers ever, and is fluent in a variety of other styles as well. in 2007, Alex was awarded a Belle Foundation Cultural Development grant for his musical achievements and won an Alternative Styles award from the American Strings Teachers Association. In 2005, Alex was awarded the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin.

Alex’s 11-year old sister Tatiana Silver Hargreaves is also a startling prodigy, one of the finest old-time appalachian fiddlers ever, and a riveting protege of Bruce Molsky.

Up and coming hammer-dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman is one of the few young players to successfully integrate his instrument into the New Acoustic scene.
The astonishing acoustic bassist Paul Kowert is an Edgar Meyer protégé; ‘nuff said.

Community Music Center
3350 SE Francis St Portland, OR 97202
503-823-3177
www.CommunityMusicCenter.org