CARTHAGE — New England Celtic Arts will present Andrea Beaton, one of Cape Breton’s most promising young fiddlers, with multi-instrumentalist Owen Marshall, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center.
She will also take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, at Unity College Center for the Performing Arts. There will be a preshow jam session 45 minutes prior to curtain at both venues.
Beaton is the youngest of generations of Beaton musicians. Her father, Kinnon, is one of today’s most influential Cape Breton fiddlers. Her mother, Betty Beaton, is one of the great piano accompanists of her generation.
Her paternal grandfather, Donald Angus Beaton, was one of the strongest and most popular players of his generation. Her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Beaton, is a strongly rhythmic piano player. Her uncle, Buddy MacMaster, is the most revered fiddler on Cape Breton island. Her cousin, Natalie MacMaster, is an enormously popular entertainer. And so it goes, back and across the generations.
Beaton’s music is at once her own and deeply rooted in the tradition associated with the Mabou Coal Mines. And, like her father and grandfather, she is a composer in the tradition, adding fine new music to the island’s repertoire.
Marshall is a sought-after accompanist in many genres: Irish, French-Canadian, Swedish, and New-England dance music. Known for his unique sense of harmony and rhythm, he has performed worldwide with many of traditional music’s top acts, including Jerry Holland, Aoife Clancy, Lissa Schneckenberger, Mark Simos, Jeremiah McLane and Sarah Blair.
Tickets are $10. Call Skye at 562-4445 or UCCPA at 948-7469. Skye Theater is at 2 Highland Drive. UCCPA is at 42 Depot St. in Unity.

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