Claudia Tulip
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Allen Ames
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Carrie Caruso
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Melanie Yarger
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William Eaton
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Taylor Marie
10th Annual
Winter Solstice Concert
Claudia Tulip
Allen Ames
Carrie Caruso
Melanie Yarger
William Eaton
Jennifer Jacobi
Logan Turner
Taylor Marie
Friday, December 23, 7:00 pm
Tickets - $25 Advance, $28 Door, $30 Priority Seating
The 10th Annual Old Town Center for the Arts Winter Solstice Concert will feature some of the world’s favorite Christmas melodies, uplifting songs of the spirit, original songs, and a special visual, musical tribute to honor our indigenous ancestors, in observation of the ancient winter solstice ritual.
This year’s Solstice Ensemble features flutist Claudia Tulip, violinist Allen Ames, violinist Carrie Caruso, cellist Melanie Yarger, harp guitarist William Eaton, vocalist Jennifer Jacobi and bass player, percussionist Logan Turner.
A special added holiday feature of the evening will be aerial performances by Taylor Marie on silks and Lyra hoop. Taylor’s dance company Hydrangea Sky Movement Arts recently premiered it’s aerial production of Ephemera at OTCA in November in two sold out performances. Lighting director Elena Bullard commented, “Attendees don’t often get to witness the wonderful visuals and ‘movement art’ performed high above the audience on silks and lyra (hoop), especially in our area.”
The Winter Solstice Concert promises to be an evening of diverse musical styles, holiay classics, elevated’ movement art and a few surprises.
“We’re excited to bring a world chamber sound to our Verde Valley - Sedona audience,” OTCA Co-Director William Eaton remarked. “All of the ensemble members are talented soloists in their own right. It will be an evening rich with recognizable, seasonal melodies intertwined with innovative and inspiring improvisation.”
This year’s solstice concert will feature arrangements of classic Christmas songs, including: Carol of the Bells, O Come O Come Emanuel, What Child Is This, and Silent Night. In addition, the ensemble will present several eclectic instrumental arrangements of: Deck the Halls, We Three Kings, and Coventry Carol, along with a quartet of bow harps and world percussion. The ensemble will also perform two original chamber pieces composed by William Eaton, for the Nebraska Chamber Orchestra, entitled With the Love We Bring and Wintertime Green.
Claudia Tulip performs on silver and ethnic flutes, and panpipes, with a beautiful blend of imagination, deft technique and soulful expression.
Allen Ames is known for his recorded works with his own ensemble Lyra, William Eaton Ensemble, and Gypsy jazz groups around Arizona and the Phoenix area. He has played with orchestras and chamber ensembles including the Arizona Opera and Ballet Orchestras, the Phoenix String Quartet, and many others.
Violinist Carrie Caruso performs and arranges for the modern fusion quartet Urban Electra and has performed in many string ensembles and orchestras including the Redford Symphony, Eastern Michigan University Honor Orchestra and the Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra.
Cellist Melanie Yarger is classically trained, and has held Principal positions with the New York Symphony, the Celebrity Symphony Orchestra, the Koscuiszko Opera Orchestra, and many others. She currently plays with the quartet Urban Electra.
William Eaton is a four-time Grammy Nominee and Canyon Records recording artist, he is also acknowledged as one of the world’s great designers and builders of unique guitars and stringed instruments. He is currently the director of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery, a guitar making school in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Winter Solstice is a time of reflection, contemplation and story telling. Music has always been an important part of the solstice tradition amongst all the world’s cultures and religions.
Come enjoy a special evening of holiday music, a pre-show vintage Christmas postcard slide show, and lovely holiday images projected during the concert, in the warm vintage elegance of Old Town Center for the Arts on Saturday, December 18th at 7:00 pm. Doors will open at 6:15 pm. Refreshments including: wine, beer, snacks and popcorn will be available for purchase.
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