WOMEN IN SONG Concerts presented at The Plaza Live | 425 N. Bumby Avenue, Orlando MAEVE GILCHRIST WITH NIC GAREISS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 | 8:00 PM Described by one critic as “a phenomenal harp player who can make her instrument ring with unparalleled purity,” Maeve Gilchrist has taken the Celtic harp to new levels of performance. She maintains a widely-acclaimed duo project with Nic Gareiss, a Michigan-born percussive dancer. Sharing a deep respect for tradiational music and culture while drawing on contemporary elements of music, dance, rhythm and improvisation, Maeve and Nic have emerged from the vibrant new acoustic scene as innovators in their fields. KAIA KATER WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 | 8:00 PM As a new generation takes the reigns, American roots music is needed more than ever to remind us of the troubled pathways of our own history. Born of African- Caribbean descent in Québec, Kaia Kater grew up between two worlds: one her family’s deep ties to Canadian folk music in her Toronto home; the other the years she spent learning and studying Appalachian music in West Virginia. Her acclaimed debut album Sorrow Bound (May 2015) touched this divide, but her new album, Nine Pin (May 2016), delves even further, and casts an unflinching eye at the realities faced by people of color in North America every day. HEATHER MASSE WITH JED WILSON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 | 8:00 PM Although trained at the New England Conservatory of Music as a jazz singer, New York singer/songwriter Heather Masse is equally versed in a variety of American song traditions, which influences her more prevalent work in folk, pop, and bluegrass. A member of the Billboard-charting folk group, The Wailin’ Jennys, she has been a frequent guest on Garrison Keillor’s A Prarie Home Companion, both as solo performer and as a member of The Jennys. Jed Wilson grew up in Gladstone, Oregon and began studying piano at a young age. As a teenager, Wilson was an active performer on the Portland jazz scene at haunts such as the Typhoon Lounge, and won prestigious awards (including Downtown Magazine’s ‘Best High School Jazz Soloist’ honor three years in a row). ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 19
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