MARCH 23, 2017 // 17
Classical guitarist visits Coaster Theatre
CANNON BEACH —
World-classical guitarist
Aaron Larget-Caplan returns
to the Coaster Theatre
in Cannon Beach for the
concert, “Night Songs &
Dreams.” This free concert
is 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
March 29.
From minimalist and
quarter-tone to 12-tone
and tonal, Larget-Caplan’s
“Night Songs & Dreams” is
an all-ages 21st century con-
temporary classical guitar
concert featuring new works
written for his New Lullaby
Project.
Wednesday, March
29, 2017
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
(doors open at 7)
TICKETS: Free
An international touring
artist from Colorado and
based in Boston, Larget-Ca-
plan recently returned from
touring in Russia, Germany
and Italy.
Find more information
on Aaron Larget-Caplan at
alcguitar.com.
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Classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan will perform March 29
at the Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach.
Enjoy musical tribute to Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline
NEHALEM — Two re-
nowned Northwest singers,
Mary Cameron and Julie
Amici, will join forces to
perform a musical tribute
to country artists Loretta
Lynn and Patsy Cline.
The Portland-area
vocalists have been per-
forming their own tribute
shows regularly to sold-out
houses throughout Oregon
and Washington. They are
taking their combined show
on the road to visit various
theaters in the region, and
their first such performance
will be 7 p.m. Friday,
March 31 at the North
Coast Recreation District’s
Performing Arts Center in
Nehalem.
Amici has recently been
nominated Best New Act
and Best Traditional Act by
the Cascade Blues Associ-
ation. She performs with
Dean Mueller regularly
in Portland with The Julie
Amici Band. Amici brings
an intimate, sweet voice
that melds jazz, blues and
country. With the Patsy
Cline tribute, Amici returns
to her childhood roots in
country music.
Cameron has spent
many years honing her
craft around the Portland
music scene. She can be
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Portland folk-country song-
stress Mary Cameron will per-
form songs by Loretta Lynn
on March 31 in Nehalem.
With the Patsy Cline tribute
at the Nehalem concert, Julie
Amici returns to her child-
hood roots in country music.
seen regularly singing
classic country and West-
ern songs with her band
at nightclubs and events
around the Northwest.
Cameron is well known for
her knack of picking great
unknown songs from the
repertoires of many country
music artists, a skill that
serves her well in her trib-
ute to Loretta Lynn titled
“Hey-Loretta!” Lynn wrote
many of her own songs and
has been hailed by critics
as the undisputed Queen of
Country Music throughout
her five-decade career.
The backing band is
made up of a cadre of
award-winning musicians,
including drummer and Or-
egon Music Hall of Fame
inductee Carlton Jackson;
national Blues Music
Award nominee bassist
Dean Mueller and re-
nowned jazz guitarist Dan
Gildea. The group will be
joined by former Nashville
touring pro Gary Thorsen
on pedal steel.
Audiences will be
treated to a tasteful musical
journey that will include
a history of Lynn’s and
Cline’s hits.
Advance tickets are $20
and are available at the
NCRD and at the Cloud &
Leaf Bookstore in Man-
zanita. Tickets are avail-
able online at julieamici.
com,hey-loretta.com, and
eventbrite.com. Tickets are
$25 at the door.
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Soprano Jocelyn Claire-Thom-
as of Portland will sing the
role of Musetta.
Soprano Kari Anne Burgess
of Portland will sing the role
of Mimi.
OperaBend brings tour of
‘La Boheme’ to college’s PAC
ASTORIA — Following its
Central Oregon performances,
OperaBend, in partnership
with Central Oregon Com-
munity College, is taking the
production of “La Boheme”
by Giacomo Puccini to six
Oregon locations — including
a stop in Astoria.
North Coast audiences can
enjoy this classic opera at 7
p.m. Saturday, March 25 at
Clatsop Community College’s
Performing Arts Center, locat-
ed at 588 16th St.
The other tour stops include
Coos Bay on April 1, Medford
on April 2 and Florence on
April 8. The tour is supported
in part by a grant from the
Oregon Cultural Trust.
Set in Paris around 1830,
the opera tells the story of
bohemians living in the city’s
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Latin quarter, including the ro-
mance of Mimi and Rodolfo.
Pucciniʼs melodic master-
piece “La Boheme” features
the vocals of soprano Kari
Anne Burgess of Portland
as Mimi, while the role of
Musetta is sung by soprano
Jocelyn Claire-Thomas of
Portland.
The cast also includes
Zachary Lenox of Portland as
Marcello, Jason Stein of Bend
as Rodolfo, Sandy Naishtat
of Eugene, Evan Mitchell of
Eugene, Dan Glover of Bend,
and Robert Nicholas Boragno
of Los Angeles.
Tickets are $15 general
admission and $5 for students.
They are available online at
brownpapertickets.com. For
more information, visit opera-
bend.org
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