Zigue at YTV Festival

149 Church Street,Burlington VT 05401

04 May, 2022

Description

Zigue featuring Claude Méthé and Dana Whittle with Aimé Méthé plus host Lisa Ornstein Partners in music and in marriage for more than 20 years, Québec native Claude Méthé and New England transplant Dana Whittle have lived, breathed, performed, created, taught and shared their music across Canada, the US and overseas. Both of them dynamic singers and prolific composers, they are members in good standing of Québec’s living musical tradition. Claude’s raw, emotional singing and authentic fiddling is seamlessly matched by Dana’s rhythmic prowess, tasty guitar and sparkling vocals. Together, they deliver rootsy originals, archival gems and the kind of magic generated by musicians whose kids napped onstage in guitar cases. They have been recognized for their artistic ability and commitment to passing along their musical heritage. Get ready for reels, jigs, complaintes, chansons à répondre, foot percussion and tales of life from their rural home deep in the 'bellybutton' of the Québec trad universe. more info at https://claudemethe.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/zigue-onesheet-english.pdf part of the 2022 YTV Festival May 2-8, 2022 Contois Auditorium in City Hall and other locations in/near downtown Burlington, Vermont All who attend should arrive vaccinated, boosted and masked, and be prepared to share vaccination documentation if requested. Young Tradition Festival is an annual event held on the first full weekend (Friday-Sunday) and the weekdays prior in May. It’s a weeklong celebration of multi-generational relationships from diverse traditional music and dance communities. Children, youth and young adults are the major focus, as well as those who support them as teachers, mentors, friends and families. The Festival is an attempt to cultivate and feature intergenerational sharing. Participants share what inspires them, what they have learned, and their ability to perform, and to be inspired by and inspiring to others. The Festival is scheduled to return to a full set of programs and activities in 2022 (any adjustments in that plan will be announced by 4/1/22): Monday May 2nd through Friday May 6th 7pm evening concerts featuring artists and guests from and inspired by Quebec: Grosse Isle (Monday), É.T.É (Tuesday), Zigue (Wednesday), Babineau/Chartrand (Thursday) and the Young Tradition Touring Group and Young Tradition Youth Commission (Friday)Saturday, May 7th 1pm Contest Finals, featuring 10 finalists from dozens of entries and past contest winners and TBA guest performersSaturday, May 7th 6pm Showcase Concert featuring a wide variety of young musicians and dancers performing with their mentors, teachers and/or parents, including those involved with the Vermont Folklife Center's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship ProgramSunday, May 8th 3pm Tribute hosted by Windborne with other guests honoring Larry Gordon, Tony Barrand and Norma Waterson.Host musician for the entire week will be Lisa Ornstein. Other activities planned include performances on Church Street Marketplace, post-concert Festival Club sessions, school, hospital and senior center visits, instrument petting zoo installation, and a flash mob performance. The Festival is presented by Young Tradition Vermont with Burlington City Arts and the Vermont Folklife Center with support from Church Street Marketplace, the Nelson Family Foundation, the Quebec Delegation Boston, the Turrell Fund, the Vermont Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and others. Tickets go on sale 4/1/22. For more information contact YTV Executive Director Mark Sustic at [email protected] or 2022 Festival Manager Danielle Devlin at [email protected]. 2022 Festival Host Musician: Lisa Ornstein Fiddle virtuoso Lisa Ornstein is an outstanding interpreter of the traditional music of French Canada and Appalachia, blending compelling and inventive playing with impeccable tune choice. Befriended by North Carolina fiddle legend Tommy Jarrell while she was in her teens, Lisa quickly became an accomplished fiddler in the Round Peak style. A musical friendship with Franco-American fiddler Louis Beaudoin in Burlington set her on a path to Quebec in 1978. When La Bottine Souriante — Quebec’s internationally renowned traditional supergroup — invited her to join the band, Lisa’s projected six-month stay began to stretch, eventually lasting twelve years. While in Quebec, Lisa spent countless hours visiting with older musicians and playing in kitchens and dance halls. She also squeezed in a master’s in folklore on the life and music of master fiddler Louis “Pitou” Boudreault. She has taught, concertized, and toured extensively in North America and Europe with some of Quebec’s finest musicians, and recorded for both Smithsonian Folkways and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Her music appears on a number of La Bottine’s albums, and on critically acclaimed CDs with former bandmates André Marchand and Normand Miron.