MVFS Metro Artists’ Show
More artists to join local Irish trad band Kelly have been added for the MVFS Metro Artists’ show TONIGHT, May 19 2007 at the Bragg Auditorium.
I am told that the young fiddler Taylor is only 12 and is something very special!
Starting the concert is The Shortleaf Band
The Shortleaf Band began about fifteen years ago in the clear river country of the Ozark Mountains. The band was named after the Shortleaf Pine which is the only pine native to Missouri.
Since relocating to the Kansas City area, the band continues performing the driving energetic music required for dancing.
Michael Fraser (fiddle) The band’s founding member moved to the Kansas City area about four years ago after spending twenty five years in the Ozarks learning the traditional music of the Scots-Irish who settled the area. In 1996 he was awarded a two year apprenticeship through the Missouri Arts Council to study with the late “Master Ozark Square Dance Fiddler”, Bob Holt.
Bob received Smithsonian’s prestigious “Heritage Fellowship Award” for his dedication to teaching traditional fiddling just before he passed away.
Tenley Hansen (keyboard/vocals) is a Kansas City native with extensive touring experience in the performing arts. A seasoned performer who has discovered a passion for folk music.
Joe Conklin (guitar) is also a Kansas City native who’s love for the guitar and banjo are evident when he is performing his rhythmic interpretations of traditional music.
Kevin Foiles (bodhran) is appearing with the Shortleaf Band on drum. This multi-instrumentalist also performs for the folk duo River Dawn.
Taylor Sullivan & Gordon Bearss
This is Taylor Sullivan’s Kansas City concert debut. Taylor is a young fiddler from Clinton, Missouri, who has a surprising mastery of Scottish and Cape Breton violin performance.
Taylor has taken first place in various Old Time fiddle contests around Missouri as well as the Missouri State Junior Fiddle Championship in 2004. Sullivan is backed by Gordon Bearss, who has been playing with various local bands for the last 20 years. He plays guitar, mandolin, cittern and bass.
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