SOLO
Patricia doesn’t just sing…she paints beautiful pictures that move, bend,
capture, delight, change, carry away the mind.
Bob Everhart, “Tradition Magazine”
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
PROGRAMS FOR OLDER ADULTS
●What’s in a
Song? covers basic songwriting skills with interaction and tailoring for
age groups and experience. Patricia explains songwriting in a way that's easy to
understand and empowering. Everyone can write a verse!
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Women: folk & blues is a program that includes folk and blues songs by and about women with snippets of
history and biography...from Mother Maybelle Carter, to Malvina Reynolds,
Rosalie Sorrells, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Sippie Wallace and Rosie the
Riveter.
These women were contemporaries
of each other, spanning about 10-15 years in their birth dates. All made their
living and their life making music; All of them were also humans who faced
challenges in life as well as being “larger than life”-- famous. They were also very different, though, and unique.
I’m excited to share this because these women are part of our American history,
and because they are inspiring… especially to me — because I’m a folk and blues
singer & songwriter—but I think inspiring to all of us because of what they
overcame and what they added to our culture…proving that you can’t keep a good
WOMAN (MAN or PERSON) down.
Also, in presenting these
women’s lives and their songs, I’m carrying on the folk tradition. Just as I’m
related to my own family, I am related to these women through the folk lineage,
and I’m proud and pleased about that. Some of these women have written songs
about each other and I’ve written songs about some of them. That’s really
passing on the tradition!
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WITH BILL WILLGING
Enchanting duo…they play
together
with a rare perfection and ease. These
two guitar players...have figured out a way to
put one and one together
and make more than two.
(Shari Kane of Madcat & Kane)
Patricia,
& Bill Present...
Concerts…in coffee houses, festivals,
house concerts & concert halls. Their music appeals to a broad range of ages and
tastes, from people who are aficionados of folk and the singer song-writer style
to those who just like good music. Music for Midwinter
is a concert of songs of the winter season, perfect
for November & December celebrations and the early new New Year.
Workshops…
String-Chronicity is a workshop that covers methods for blending two guitars for a
clean, complementary performance style. We share charts that make working with
capos easy and cover many styles of guitar playing.
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