BERLIN, NH — St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts, along with series sponsor Bryant Funeral Homes, Eversource, and Co-Sponsor Kelley Trucking, are proud to present Josee Vachon & Patrick Ross in Concert, on November 3, at 2 p.m., at St. Kieran’s Center for the Arts! Tickets are now available, ($20 in advance/$25 at the door) at https://stkieranarts.org/series.html. For more information, please call the Arts Center at 603-752-1028.
Josee Vachon: Born in Québec and raised in Maine, Josée Vachon shares her Franco-American upbringing through traditional and contemporary folksongs from Québec and Acadia and through her own compositions. Though she often entertained at family gatherings, she began singing publicly with the support of the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine, where she discovered others who shared her rich heritage.
In July 1993, she co-founded the folk group Chanterelle with award-winning fiddler Donna Hébert and singer/guitarist Liza Constable, often joined by bass and Cajun accordion player Alan Bradbury. The group released the CDs French in America (1994) and Soirée Chez Nous (1996). Ms Vachon has 12 solo recordings to her credit, and continues to perform and record the music that best represents her love of Franco-American culture.
Patrick Ross: A fiddler since age 5, Patrick knows what it means to be a music-loving kid. Vermont born, fifth generation fiddle player, he won the Vermont-State Fiddle Championship at the age of 14 and has been performing professionally since age 19. Patrick grew up near the Canadian border and his grandparents came from Quebec, where there is a strong tradition of fiddling.
At age 12 he caught the attention of a Smithsonian Folkway Records team documenting regional fold music and ended up recording him on the front porch of his family’s home. Patrick has toured with a variety of music ensembles, worked in Nashville with a Celtic Band, performed at the Grand Ole Opry and the Kennedy Center and shared stages with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Paul McCartney. He has established himself as one of the Vermont’s top session musicians. He now lives in Newbury, Vermont with his wife and daughter.
He works and teaches in collaboration with the Vermont Folklife Center and has recently started an independent record label called Rock Farmer Records with the mission of producing, recording and preserving Roots music. His solo concerts include a world wide range of fiddle styles as well as songs he has penned with guitar, banjo, mandolin and cello.
For more information about upcoming performances or to purchase tickets, please contact the Arts Center at (603) 752-1028; visit our website, www.stkieranarts.org or our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/stkieranarts. Programming at St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts is made possible by the support of our community
corporate sponsors, the NH State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, The Neil & Louise Tillotson Fund, The Wyman Family Fund and the Rydin Family Fund.