MUSIC IN SMALL SPACES PRESENTES AN AFTERNOON OF IRISH MUSIC WITH ELIOT GRASSO ON OCT. 25 (PHOTO)
News Release from City of Beaverton
Posted on FlashAlert: October 6th, 2014 8:59 AM
Music in Small Spaces, sponsored by the city and the Beaverton Arts Commission, presents "An Afternoon of Irish Music" on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. in the Beaverton City Library Auditorium (12375 SW 5th Street).
Eliot Grasso, with guitarist Glen Waddell, will perform a family concert of Irish music, which includes reels, jigs, hornpipes and slow airs. Between pieces, the duo will explain the music and tell stories about how the pieces were created.
"Thanks to events like Music in Small Spaces, Beaverton is becoming well known for its arts and culture," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "These unique musical offerings are a fun and informative way for families and friends to spend an afternoon together."
Grasso is on the faculty at the University of Oregon. His dissertation, Melodic Variation in the Instrumental Dance Music Tradition of Ireland, was awarded the University of Oregon's Special Award for Outstanding Ethnomusicology-Related Dissertation. He was also awarded the Thelma Adamson Prize in Ethnomusicology for his research on cognition and melodic variation, and was honored with Goucher College's Dean Van Meter Alumni Fellowship to conduct performance practice research in Ireland.
Grasso has taught and performed traditional Irish music extensively in North America and Europe, and has played for the National Endowment for the Arts Awards, the National Heritage Awards, Glasgow's International Piping Festival, Piping Live!, and at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
For more information about Grasso, please visit www.eliotgrasso.com.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $9 for seniors/students, and can be purchased online or at the door. This concert is generously supported by the Beaverton Arts Commission. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.musicinsmallspaces.org.
The Beaverton Arts Commission contributes significantly to the quality of life in Beaverton by presenting artistic and cultural events, which celebrates community values and helps connect residents to their artistic and cultural heritage. The commission presents annual events such as BAM! and Ten Tiny Dances. In addition, the commission leads public art projects, including Beaverton's mural program and temporary sculpture program. For more information, visit www.BeavertonArts.org or call 503-526-2288.
Beaverton is a welcoming and responsible city that enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. In 2014, Beaverton was again recognized as the safest city in the Pacific Northwest. Recently, the city's award-winning finance department received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award as well as the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton was named one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Associat ion of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists, and recognized as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities. Lastly, the city's nationally acclaimed visioning program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter and also received the prestigious 3CMA Award of Excellence.
For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov. Also, follow Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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Eliot Grasso, with guitarist Glen Waddell, will perform a family concert of Irish music, which includes reels, jigs, hornpipes and slow airs. Between pieces, the duo will explain the music and tell stories about how the pieces were created.
"Thanks to events like Music in Small Spaces, Beaverton is becoming well known for its arts and culture," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "These unique musical offerings are a fun and informative way for families and friends to spend an afternoon together."
Grasso is on the faculty at the University of Oregon. His dissertation, Melodic Variation in the Instrumental Dance Music Tradition of Ireland, was awarded the University of Oregon's Special Award for Outstanding Ethnomusicology-Related Dissertation. He was also awarded the Thelma Adamson Prize in Ethnomusicology for his research on cognition and melodic variation, and was honored with Goucher College's Dean Van Meter Alumni Fellowship to conduct performance practice research in Ireland.
Grasso has taught and performed traditional Irish music extensively in North America and Europe, and has played for the National Endowment for the Arts Awards, the National Heritage Awards, Glasgow's International Piping Festival, Piping Live!, and at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
For more information about Grasso, please visit www.eliotgrasso.com.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $9 for seniors/students, and can be purchased online or at the door. This concert is generously supported by the Beaverton Arts Commission. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.musicinsmallspaces.org.
The Beaverton Arts Commission contributes significantly to the quality of life in Beaverton by presenting artistic and cultural events, which celebrates community values and helps connect residents to their artistic and cultural heritage. The commission presents annual events such as BAM! and Ten Tiny Dances. In addition, the commission leads public art projects, including Beaverton's mural program and temporary sculpture program. For more information, visit www.BeavertonArts.org or call 503-526-2288.
Beaverton is a welcoming and responsible city that enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. In 2014, Beaverton was again recognized as the safest city in the Pacific Northwest. Recently, the city's award-winning finance department received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award as well as the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton was named one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Associat ion of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists, and recognized as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities. Lastly, the city's nationally acclaimed visioning program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter and also received the prestigious 3CMA Award of Excellence.
For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov. Also, follow Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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