Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn SAT MAY 10 2014 at 8pm CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT UBC Set list will be announced from the stage. The performance will be two approximately 50-minute sets plus one 20-minute intermission. Please remember to turn off your cell phones, and note that photography and/or recording of any kind is not permitted. Thank you! Banjo players and husband and wife team Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn have mastered the deceptively intricate art of the duet. Their performances embrace a diversity almost unthinkable - coming from just two banjos and one voice. Washburn’s beguiling composing, playing and singing blend with Fleck’s riveting and virtuosic musicianship to create music both unique yet familiar in texture. Béla Fleck, a 15-time GRAMMY winner, has collaborated with Chick Corea, Oumou Sangare, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Dave Mathews, Earl Scruggs, and the entire Cleveland Orchestra for his banjo concert 'The Impostor'. He is arguably the most prominent banjo player in the world, and has spent decades boldly grafting the instrument to musical branches that hang far from the native musical ground of bluegrass and Americana. belafleck.com Abigail Washburn’s banjo has taken her far beyond the usual old-timey comfort zone, musically and geographically. An alumnus of Uncle Earl, the powerhouse all-female stringband, Washburn’s adopted second homeland is China, and her music resounds with echoes of Appalachia and the tidal wave of emerging Chinese cultural influence. Her most recent album, City of Refuge, adds dashes of electric and percussive flavors, rendering moods that evoke Brian Eno’s soundscapes as much as the earthy, expressive acoustic muscle that is at the core of Washburn’s sound. abigailwashburn.com
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Upcoming Events at the Chan Centre Full details at chancentre.com Tue May 13 at 7pm: Vancouver School Board: District Strings Concert Presented by the Vancouver School Board. Wed May 14 at 7pm: Milton K. Wong Lecture: David Suzuki – SOLD OUT Presented by UBC Continuing Studies, The Laurier Institution and CBC Radio One. Tue May 15 at 7:30pm: Langley Fine Arts School: Mendelssohn's Elijah Presented by the Langley Fine Arts School. Wed May 21 at 8pm: Baccalaureate Concert – UBC School of Music Presented by UBC Ceremonies and Events as part of UBC's graduation week celebrations. FREE Sat May 24 at 7pm: Vancouver Youth Piano Concert Presented by the Fafan Piano Studio. Fri May 30 & Sat May 31 at 8pm: Fairy Tales and Water Music! Presented by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as part of the Classical Traditions series at the Chan Centre.
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