The Hovland Town Hall will be the venue for a delightfully different evening of entertainment on Saturday, November 5 with the appearance of Talún in concert.
Talún (Taw’loon, an Irish word meaning earth or ground) is composer/guitarist Garry Jones’ performance ensemble. In this 2011 – 2012 tour, he is joined by renowned traditional musician Laura MacKenzie on an array of wind-powered instruments and voice. Together, they perform Garry’s compositions along with select traditional pieces, mingled with story and myth, in full concert and lyceum programs.
Garry Jones is an Australianborn composer-musician who has just moved to the United States after living for 10 years on the wild and rugged west coast of Ireland. He has a fascination for Irish mythology and has incorporated this into his music making.
Garry has composed for musicals, rock operas, huge festival fire events and millennium celebrations. He designs and builds large-scale musical sculptures, musical instruments for people with disabilities, leads tour groups in Ireland, and plays guitar and writes music with his wife Kate Hennessy in their Brattleboro, Vermont, home.
Laura MacKenzie has been lauded as a “Celtic music wizard” by the Minneapolis Star Tribune and a “high priestess of Celtic music” by Minnesota Public Radio. Laura has learned from many noted tradition bearers on both sides of the Atlantic, has been recognized as a master folk artist by the Minnesota State Arts Board and has received numerous honors, fellowships and awards for her work in traditional Irish and Scottish music.
From production work and appearance on A Prairie Home Companion to fieldwork in ethnomusicology, from rockin’ out in Boiled in Lead to national touring with Lorie Line and her Pop Chamber Orchestra, Laura has enjoyed vast and varied experience in the worlds of music while developing as a performing artist. Her powerful array of wind instruments includes wooden flutes, whistles, concertina, Scottish smallpipes, Border pipes, French Cornemuse, gemshorn and voice.
Talún concert tickets are $10 at the door; $5 for 12 and under.
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