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Encore Series Arvel Bird $18 adv, $20 door, $25 priority Native American and Celtic Fusion Arvel Bird, a Native American violinist, flutist and composer is known around the world for his dramatic connection between Native American and Celtic traditions, stirring up scenes that echo from North American memory. Dubbed “Lord of the Strings” by fans and music critics, his music evokes the soul of North American history and is thoroughly entertaining, but also enlightening and humanizing. Arvel has won the coveted title of Artist of the Year at the Native American Music Awards (Nammys), quickly followed by Best Instrumental Album at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards (Cammys), Lord of the Strings. Arvel Bird has been on the road touring the nation, and abroad, with his new show Many Tribes, One Fire, and introducing his long-awaited new CD Tribal Music Suite: Journey of a Paiute (2009) to his many fans. His personal enduring spirit, his storytelling, and his heartfelt music have enlightened the souls of audiences wherever he goes. Arvel is a classically trained violinist who has played with such top country stars as Glen Campbell, Loretta Lynn, Ray Price, Louise Mandrell, and many more. His mixed-blood heritage of Southern Paiute Indian and Scottish is the inspiration for his new compositions. He has created such a unique and universally appealing sound with his fusion of instruments and styles that it can only best be described as World Native Fusion.
Arvel Bird’s talent was detected early and he attended Arizona State University on music scholarship, and later transferred to Champagne/Urbana, Illinois where he studied classical violin with renowned Hungarian violinist Paul Roland at the University of Illinois. His dream to record and perform using the violin as a lead instrument, completely contrary to the Nashville view of the fiddle as a backup or side-musician instrument, began in 2001. The result was a fusion of both his Scottish (Clan Kennedy) and Native American (Paiute) roots that are uniquely his own and intricately woven throughout his songs. During his years in the Midwest, Bird won the Indiana State Fiddle Contest four times while still perfecting a variety of musical styles. His continuously evolving music is delighting audiences worldwide. His latest album Ride Indian Ride, released in January 2010, is a departure from his more traditional cultural music, with an edgier blues/rock feel and a stronger, more soulful sound. Although based in Nashville, TN, Bird is permanently on the road, connected with audiences the old-fashioned way . . . live. This is where Arvel’s emotionally driven performance thrives, igniting concert venues, symphony halls, festivals and more, leaving his audiences inspired, transfixed and transformed.
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