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The Weekender — Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2013
‘Homesick Elephant’ at Fiddlers Aug. 23
New director for Summit Singers BY CORINNE STONE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Summit Singers have announced the selection of Scott Walter as director for the 2013-2014 Season. Walter has a strong background in music, and will bring expertise and energy to the group. He has a degree in Elementary Education and Music from Concordia University in Nebraska. Walter began singing in a boy’s choir at the age of eight and has sung in local, state and national honors choruses in both high school and college. He studied voice under Roger Quadhamer of El Camino College, Jeffrey Foote from University of Michigan and William Galen of University of Southern California. Walter also trained in choral conducting under Jane Hardister of El Camino College, David Thorsen at California State University, Fullerton, and David Held at Concordia University. He has had the privilege of performing under some of the most respected choral conductors in the United States, including Paul Sala-
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munovich, director emeritus of the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Since graduating from the university in 1983, Walter has served as director of music, choirs and handbells for a host of Lutheran congregations in California and Minnesota, among them Grace Lutheran Church of Lancaster, First Lutheran Church of Palmdale and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Tehachapi, where he currently serves as Chancel Choir Director. He has taught elementary school in Lancaster and has lived in the High Desert region since 1988. He currently resides in Bear Valley Springs. Walter is a current member of the Summit Singers and follows in the footsteps of founding director Chick Gamble and more recent directors Ken Williams and Lon Salzman. For more information about being part of the Summit Singers, contact Corinne Stone at 822-3836. Practicece will begin the first Tuesday in September.
In a story published online in 2006, a homesick elephant named Ruby was about to “pack her trunk and move to Los Angeles.” At the same time, Sara and Kevin Kelly had just moved from Philadelphia to LA where Kevin had a new job teaching composition in the music department of Los Angeles City College. When they saw the headline for Ruby’s story, they knew that “Homesick Elephant” was the perfect name for their vocal act. Although accompanied mostly by a single guitar, the music of this husband and wife duo is not your usual folk fare. The original songs are quirky and whimsical, yet crafted with the skill of an accomplished composer and poet. (What to rhyme with Connecticut? Why, etiquette, of course!) Imagine Frank Zappa and the Beatles together on an Irish vaudeville stage! Homesick Elephant will bring that kind of slightly off-kilter magic to the Fiddlers Crossing stage on Friday, Aug. 23.
PHOTO COURTESY OF HOMESICK ELEPHANT
Kevin and Sara Kelly, who perform as the band Homesick Elephant, will play at Fiddlers Crossing, 206 E. “F” St., on Friday, Aug. 23 at 7 p.m.
This is a show the poets, in particular, won’t want to miss. Fiddlers Crossing is at 206 E. “F” St. in Downtown Tehachapi. Tickets may be purchased next door at
p.m. and doors open at 6:30 p.m. Go to fiddlerscrossing.org to see YouTube clips of Homesick Elephant and other Fiddlers Crossing performers.
Mountain Music, at The Apple Shed, or with a credit card by calling 823-9994. Tickets to the concert are $15, and as always, coffee and goodies are included. The concert begins at 7
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