For a change, it's a Nor'easter blizzard to the North of us that prevents our performers from travelling down to us.
Franco-Vermont-Made Music
French music has been part of the musical quilt on this continent for more than 400 years. FSGW will present a delightful sample of it at 8 pm on Saturday, February 27 at the Lyceum in Alexandria Va.
Lyrical and nostalgic, percussive and danceable, topical or personal, French music was part of Mich?le Choini?re?s childhood in Vermont?s Franco-American community. French was her first language and she learned songs and tunes from her father, who played harmonica and her mother, who sang. She is now adding to the tradition, writing her own songs in French and English. She has performed regularly throughout the northeast US and Quebec, including the Lake Champlain and Bangor (ME) Festivals, and has appeared on French-language television worldwide. For this concert, Mich?le will be accompanied by accordion and piano.
Join us for this very special event and hear a variety of traditional Franco-American and Quebec folksong, the occasional French popular song in the style of Edith Piaf, and original compositions as recorded on Mich?le?s CD Coeur Fragile, named one of Vermont?s top albums of 2003. [See and hear her at michelechoiniere.com]
Admission is $20 for the general public, $17 for FSGW members. The Lyceum is at 201 S. Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314. Further questions?--call Marty Summerour at 703-354-6460.
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