BRATTLEBORO-Under the Maple presents fiddler and singer-songwriter Lisa Gutkin in a house concert on Sunday, March 23, at 3 p.m.
"Gutkin has crafted a courageously varied artistic career by bringing an instantly relatable style to audiences through her theater, music, and storytelling," organizers wrote in a news release. "A masterful Grammy Award-winning violinist, [...] actor, and composer, Lisa has an uncanny way of taking those audiences with her wherever she goes."
Recognized for her work with the Jewish roots band, The Klezmatics, and for the Celtic band Whirligig, Gutkin is also known for her scoring, performance, and music direction in the two-time Tony award-winning play, Indecent.
She had an on-screen cameo and compositions featured in Sex and the City; has performed in Sting's Broadway musical The Last Ship; and her song "Gonna Get Through This World," with words by Woody Guthrie - was hailed by Pete Seeger as "a piece of genius." Gutkin's voice has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as "hauntingly emotional."
Gutkin has co-authored songs with Anne Sexton and Maggie Dubris, and created scores for symphony orchestras and short films, including Pearl Gluck's Write Me, and Amy Guggenheim's Blindsight. Her composing commissions include the Mabou Mines' multi-genre folk opera: Song For New York: What Women Do While Men Sit Knitting.
A MacDowell and Norton Stevens Fellow, Gutkin has recorded seven CDs with The Klezmatics, four with Whirligig (with Lúnasa's Cillian Vallely and Daisycutter's Greg Anderson) and is co-producer of the Indecent Original Broadway Cast Recording.
As a freelancer, she appears on hundreds of recordings with countless luminaries. Inspired by these, she released a CD of her own songs, produced by John Lissauer, titled From Here On In.
Reservations are required. Email [email protected] for more information. A donation of $15 is suggested, which goes directly to the performer. For more information about Gutkin's music, visit lisagutkin.com.
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