Virtual performance kicks off Dana Alumni Recital Series | Caitlin Hedge and Dave Lynn will perform original folk songs, traditional Irish fiddle arrangements and bluegrass.
The Dana Alumni Recital Series, in collaboration with the McDonough Museum of Art, premieres 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 12 on the Cliffe College and McDonough Museum of Art YouTube channels.
The prerecorded performance features Caitlin Hedge, violin, and Dave Lynn, guitar. The duo will perform original folk songs, traditional Irish fiddle arrangements and bluegrass.
Lynn and Hedge met while playing in regional bandleader Demos Papadimas’ band in 2016. Since then, they have performed several times as a duo, and Lynn is now helping Hedge reimagine her simple Celtic tunes into her first solo album, due out next year.
Hedge started arranging folk tunes as a teenager while in a Celtic band with her brother and sister.
“I taught myself how to play guitar and began writing my own songs. All the lyrics I’ll be singing are my own texts. Sometimes I like to incorporate hints of classical music into the melodies but I always give them a twist,” Hedge said.
The Dana Alumni Recital Series features a variety of music performed by graduates of the Dana School of Music in collaboration with the Cliffe College and the McDonough Museum of Art. More information is available by calling the Office of Community Engagement and Events at 330-727-7514.
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