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Mary Youngblood “First Lady of the Flute” to Perform Feb. 6 in Angels Camp
As part of the Calaveras Arts Council’s Ovations Performing Arts Series, Mary Youngblood “First Lady of the Flute” will perform Saturday, February 6 starting at 3:00 pm in Angels Camp at the Bret Harte Theatre. Tickets are $25, available on line at www.highsierratickets.com or by calling (209)296-5495. Two-Time GRAMMY Winner and EMMY Nominee Mary Youngblood, is the first Native American woman to have received a Grammy Award for "Best Native American Music Album" and the first Native American person to have won two Grammy's which makes Mary one of the premiere Native American musicians in the country....
When Youngblood performs, it takes only a moment to acknowledge the profound spirituality of the sacred Native American flute and its historical courtship and wooing attributes. Her haunting music is much more than a song... it's liquid poetry, a prayer. She takes little credit for the intense emotions people feel when they listen to her music Youngblood says, "I am only a vessel between Creator and this instrument. As a sculptor would tell you, the clay has a spirit of its own and decides what it will become; so it is with the flute. These songs came from those who walked before me."
For this Angels Camp performance Youngblood will be accompanied by guitar and drums.
Youngblood started piano lessons at age six, violin at eight, classical flute and guitar at ten. As an adult, when she received her first wooden Native flute, she was driven to pursue the mastery of this instrument so tied to her own heritage.
Now years later with five unique and accomplished albums under her belt, Youngblood owns over 250 hand carved Native American Style flutes in her collection and uses a wide variety of them throughout every one of her albums. Each of her flutes is masterfully crafted from different types of wood, bringing a unique sound and texture to each song.
Youngblood and her family currently reside in Northern California.
Tickets will be available online from High Sierra Tickets up until 11:00 pm on the Thursday before the concert. After that, if not sold out, tickets will only be sold at the Box Office of Bret Harte Theatre starting at 2:15 pm the day of the concert. For up-to-date information call the Calaveras Arts Council at (209)754-1774. The next Ovations performance will be harpist Anna Maria Mendieta who will perform with others a program that ranges from classical to Broadway, with a touch of tango.
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