A favorite of local audiences, jazz singer Rhiannon will return to Ithaca College for a free concert on Sunday, January 22. The performance will begin at 8:15 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music. Collaborating musicians will be pianist John White, bassist Nicholas Walker, and drummer Steve Curry.
Rhiannon is a vibrant, gifted singer, composer, and master teacher who has been bringing her potent blend of world music, jazz, improvisation, and storytelling to audiences for over three decades. Her journey took her from a South Dakota farm to New York. After studying theater and earning a master of fine arts degree from Cornell University, Rhiannon spent 10 years working as a singer, actor, and director in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. Her richly expansive and experimental vocal style is greatly influenced by the vibrant musical cultures of these great cities as well as her early life on the South Dakota prairie and coastal northern California, her current home.
Rhiannon’s love of music, theater, and the unexpected has resulted in collaborations with poets, storytellers, performance artists, ritualists, visual artists, and dancers from around the world. She currently performs and records with Bowl Full of Sound, a unique and compelling musical ensemble that combines the instrumental virtuosity of electric cello Jami Sieber with fellow improvisational vocalists Joey Blake and David Worm. Together, they bring elements of spontaneous combustion with their inspired singing and innovative use of mouth/body percussion and sung bass.
Rhiannon is deeply interested in the relationship between music and healing. After decades of exploration in her performances, teaching, and personal life, Rhiannon has created Sound Healing Program. She brings her experience and her gifts to hospital and hospice settings, creating improvised music in private sessions for terminally ill patients and premature infants.
For more information, visit www.rhiannonmusic.com.
The Ithaca College School of Music offers some 300 free concerts each academic year. More information on these performances is available by calling (607) 274-3717 or visiting www.ithaca.edu/concerts.
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