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This coming weekend join Visionary Composer and Artist Katie Ketchum in a new workshop called:
Painting and Singing as a Meditative Practice
We'll have tea with our muse and find out what she wants to tell us through painting and singing. We'll incorporate Color of Woman Method by Shiloh Sophia McCloud, at Sebastopol Center for the Arts, California.
Saturday, April 14th from 10:00am.-3:00
$55. Including materials. Register with Katie Ketchum 707 874-3571
Follow Katie Ketchum's live shows: Katie performs her one woman tribute to Clara Schumann; 19th Century Pianist on June 16th at 4:00pm at Occidental Arts Center at the old Harmony School in Occidental, CA. July 17th, at Wamsutta Club in New Bedford, MA. and July 23rd at Boston University.
Katie will also be performing in group concerts in Cranberry Coast Concerts July 19th through 21st and 26th through 28th in the Cape Cod, MA. area. Details to follow.
Katie's One Woman Shows!
Katie has also composed a series of great women in herstory musicals about the American artist Mary Cassatt, German pianist Clara Schumann and the evangelist Mary Magdalene. She is presently seeking Theatre Companies to perform these works throughout the world. Please write to katieketchumband@bigplanet.com if you have any information.
Audience comments about Mary Cassatt American Artist : “We attended and our socks got knocked off. What a great show!” “Your Mary Cassatt show is so very good and your original music is engaging and endearing.” “I could listen to Katie sing all night. We attended Katie's show Saturday night at the Sebastopol Arts. What a remarkable presentation!” Through original songs, paintings, costumes, slides and reviews Ketchum transports us to Mary Cassatt’s world of art in Paris in the 1800’s. In 1982, Katie’s first musical received the National Endowment for the Arts.
"Impressions of Mary Cassatt” is the kind of quality entertainment that has appeal for town and gown." Las Vegas Sun
Katie Ketchum has performed throughout the United States and Canada at performing art centers, theatres and colleges. Recent performances include Cranberry Coast Concerts, Boston University and Sacramento Theatre Company. Katie is a professional singer, pianist, songwriter and playwright and has received the National Endowment for the Arts for her work as well as many other awards. Read about Katie's other one woman shows:
”Clara Schumann; 19th century pianist” A concert/drama by Katie Ketchum Through storytelling, music, letters and costume, Katie Ketchum, brings Clara Schumann, one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, alive on stage. Clara Schumann, married to the famous composer Robert Schumann during the 1800’s, featured her husband’s work throughout her 60 years of concert tours. Composer Edvard Grieg said of Clara Schumann:
“One of the most soulful and famous pianists of the day.” Katie Ketchum will play and sing some of Clara’s rarely performed works and pieces by Robert Schumann, Brahms, and Chopin. Included in the Cranberry Coast Concert Season 2010.
“As a professional pianist with a very special interest in Robert Schumann, I thoroughly enjoyed Katie Ketchum’s production, “An Evening with Clara Schumann.” Ketchum brings to life the musicians of that time period in a way that is memorable, educational, exciting, and humorous. Her portrayal of Clara Schumann is stunning and I felt as if I were in the presence of Clara’s ghost!” Antonio Iturriez, concert pianist
“The Magdalene Stories”. A musical comedy by Katie Ketchum National Endowment for the Arts recipient Katie Ketchum entertains us with her rockabilly version of “The Gospel of Mary of Magdala.” The traditional Magdalene's also show up as the Jewish follower, bride/widow of Christ, Egyptian Goddess initiate and prostitute. The musical received critical acclaim in San Francisco and was included in the Sacramento Theatre Company 2008 season.
“ All of these heavy hitting issues are turned upside down in this fantastical, always outrageous, minimalist production.” Erin Podlipnik WCities, San Francisco
"Mary Magdalene Story is intense in both it's onstage activity and it's intellectual content and it's thoroughly enjoyable on a visceral level." Albert Goodwyn, San Francisco Bay Times
If you would like to have any of these shows presented for your group please contact Katie Ketchum at 707 874-3571 or e-mail. katieketchumband@bigplanet.com
