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Eric Stern, Michelle Alany and The Mystics, 3 Leg Torso
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Outdoor Summer Concert Series: Local Musicians Day – Eric Stern, Michelle Alany and The Mystics, 3 Leg Torso

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Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/19/2018
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Location
Mittleman Jewish Community Center

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Check out several different local Portland musicians. Crafts and activities for young families.

Featuring

Eric Stern

The Northwest’s own premiere operatic tenor, accordionist, pianist, composer and consummate showman, an unparalleled devo with incendiary stage presence and devilish virtuosity. He is the founder and leader of Vagabond Opera. Trained in the United States and Europe he has performed internationally, garnering critical acclaim for his voice, musicianship and his stunningly imaginative songwriting. Eric Stern has appeared with the Decemberists, Devotchka, Pink Martini, Balkan Beat Box, Rachel Brice, and many more artists.

Michelle Alany and The Mystics

Journey through exotic lands with this fiddle-driven caravan of Jazz Manouche, Balkan, Klezmer, Sephardic, and original soul music all spiced with an original Texas fiddle twist.

With her captivating band, Michelle Alany brings fresh interpretations of ancient melodies, hypnotic strings and wild improvisation with her energizing soulful music.

Hot off a tour in Spain, bandleader, violinist and vocalist Michelle Alany is a dynamic performer and ambassador of world folk traditions, specializing in Sephardic, Mediterranean and Eastern music. Michelle and her band host the annual Sephardic Crossroads music experience.

3 Leg Torso

Formed in 1996 as violin, cello and accordion trio with the mission of creating original modern chamber music for their unique instrumentation. Over the following years, the ensemble has expanded both it’s musical mission and it’s size to become a quintet that now performs original compositions based on an eclectic synthesis of chamber music, tango, klezmer, latin, and Roma (Gypsy) music.

As principal composers, founding members Béla R. Balogh (violin and trumpet) and Courtney Von Drehle (accordion) provide the core of 3 Leg Torso’s sound. They are joined by the consummate mallets/percussion of T. J. Arko and the gentleman of the acoustic bass, Mike Murphy.

The ensemble’s history began with street performances, which they titled “Meestering”, and has led to their releasing three award winning instrumental albums (3 Leg Torso, Astor in Paris, and Animals & Cannibals), East Coast and West Coast tours, performances with symphony orchestras and a profile on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”.

The cinematic nature of their music has led to work with many film makers, including Oscar nominated documentary artist Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me), two short films with Teller (Penn & Teller) two films by Academy Award winning animator Joan Gratz The Dowager’s Feast and The Dowager’s Idyll, scoring With Hope and Help, a UNICEF funded documentary about living with AIDS in Thailand. One of the ensemble’s pieces has been used as theme music for a Bosnian television series, and the group’s music was also featured in the 2012 National Geographic special Preparing for the Apocalypse.

In 2003, accordionist Von Drehle was awarded a fellowship at the Sundance Film Composer’s Lab, and in 2010, his work on the Oscar nominated documentary
The Final Inch, was nominated for an Emmy.

3 Leg Torso has a full concert set of arrangements for symphony orchestra which has brought them together for sold out performances with the Central Oregon Symphony, Pacific Crest Wind Symphony, Portland Festival Symphony, and the Metropolitan Youth Symphony. Composers Balogh and Von Drehle were commissioned to write a full-length piece, Sinfonia Misterioso, to celebrate the Metropolitan Youth Symphony’s 35th anniversary gala concert.

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