Join us March 18th at 12:30 PM as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the Shirley Senior Center with Singer, Storyteller and Poet—Kate Chadbourne!
KateChadbourne is a singer, storyteller, and poet whose performances combine traditional tales with music for voice, harp, flutes, and piano. She holds a Ph.D. in Celtic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University where she teaches courses in Irish languageand folklore – but the heart of her understanding of Irish folk tradition comes from encounters with singers, storytellers, andgreat talkers in Ireland.
Hermusic has been featured on NPR’s programs, “Cartalk” and “All Songs Considered,” and songs from her CD, The Irishy Girl, are played on Irish radio programs throughout the country. The Harp-Boat, a collection of poems about her father, a Maine lobsterman, won the Kulupi Press 2007 Sense of Place Chapbook Contest and was published in 2008. Whether Kate is singing, telling stories, or sharing a poem, she aims to leave her audiences moved, enlivened, and eager for their own adventure. More info. and music clips atwww.katechadbourne.com
This performance is made possible by a grant from the Shirley Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.