Multi-instrumentalists Cathy Clasper-Torch and Shelley Katsh bring years of music making and friendship to a virtuoso collaboration of musicianship and spirit. Their repertoire, as heard on their previous CD, “From the Inside Out” as well as on today’s CD release of “With Woven Hands” is infused with melodies ancient and contemporary – played “straight from the heart.” Clasper-Torch performs violin, cello, erhu and piano with a diverse range of RI-based bands and musicians, and has recorded on over 3 dozen albums. Cathy has also been the fiddle instructor at Blackstone River Theatre since 2006. Shelley Katsh, on piano and accordion, performed klezmer and Hassidic music with Fishel Bresler and a range of Boston-based klezmer musicians for 20 years. She accompanies and sings with several Rhode Island musical groups and is the Music Director of The Miracle Project-New England. Today’s matinee concert will be presented as one hour-long show!

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Cathy Clasper-Torch & Shelley Katsh – CD release

Blackstone River Theatre

Emerald Rae is an American fiddler and folksinger based now in Nashville. Hailing from the seaside town of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Rae began her musical journey deep in the world of traditional Celtic music. With her 2018 self-titled release, Rae broke the boundaries of fiddle-singing with a wide palate of experimental techniques. With her powerhouse vocals, groovy percussive fiddle, and eclectic songwriting style, she has delighted audiences at folk festivals and concert stages across North America. This powerhouse fiddler won the grand prize at the US Scottish Fiddle Championship at the age of 18. She continued to study music in Glasgow, received a degree from Berklee College of Music, and collaborated with 3 fellow fiddlers in the group, Annalivia. Emerald has made a name for herself as a solo fiddler totally adept not only in Cape Breton and Scottish traditions, but in Irish and old-time as well.

Blackstone River Theatre

May 19, 2024

Cathy Clasper-Torch & Shelley Katsh – CD release

May 26, 2024

Emerald Rae

Blackstone River Theatre

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