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The Bayou Harp Ensemble, in cooperation with the New Orleans and North Shore Chapters of the American Harp Society, present Claire Le Fur and Les Alizes French Caribbean Ensemble, in concert with Patrice Fisher and Arpa, a Latin Jazz Ensemble. The concert will take place on Wednesday, May 1, at South Library, 6101 Johnston St., in Lafayette at 6:00 pm.
Claire LE FUR, French harpist, regularly performs French Creole traditional music with her quintet “Les Alizés” (Trade Winds Quintet), composed of musicians from France, French Guyana and the French Caribbean. She likes to mix the harp with other artistic disciplines like cinema, theatre, poetry, floral art, etc, to create shows in unusual and natural places.
She studied at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with Micheline KAHN, Marie-Claire JAMET and Catherine MICHEL and received an advanced diploma as a concert performer.
In 1993, Claire created a Caribbean Music festival in the French Island of Martinique, entitled "Days of the Harp," bringing together harpists from different cultures, as well as other musicians, like flutists, guitarists, clarinetists, violinists and vocalists.
Latin jazz harpist/composer, PATRICE FISHER favors the music of New Orleans, Brazil and Cuba, saying that, not only is the harp ‘comfortable’ harmonically with the music, but that she herself is drawn to the rhythmic complexities and syncopations: “that’s what makes you want to dance.” Patrice has 16 CDs of original music, the latest being "Happy Socks." She has performed for more than 35 years at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. “An unexpected delight!” raves David Fricke of Rolling Stone Magazine. Gene Scaramuzzo of Gambit newspaper says "There are many sides to this local composer/harpist. It's not unusual to see her play a classical gig in the morning and a music club at night. Strong rhythms form the undercurrent of her instrumental music with Arpa."
You can see a short video from Patrice Fisher and Arpa concert, with special guests from Martinique, at Domaine de Fonds St. Jacques monastery in Sainte Marie, Martinique, during the Journées de la Harpe Festival. This is a composition of Guadeloupe composer and special guest clarinetist, Eddy Gustave, Claire LeFur-harp, Betsy Braud-flute, Sissi-percussion, Fran Comiskey-piano and Carlos Valladares-Cajon. Click for Details
You can see a video collage of some of Les Alizes performances at Click for Details
Claire LE FUR, French harpist, regularly performs French Creole traditional music with her quintet “Les Alizés” (Trade Winds Quintet), composed of musicians from France, French Guyana and the French Caribbean. She likes to mix the harp with other artistic disciplines like cinema, theatre, poetry, floral art, etc, to create shows in unusual and natural places.
She studied at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with Micheline KAHN, Marie-Claire JAMET and Catherine MICHEL and received an advanced diploma as a concert performer.
In 1993, Claire created a Caribbean Music festival in the French Island of Martinique, entitled "Days of the Harp," bringing together harpists from different cultures, as well as other musicians, like flutists, guitarists, clarinetists, violinists and vocalists.
Latin jazz harpist/composer, PATRICE FISHER favors the music of New Orleans, Brazil and Cuba, saying that, not only is the harp ‘comfortable’ harmonically with the music, but that she herself is drawn to the rhythmic complexities and syncopations: “that’s what makes you want to dance.” Patrice has 16 CDs of original music, the latest being "Happy Socks." She has performed for more than 35 years at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. “An unexpected delight!” raves David Fricke of Rolling Stone Magazine. Gene Scaramuzzo of Gambit newspaper says "There are many sides to this local composer/harpist. It's not unusual to see her play a classical gig in the morning and a music club at night. Strong rhythms form the undercurrent of her instrumental music with Arpa."
You can see a short video from Patrice Fisher and Arpa concert, with special guests from Martinique, at Domaine de Fonds St. Jacques monastery in Sainte Marie, Martinique, during the Journées de la Harpe Festival. This is a composition of Guadeloupe composer and special guest clarinetist, Eddy Gustave, Claire LeFur-harp, Betsy Braud-flute, Sissi-percussion, Fran Comiskey-piano and Carlos Valladares-Cajon. Click for Details
You can see a video collage of some of Les Alizes performances at Click for Details
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May 1, 2024
6:00pm - 7:00pm
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