Performing in the 2015 Green Show on Wednesday, August 19; Thursday, August 27; and Wednesday, September 9
This is Sue Carney's 31st and Pat O'Scannell's 35th season in the OSF Green Show.
Sue Carney and Pat O'Scannell return with their unsurpassed Renaissance sound.
Sue Carney is a former OSF resident artist, best known for her work as a composer, producer, and performer at the acclaimed Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where she has created music for theater, dance, and video productions. She is also a founding director of The Terra Nova Consort, an ensemble dedicated to exploring the roots of today's world music. This award winning, internationally acclaimed ensemble released two recordings on the Dorian label, which were distributed in 57 countries worldwide.
In addition, Sue has served as an musical ambassador, representing OSF at the Festival Cervantino, in Guanajuato, Mexico.This led to a long term collaboration with University of Guanajuato resident ensemble Los Tiempos Pasados.
Equally at home in modern and historic musical worlds, Carney's performances effortlessly span genres from jazz, blues & rock, world music, and early music. Her songs and compositions likewise draw inspiration from the many musical realms she has explored in her unconventional career.
Pat O'Scannell directed and appeared in Green Shows from 1980 though 2007, creating hundreds of programs with historic themes, and co-founding 'The Terra Nova Consort'. Her band toured the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Germany from 1999-2007, and won various awards and world-wide recognition for two recordings with international releases. She has taught through SOU for many years, founding a program entitled 'Collegium Musicum' and being an adjunct faculty member of the Music Department for a number of years. Elder Hostel, Senior Ventures, and Shakespeare Studies were programs O'Scannell taught through since the 80's. This past year, she taught two classes for Carnegie Melon University and presented a class in Early Music Singing for Southern Oregon University's music department. She freelances thoughout the Valley and beyond, and teaches privately from her Ashland studio.
Elizabethan House Band on Community:
We belong to Shakespeare fans everywhere. We belong to acoustic music, historic music, and unexpectedly brilliant music of a type not usually heard live. We belong to Ashland. As elite international performing artists with fans worldwide, we belong to many hearts. But mostly, we belong to the OSF Green Show.
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