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MUSIC FOR MANKIND®BENEFIT CONCERT SERIES TO PERFORM IN TURNERS FALLS MA ON HEELS OF FOUR SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCES.
Kelly Moore & Emerald Dreams will be performing the concert series, Music For Mankind® at The Shea Theatre in Turners Falls MA on Friday, September 21st at 8:00pm
Sponsored by local and regional charitable organizations, proceeds will be donated to the United Nations World Food Program. Recently the Friends of the World Food Program featured Mr. Moore in the Donor Spotlight of their newsletter. The Music for Mankind®concert series has fed over 8000 children from three performances, and has been heard on Vermont Public Radio and the radio show "Across the Fence" on WCAX.
Ron Della Chiesa of NPR's WGBH in Boston exclaimed, "A unique blend of sounds and music from a multi-talented artist and composer…Highly recommended!" And Jenny Ivors of Rambles Magazine proclaimed his music, "impeccably performed!"
With two highly acclaimed CDs under his belt, Guitarist, Composer, Singer Kelly Moore and his ensemble Emerald Dreams, are captivating audiences with a musical blend of Celtic, folk, classical and jazz influences. This unique and acclaimed sextet performs lush harmonies and beautiful instrumentals with violin, flute, piccolo, guitars, bass, percussion and three vocalists. With a warm and humorous stage presence, Kelly Moore & Emerald Dreams delight audiences wherever they go. While a studio musician in Nashville for 15 years, Mr. Moore also performed in concert with such notables as Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl and Pete Seegar. Jane Gilbert of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra called Mr. Moore, "a truly talented musician and singer!"
The touring members of Mr. Moore's ensemble, Emerald Dreams are all classically trained musicians. Violinist Heather Sommerlad, originally from El Paso, Texas, has performed with the Gilbert and Sullivan Theatre in El Paso; performed as second flutist for the El Paso Symphony and also performed with the Sage City Symphony in Bennington, Vermont. She lives in New York City where she teaches violin when not touring.
Robin has taught at The University of California, Santa Cruz; Sonoma State College, Rohnert Park, CA; the City College of New York, NYC; and is currently a professor of Flute at Keene State College, in Keene, NH and also teaches at the Brattleboro Music Center in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Bassist Robert Zimmerman has performed on and off-Broadway in such hits as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Oliver. He is on the faculty of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts and performs with the Albany Symphony, the Vermont Symphony and the Berkshire Symphony.
Soprano vocalist and percussionist Lindsay Dyett toured with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats", the Mantovani Orchestra, and has performed with Stacy Keach in "The King and I", and with Carol Channing's tour of "Hello Dolly". She received the Lily Stoates Award in Orlando, Florida for her performance of Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady", and performed as Christine in Ft. Worth's production of "Phantom of the Opera".
Alto vocalist and percussionist Keri Greenaway has performed on NPR radio; performed the leading role of Maria in "The Sound of Music" at the Dorset Playhouse in Dorset, VT; and has performed leading roles with the Schenectady Light Opera in Schenectady , NY; the Orpheus Theatre in Oneonta, NY; and at Hubbard Hall in Cambridge, NY
Admission is Free and donations will be accepted at the show. For more information contact Ceol Productions at www.awakenrecords.com