Melanie O'Reilly at Claremont Library Presents at Berkeley Public Library - Claremont Branch

Music featuring celebrated Irish celtic-jazz vocalist Melanie O'Reilly with Frank Martin on Piano.

Poetry & Literary Readings featuring Greg Estes and other guests from Wilde Irish Productions.

Join us for a unique cultural evening featuring award-winning jazz singer and songwriter Melanie O'Reilly from Ireland ,who teams with top Bay Area jazz pianist Frank Martin to perform music inspired by the writings of James Joyce, Sean O'Riordain, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill & other Irish greats, interwoven with literature & poetry readings.

Melanie O'Reilly is one of Ireland's foremost jazz singers and her own unique style of Celtic Jazz, which she has brought to international audiences, has been described as "A gorgeous sound...Celtic Cadence with a jazz sensibility." -Contra Costa Times and "Breathtaking...sheer virtuosity" -Irish Times. Her music has been featured in Frontline/PBS documentaries and she is recognised in Downbeat magazine as Ireland's international jazz representative. She is also host of Award winning radio show "Jazz on the Bay" for the Irish National Broadasting station, RTE....

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Music featuring celebrated Irish celtic-jazz vocalist Melanie O'Reilly with Frank Martin on Piano.

Poetry & Literary Readings featuring Greg Estes and other guests from Wilde Irish Productions.

Join us for a unique cultural evening featuring award-winning jazz singer and songwriter Melanie O'Reilly from Ireland ,who teams with top Bay Area jazz pianist Frank Martin to perform music inspired by the writings of James Joyce, Sean O'Riordain, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill & other Irish greats, interwoven with literature & poetry readings.

Melanie O'Reilly is one of Ireland's foremost jazz singers and her own unique style of Celtic Jazz, which she has brought to international audiences, has been described as "A gorgeous sound...Celtic Cadence with a jazz sensibility." -Contra Costa Times and "Breathtaking...sheer virtuosity" -Irish Times. Her music has been featured in Frontline/PBS documentaries and she is recognised in Downbeat magazine as Ireland's international jazz representative. She is also host of Award winning radio show "Jazz on the Bay" for the Irish National Broadasting station, RTE.

Frank Martin: As an arranger/conductor/keyboardist Frank Martin has performed and/or recorded with a variety of jazz and popular stars that include Sting, Stevie Wonder, Bobbi McFerrin, James Taylor, Chaka Khan and Patti LaBelle. Both Melanie and Frank are also well known music educators in the Bay Area.

www.melanieoreilly.com

More info here:
http://berkeleypubliclibrary.org/about_the_library/neighborhood_branches/claremont_branch.php

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