Mazda Hall at 7 pm
(Free Admittance)
In a programme of Traditional Appalachian and original compositions
Laura Cortese and The Dance Cards (Boston, MA) is an all-female string group which consists of Laura Cortese (Fiddle, Voice), Mariel Vandersteel (Fiddle, Voice) and Valerie Thompson (Cello, Voice) brought together by the love of traditional American music and the many ways it can be expressed in a chamber-folk setting. With their feet solidly grounded in traditional fiddle styles, they reach for the sky with their original compositions, arrangements and interpretations of Old-Time, Bluegrass, Country, and Celtic music. This trio goes from hard-driving tunes to heart-breaking songs of Americana deftly and with the sensitivity of players beyond their years. The Acoustic Project has toured the U.S. and Europe, performing in every imaginable setting from farmers’ markets to music festivals, and house concerts to concert halls, while hosting workshops on fiddling, grooving, dancing and singing in between. All members of the Acoustic Project are scholarship recipients and graduates of Berklee College of Music.
