Special solo concert in Rochester, NY area |
Mountain Rise United Church of Christ
2 Mountain Rise
Fairport, NY 14450
Timothy's full concert mode is in force for this exciting and encouraging two hours of hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, flutes and whistles, and much more!
Acoustic soloist Timothy Seaman brings together an eclectic blend of music
styles unlike any other: sometimes the deep voice of his four-octave extended-range
hammered dulcimer takes on the heart of a Chopin ballade, and at other times the
festivity of an old-time mountain dance or a glistening contemporary interpretation of a
whitewater canoe ride or a highland hike among fir trees. His bamboo or silver flute
improvisations and passionate folk renditions leave the air glowing with meaning ---
and then the bowed psaltery or the crafted vocal carries one’s mood into yet another
exploration.
A specialist in Virginia themes, nature, parks, Celtic roots and folk hymns,
Timothy has since 1978 produced or co-produced nineteen recordings totaling 131,000
copies, including the well-received Here on This Ridge, for Shenandoah National Park,
Celebration of Centuries, for his home town Williamsburg’s tri-centennial, Sycamore
Rapids, featuring the hammered dulcimer in “adventures out among the trees of
Virginia’s Parks and Forests,” Virginia Wildlife, for the Department of Game and Inland
Fisheries, Jamestown: On the Edge of a Vast Continent, for the 400th commemoration,
Cleansing Fountain, folk hymn interpretations for the Blue Ridge Parkway, a set of lyrical
melodies called Celtic Airs, and the recent release for the Civil War Sesquicentennial
entitled Tenting on the Old Camp Ground. Although many tracks on these CDs are full
ensemble arrangements (often with all instruments played by Seaman himself), they
carry the same variety and flow of thought that characterize his solo presence.
At a Seaman concert, expect to be exhilarated, amused, awed, surprised,
personally involved (maybe singing a chorus or playing along on an Irish bodhran
drum or Thai frog), and enriched by real substance. Timothy introduces every selection
with stories, fascinating details, and word pictures to form a vivid context with humor,
history, drama, science, and color. Come and find traditional, newly composed, and
Baroque music that reviewers have referred to as “soul-to-soul”
and “highly lyrical.”