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Windborne, Alternative Holiday Sale Concert

Friday, November 18, 2022 @ 7:30 pm

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Friday, November 18, 2022 @ 10:00 pm

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Edgewood United Church

Co-Produced with The Peace Education Center/ Alternative Holiday Sale. “The best musical discovery of the year...Old songs. Bold harmony. A profound vocal experience. "Stunningly powerful vocal harmony...Windborne sets a new bar for folk harmony singing today”-Brian O’Donovan, GBH Boston

“The best musical discovery of the year…Stunningly powerful vocal harmony…Windborne sets a new bar for folk harmony singing today”-Brian O’Donovan, GBH Boston

Windborne’s captivating show draws on the singers’ deep roots in traditions of vocal harmony, while the absolute uniqueness of their artistic approach brings old songs into the present. Known for the innovation of their arrangements, their harmonies are bold and anything but predictable.

With a 20-year background studying polyphonic music around the world, Lauren Breunig, Jeremy Carter-Gordon, Lynn Rowan, and Will Rowan share a vibrant energy onstage with a blending of voices that can only come from decades of friendship alongside dedicated practice. The ensemble shifts effortlessly between drastically different styles of music, drawing their audience along on a journey that spans continents and centuries, illuminating and expanding on the profound power and variation of the human voice. The singers educate as they entertain, sharing stories about their songs and explaining the context and characteristics of the styles in which they sing.

BBC Traveling Folk describes Windborne as “subverting expectations and redefining the genre… just absolutely phenomenal!” Audiences and critics lavish praise upon the singers not only for their technical mastery, but for the passion, engagement, and connection with each other and the audience that imbues each performance with a rare power.

But there’s another, crucial dimension to Windborne that guides and roots their artistry. They are adherents to folk music’s longtime alliance with social activism, labor and civil rights, and other movements that champion the oppressed, the poor, and the disenfranchised. Their latest project, Of Hard Times & Harmony, explores themes of social consciousness, singing in four languages and showcasing the depth of emotion their voices can evoke, as well as moments of true hilarity and wit

The group is committed to bringing vocal traditions to a younger audience and over the past year has found surprisingly viral success on TikTok for such unlikely genres as Corsican polyphony or early 20th century labor anthems.

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Online ticket sales will stop at 5pm the day of the show. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door, starting at 6:30 pm.
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Details

Date:
Friday, November 18, 2022
Time:
7:30 pm 10:00 pm
Cost:
$20 Public; $18 Fiddle Members; $5 Students. Available online or at the box office at 6:30 PM
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Website:
https://www.windbornesingers.com/

Venue

Edgewood United Church
469 N Hagadorn Rd
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
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