Maritime Performance Series

Except where noted, all performances are in the museum’s Harms Gallery starting at 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. with beer and wine for sale.
Maritime Performance Series 2018
September 28, 2018:  BUA is presented by the Celtic Society of Southern Maryland, Inc. With “a precision and intensity that is rarely heard on this side of the Atlantic,” their sound stands out among modern bands in the genre by “keeping the music down the path of tradition” while still being able to “raise the rafters with their playing, charm with their singing, and delight with their contemporary energy.” Based in Chicago, Illinois, a long-celebrated center of Irish traditional music, Bua “has established itself individually and as a group in the eyes and ears of the traditional community.” This performance is sponsored in part by the Ruddy Duck Brewery & Grill. Tickets are $30 at the door with advance purchase discounts available online at www.cssm.org/tickets.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with beer and wine for sale. Performance is 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
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October 12, 2018:  DICK HENSOLD & PATSY O'BRIEN presented in a partnership with the Celtic Society of Southern Maryland and Southern Maryland Traditional Music and Dance. Dick Hensold is the leading Northumbrian smallpiper in North America. For the past 20 years he has performed and taught in England, Scotland, Japan, Canada, and across the United States. Patsy O’Brien joins him on vocals and guitar. He is an award-winning artist who hosts guitar workshops all over the country, boasting four critically-acclaimed solo albums. This performance is sponsored in part by the Ruddy Duck Brewery & Grill. Tickets are $20 online advance at www.cssm.org/tickets and $25 at the door.
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October 19, 2018:  LOW LILY This string and vocal trio explores the roots and branches of American folk music with traditional influences and modern inspiration that weaves together a unique brand of acoustic music. Liz Simmons (vocals and guitar) Flynn Cohen (vocals, guitar, and mandolin) and Lissa Schneckenburger (vocals and fiddle) are masterful players with deep relationships to traditional music styles ranging from bluegrass, to Irish, Scottish, New England, and Old Time Appalachian sounds. When you combine this with stellar composition skills and inventive arrangements you get music that is rooted yet contemporary. Tickets are $20 online, $25 at the door.
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November 16, 2018:  THE HONEY DEWDROPS Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish are known for their tight harmonies and instrumental accompaniment that includes clawhammer banjo, mandolin, and guitars. After leaving their home base of Virginia and living on the road for two years, Laura and Kagey now call Baltimore, Maryland home and it is where they wrote and recorded their fourth full-length album, Tangled Country, released May 2015. This performance is sponsored in part by the Maryland State Arts Council Maryland Touring Grant. Tickets are $15 online, $20 at the door.
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