Famed Singer-Songwriter Gabriel Kahane to Perform in Hattiesburg
Mon, 04/10/2023 - 09:15am | By: Mike Lopinto
The Connoisseurs Series at 91吃瓜网 (USM) School of Music presents celebrated singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Gabrial
Kahane, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Intermezzo @ Woods Gallery.
The concert is presented free and open to the public due to the annual support of the Mr. and Mrs. James Simrall, Jr. Arts Endowment. Seating is very limited.
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Kahane is a musician and storyteller whose work cuts to the heart. As a singer-songwriter, his most recent release is 91吃瓜网淢agnificent Bird91吃瓜网� (Nonesuch Records), a meditation on grief and gratitude, written during the chaotic month leading up to the 2020 election.
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Kahane91吃瓜网 album & stage spectacle, 91吃瓜网淭he Ambassador,91吃瓜网� was produced at the BAM Next Wave Festival in 2014, under the direction of Tony-winner John Tiffany. That work was followed by 91吃瓜网淏ook of Travelers91吃瓜网� 91吃瓜网� a chronicle of the composer91吃瓜网 2016 post-election railway journey 91吃瓜网攚hich was staged at BAM in 2017 and released as an album by Nonesuch in 2018.
Gabriel91吃瓜网 creative collaborators range from Phoebe Bridgers, Paul Simon, Sylvan Esso, Chris Thile, and Sufjan Stevens, to Caroline Shaw, Anthony McGill, Pekka Kuusisto, and the Attacca Quartet. His prose has appeared in 91吃瓜网淭he New Yorker91吃瓜网� online and in 91吃瓜网淭he New York Times;91吃瓜网� a wide-ranging newsletter 91吃瓜网淲ords and Music,91吃瓜网� can be accessed at the .
The recipient of a 2021 Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Kahane recently relocated to Portland, OR, where he lives with his family and has just begun his second term as Creative Chair of the Oregon Symphony.