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Maeve Gilchrist first performed on Kauai in the spring of 2006 with acoustic guitarist Stephen Webber. The concert was sold out, so on her second visit she agreed to perform twice, and to bring The Maeve Gilchrist Trio with her. Maeve (vocals, Celtic harp) was accompanied by Andres Rotmistrovsky on bass, and Marcelo Woloski on percussion. The three met while they were students at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Despite their huge differences in geography - Maeve is from Scotland, Andres and Marcelo from Buenos Aires, Argentina - the three young performers share a devotion to lyrical passion, powerful rhythms, and high-caliber musicianship. The Trio's music is a fascinating fusion, which combines their Scottish and Argentinean folk roots with jazz and improvisation. They play a mix of Maeve's original compositions, plus newly thought-out traditional material, in which her haunting vocals and dazzling harp playing, augmented by Andres's melodic bass lines and Marcelo's hypnotic percussion textures, produce an eclectic, exciting multicultural sound unlike anything else on the world music scene. Born in Scotland, Maeve began playing piano at seven, and soon afterward picked up the clarsach, or Celtic Harp. At ten, she enrolled in the City of Edinburgh School of Music, focusing on classical piano and Celtic folk music. By the time she was ready to graduate, she was an in-demand performer on the traditional music scene in Scotland. Maeve's talent earned her a full scholarship at Berklee, and that brought her to America, which she has made her new home. Actually, she'd prefer to be living on Kauai. "This is the most beautiful place I've ever seen," Maeve said on her first trip here last March. About her first sold-out concert, she added, "And everyone on Kauai is so friendly. I've never played for a more appreciative audience." |
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