2. Evit Gabrielle/Richie Dwyers/Fleur de Mandragore
In their first piece, the duo included three tunes composed for them by their mentor and friend Bob "Mac" McQuillen ("A-Z Waltz," "Sarah's Jig," and "Janie's March"). The NH State Council on the Arts assisted in arranging their performance for the Governor and Executive Council Meeting. Please enjoy the following short snippet of their performance!
Video: Jane McBride Orzechowski and Sarah Bauhan playing
A-Z Waltz at the Governor & Executive Council Meeting on
Wednesday, February 5. Video provided by Ginnie Lupi.
Bios:
Jane McBride Orzechowski is a fiddler of exemplary talent, skilled in Swedish, French Canadian, Irish, Scottish, and New England musical genres and history. Throughout her career, Jane has sought to bring new talent to these traditional music disciplines, supporting and mentoring younger performers in their quest to preserve and expand these musical works and their heritage. She has been playing the fiddle since she was a child and was inspired by attendance at the New England Folk Festival. Jane has been a member of two long-standing groups: Old New England and The Sugar River Band, where she plays with her children. She has recorded two CDs with the Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra, one with the Sugar River Band and 4 albums with Old New England with Bob McQuillen and Deanna Stiles. In 2019, Jane was awarded the Governor's Arts Award for Folk Heritage.
Sarah Bauhan plays Celtic and New England traditional music on flute and whistle. She was born and raised in the Monadnock Region and has strong ties to her mother's native Scotland. Sarah picked up the tin whistle at the age of 10 and within two years was performing at contra dances with Dudley Laufman’s Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra. In addition to Laufman, who is credited with a contra dance revival in southwest New Hampshire and is a 2009 National Heritage Fellow, Sarah was influenced by her godfather, Newt Tolman, a flute player and writer, and by Bob McQuillen, a musician, composer and a 2002 National Heritage Fellow. Sarah has released five solo albums, including four on her own label, Whistler's Music: "Chasing the New Moon," "Broad Waters," "Lathrop's Waltz," and "Elmwood Station." In addition to recording, Sarah performs at festivals, concerts, and dances, and has taught whistle and flute to children and adults at dance camps, in schools, and in workshops. She lives in Hancock.
