Internationally acclaimed musician Lauren Pelon will appear in a unique concert, titled "EarthTones," on Thursday, April 19, at 6 p.m at the White Salmon Community Library.
Earth Tones features songs from around the world and Pelon's own compositions. The music and narrative reflect our engagement with Nature, our concerns about our rivers, lakes, soil, plant life, and the great personal and social issues we face in creating a sustainable life for the Earth and its creatures, including ourselves.
Pelon plays an astonishing array of instruments. Among the instruments she will be using in this concert are Kiowa courting flute, concertina, pennywhistles, ocarina, eagle bone flute, guitar, recorders, lute, bowed psaltery, lyre, gemshorn, cornamuse, krummhorn, schreierpfeife, electric wind instrument and pedalboard.
Lauren Pelon has performed throughout the U.S. and in China, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Australia, and New Zealand. Noted for her versatile use of a diverse array of instruments, Pelon has also won recognition for her lovely voice, and for her compelling compositions and arrangements of music from many countries and cultures.
Pelon has performed with symphony orchestras, The Philadelphia String Quartet, on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion," and at the Russian Institute for the History of the Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia.
She was the recipient of the 2001 "Artist of the Year" award from Southeast Minnesota Arts Council and 2010 Artist Initiative Award from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
The program is presented by Fort Vancouver Regional Library District. For further information call 493-1132 or 888-546-2707.
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