Fiddling Virtuoso MacMaster at Columbia Theatre March 14
Contact: Christina Chapple
3/10/06
HAMMOND -- Celtic fiddling virtuoso Natalie MacMaster is equally adept at setting the house on fire with her exceptional band as she is at hypnotizing a crowd alone in the footlights. Area audiences will discover her talents on March 14 when she takes to the stage of Southeastern Louisiana University’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts.
MacMaster’s incandescent musicianship and boundless energy have earned her a Grammy nomination, Juno Award for Best Instrumental Album, and several Canadian Country Music Awards for Fiddler of the Year. Constantly touring, she has shared the stage with top artists from Carlos Santana and Paul Simon to Luciano Pavarotti and Alison Krauss. Her dynamic performances come complete with foot-tapping rave-ups, heart rendering ballads, world-class step dancing, and fiddling fireworks.
Curtain for MacMaster’s performance at the downtown Hammond theater is 7:30 p.m. Tickets, available online at www.columbiatheatre.org and at the theater box office at 220 E. Thomas St., are $32, Orchestra 1 and Loge; $28, Orchestra 2 and Balcony 1; $20, Orchestra 3; and $19, Balcony 2. Box office hours are noon to five p.m., weekdays, and until performance time on March 14.
MacMaster first picked up a fiddle at the age of nine and hasn't looked back. The niece of famed Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster, she quickly became a major talent in her own right. After winning numerous East Coast Music Awards for her early traditional Cape Breton recordings, she began taking Celtic music to new heights with albums like “In My Hands,” which featured elements of jazz, Latin music and guest vocals by Alison Krauss.
For additional information on the concert and other Columbia 2005-06 events, call 985-543-4366 or visit www.columbiatheatre.org.
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