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The Wimberley Concert Association Presents Sarah Jarosz and Billy Bright, Thursday, January 12, 2006
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The Wimberley Concert Association
presents Sarah Jarosz with Billy Bright in concert Thursday, January
12, 2006, 7:00 PM, at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection on Ranch
Road 12 in Wimberley, Texas.
Sarah will perform two sets. She'll be joined for that set by her
mother, Mary, who, along with her father Gary, oversees her musical
career. Nationally known mandolinist, Billy Bright, will join
her as her special guest for the second set.
Sarah Jarosz, fourteen year old Wimberley High School freshman, shares
her talent and love for music through her powerful, soulful voice and
skillful mandolin picking. She has been playing mandolin for four years
and has already performed on stage with major musical talents including
Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, The David Grisman
Quintet, Tim O'Brien, Chris Thile, Mike Compton, Darrell Scott, and The
Greencards. Sarah was one of five teens who was invited to be a part of
the ABC television presentation of the 2005 CMA (Country Music
Association) Music Festival hosted by Kix Brooks in Nashville,
Tennessee. She has been featured on the KLRU-TV show "The Biscuit
Brothers" program for children and on the KUT-FM programs "Eklektikos"
and "Folkways" both originating from Austin.
Sarah was awarded a scholarship for two consecutive years to attend "a
Mandolin Symposium" at the University of California at Santa Cruz for
summer study where she was accepted into the Master Level Class. Pete
Wernick also invited Sarah to be a member of a group of young musicians
known as "The Young American Bluegrass Idols" who performed at the 2003
International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Ceremony and Fan Fest
in Louisville, Kentucky.
Sarah has recently taken up playing the guitar, clawhammer banjo,
acoustic bass, and is now composing music. She has studied piano and
has been selected for six years as a member of the OAKE (Kodaly)
National Honor Choir.
Billy Bright plays the mandolin and mandola. Although best known around
Texas as a founding member of Austin's Two High String Band, Billy has
toured nationally and recorded with Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, Vassar
Clements, Slaid Cleaves, Don Edwards, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Barbara K, and
Caroline Herring.
Since February 2005, Billy has been on the road exclusively with Two
High String Band, produced a new CD, "Moonshine Boogie," and has been
lucky enough to play a couple of gigs with one of his favorite mandolin
players, Sarah Jarosz.
What the critics say about Sarah Jarosz:
"Jarosz is a remarkably eloquent
young woman, almost preternaturally knowledgeable about everything from
performance to her goals." Margaret Moser, Austin Chronicle.
"Sarah picked mandolin and sang with
a voice that was far bigger than her tiny size. She’s a young lady that
will be knocking fans off their feet for a long time to come." D. West, Central Texas Bluegrass.
What the critics say about Two High String Band:
"Two High String Band gets it. They
don't mimic. They don't imitate. Rather, they study and absorb the
essence of truly great acoustic music." Chris Gardner, Jambands.com.
"The Two High String Band have lots
of fun romping through bluegrass and old-timey tunes, cowboy songs and
evocative originals, but they do it at a lilting gait that is gently
entrancing and sweetly melodic." Scott Alarik, The Boston Globe.
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