Monday, January 19

Concert & 2 Workshops

The Bee Eaters boasts four of the most accomplished, creative young talents of the new generation, tracing roots back to the musical traditions of Bluegrass, Old-time, Celtic, Jazz and Pop. 

The quartet combines the strong, striking music of hammered dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman and banjo phenomenon Wes Corbett with the inimitable sound of brother-sister fiddle duo Tristan and Tashina Clarridge.  The result of the foursome’s collaboration is an elegant fusion of tradition and innovation. 

 

“The Bee Eaters are the instrumental cream of the brand new string nation.  Harking back to the ‘grand old days’ when new virtuosos seemed to spring onto the scene fully formed with a whole repertoire of brilliant music nobody had ever heard before, somehow these kids have absorbed everything we had to offer and alchemized it into a new musical world.”~Fiddle Legend Darol Anger

 

ABOUT THE MUSICIANS

~Tristan Clarridge, an inventive cellist and 5-time Grand National Fiddle Champion, tours internationally with Crooked Still and Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings, and has appeared with Mike Marshall, Bruce Molsky, and Natalie MacMaster.

~Tashina Clarridge, the 2005 Grand National Fiddle Champion, has toured with Mark O’Connor and Tony Trischka, and performed at Carnegie Hall as part of MacArthur Fellow/Grammy-winning bassist Edgar Meyer's Young Artists program.

~22-year-old Banjoist Wesley Corbett has appeared with the David Grisman Quintet and Matt Glaser, and toured internationally with bluegrass sensation The Biscuit Burners.  Wes is making a name for himself both as a brilliant banjo player and composer.

~Hammered dulcimer wizard Simon Chrisman has performed with Mike Marshall and Darol Anger, opened for Bill Frisell, and at 16 was a scholarship guest artist at the Augusta Heritage Festival in West Virginia.  His sophisticated rhythmic sense and ingenious tonal flexibility, on an instrument usually considered limited, has created a buzz among musicians all over the world.

 

ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS

I’ve Got Rhythm Workshops

The four Bee Eaters musicians will be teaching workshops before the concert at the Columbia Center for the Arts.  They are flexible and willing to teach workshops featuring only one instrument or several. 

The workshops will be for beginning to advanced players with emphasis on technique.  When you register please let us know if you have a preference of instrument in a workshop or prefer it to be a joint effort with four instruments. 

Choices of Instruments

• Fiddle
• Banjo
• Cello
• Dulcimer

All workshops are 2 hours from 4-6pm.

 

Dates / Times / Prices

Concert

— January 19, 7 pm

— $15

2 Workshops

—January 19, both from 4-6pm

—$25 per workshop

Purchase Tickets

Purchase tickets for the concert and reserve your seat in the workshop at the Oak Street Hotel, 610 Oak St., Hood River, OR.

Workshop seating is limited, so sign up early!