Gambrell Center Program: Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience 2.15.24

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TERRANCE SIMIEN & the ZYDECO EXPERIENCE Thursday, February 15, 2024 7:30 p.m.

Sandra Levine Theatre Queens University of Charlotte

ABOUT THE ARTIST For over 40+ years, two-time GRAMMY award winning, 8th generation Louisiana Creole, Terrance Simien (DOB, September 3, 1965), has been shattering the myths and often misinformation, about what his traditional Zydeco roots music is – and is not. It most certainly is Black American roots music and it is music born of the African American, black and French speaking Creoles of South Louisiana.

Simien leads a highly skilled Zydeco Experience band with long time member and creative collaborator: Danny Williams (30+ years, twoGRAMMY award winning), keyboards, vocals; Stan Chambers (15+ years, GRAMMY award winning), bass, vocals; Ian Molinaro – Thompson, drums; Michael Christie on trumpet and Noah Boshra, saxophone. Ian MT is a Berklee College of Music graduate and Mike a Shenandoah University graduate. SU is in the top 10% of music programs in the country. Another Berklee College grad, Ethan Santos, trombone, also lends his skills to us on tour at times. Noah Boshran, joining us in 2024, is a Tulane graduate.

Not only is the group multicultural and multi racial, it’s also now intergenerational! Three OG’s and three Gen Z’s.

Simien has become one of the most respected and accomplished artists in American roots music today. He and his band mates have performed almost 10,000 concerts, toured millions of miles to over 45 countries during their eventful career. Their music has been placed in multiple major studio theatre release films, including a Disney animated film, TV shows and radio commercials. They’ve shared studio and stage with legends the Meters, Art Neville, Los Lobos, Marcia Ball, the late Robert Palmer and Dave Matthews Band to name a few. They’ve been cultural ambassadors for their country since the mid 1980’s as part of the U.S,. State Department ongoing cultural diplomacy tours. They performed in Ukraine twice (2012, 2015) with the U.S. Embassy in Kiev and toured Russia for two weeks as well in 2015.

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NATALIE MACMASTER & DONNELL LEAHY SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2024 @ 7:30 PM TICKETS $20-$55 Award-winning fiddle virtuosos Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy celebrate all things Celtic in an unforgettable evening of music, dance, and storytelling for all ages. MacMaster is an Order of Canada recipient with 11 albums that have won two JUNO Awards, 11 East Coast Music Awards and a Grammy nomination.

Leahy is the former music leader of the internationally acclaimed family group Leahy and is widely recognized as one of the best fiddlers in the world renowned for his high-energy playing style.

Born into musical families, MacMaster and Leahy share the stage with their talented children showing these Cape Breton traditions run deep.

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In addition to touring, Cash has partnered in programming with Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Minnesota Orchestra, and won the 2014 Smithsonian Ingenuity Award in the Performing Arts. She is one of only a handful of women to be elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

you’ll likely ever read.”

In 2021, Cash was the first female composer to receive the MacDowell Medal for her outstanding contribution to American culture.

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