Carrie Dlutkowski, Brian Miller, & Norah Rendell in Concert

When: Saturday, October 26th, 7-9pm

Where: Headwaters Music & Arts |519 Minnesota Ave NW, Bemidji, MN 56601

Contact: headwatersschool@yahoo.com | 218.444.5606

Who: Free and open to the public

Headwaters Music & Arts presents Carrie Dlutkowski in concert on Saturday October 26th, 7-9 pm. Carrie will be joined by Minnesota performers Brian Miller and Norah Rendell, musicians and singers with strong backgrounds in Canadian music. The concert is free and open to the public (donations welcome).

Carrie Dlutkowski's enthusiasm for the fiddle music of Canada led her to explore its history, with a focus on the development of Scottish, French-Canadian and Métis (Native/French/Scottish) fiddle styles in the 18th century. Each of these cultural groups claims a strong musical tradition. Carrie offers musical and historical presentations, workshops and performances that take listeners on an

exploration of how these styles of music blended and developed through cross-cultural interaction. Dlutkowski is a step dancer in the Ottawa Valley style. As a classical musician, Carrie Dlutkowski has performed in various solo, symphony orchestra and opera orchestra, music theater, and chamber ensemble settings. As a folk musician, she has played in concerts, festivals, interpretive programs, for

dances, and on the air.

Brian Miller fell in love with Irish traditional music 25 years ago in the crowd at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, moved from his northern Minnesota hometown of Bemidji to St. Paul and has since become one of the most sought-after musicians in North America's Irish music scene. Brian has toured widely throughout the US and Canada with bands including Bua and The Lost Forty.

Norah Rendell is a singer, flute player and whistle player that specializes in the traditional folk songs and dance music of Ireland and Canada. For the past 15 years, she has toured internationally with several ensembles including seven years as lead singer and flute player for the award-winning group, The Outside Track. She has also performed with the Two Tap Trio (St. Paul), the Máirtín de Cógáin

Project, the Canadian folk string quartet called the Fretless and Paddy O'Brien's Doon Ceili band in Minnesota. In the past five years years, Norah has built a reputation for herself as a solo artist.

Find out more by calling 218.444.5606 or online at { headwatersmusicandarts.org }

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota, through a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.