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Traveling Music: December 15th, 2019

Traveling Music

Date: 12-15-19

Shonti Elder

Upcoming House Concert: Tania Opland and Mike Freeman, Saturday, Dec. 21, 7 PM

                                       Contact Leslie Kleinfeld, leslie@fit4health.biz, land line 907-277-5255

Format:  Tune Title

              Performer / Composer

              Album Title

              Recording Company

              Length

First Christmas

Stan Rogers / Stan Rogers

Between the Breaks

www.borealisrecords.com

6:22

Good King Wenceslas

Ann Reed / Ann Reed

Not Your Average Holiday CD

www.annreed.com

2:33

You’re Welcome Here Kind Stranger

Tommy Sands / Tommy Sands

To Shorten the Winter: An Irish Christmas with Tommy Sands

Green Linnet

5:08

Christmas Bells

Sylvia / lyrics Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Music John Mock

A Cradle in Bethlehem

Red Pony Records

2:53

Hanerot Halalu

Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills, Cindy Mangsen / Traditional

Voices of Winter

Gadfly Records

2:23

The Messenger

Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum / Mark Simos

Winter’s Grace

Signature Sounds

5:11

Hark the Harald Angels Sing

Eileen Ivers (with Adam Posluszny-vocal) / Traditional

An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas

Musical Bridge

3:10

The Wexford Carol

Eileen Ivers (with Adam Posluszny-vocal) / Traditional

An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas

Musical Bridge

5:25

Gaudeamus

Tania Opland / Natalie Sleeth

Winter’s Time

www.Opland-freeman.com

2:10

My Winter Rose

Tania Opland / Meg Davis

Winter’s Time

www.Opland-freeman.com

2:10

Ketchikan

Tania Opland / Tania Opland

Tania Opland

www.Opland-freeman.com

3:13

Christ Child Lullaby

Kathy Mattea / Traditional

Christmas at Mountain Stage

Blue Plate Music

4:15

Once In Royal David’s City / Christ Church

Cherish the Ladies (with Hannah Rarity) / lyrics Cecil Frances Alexander, music H.J. Gauntlett

Christmas in Ireland

www.cherishtheladies.com

3:49

All That I Want

Misty River / Deb Talan, Steve Tannen

Mid Winter

www.mistyriverband.com

3:16

Shonti was born in India to teacher parents, who named her a common Indian name which means peace. She has degrees from Oberlin, Boston University and UAA. She began at KSKA as a volunteer in 1978 and has had an acoustic music show ever since, during her tenure as board member (and president), and 13 years on staff as first volunteer coordinator and then operations director along with that for five years. Her current volunteer program is Traveling Music. Shonti is also a professional fiddler, and has several CD’s of original music with her friend Will Putman. She lives in the Valley with her husband Bill Frey, and has two musical children, Kluonie and Devin.