Lauren Pelon Musique Company Private Mail Box 101 168 Tyler Road South Red Wing Minnesota 55066 Phone (651) 388-8945 for bookings, products, concert information.

	"Lauren Pelon Musique Company"  2009-2010 ITINERARY January 5, 2009, Chugiak, Alaska January 6, 2009 - Seward, Alaska January 7, 2009 - Moose Pass, Alaska January 8, 2009 - Anchorage, Alaska January 9, 2009 - Wasilla, Alaska January 22, 2009 - Rockford, Michigan January 23, 2009 - Montrose, Michigan January 26, 2009 - Watertown, Wisconsin January 27, 2009 - Hales Corners, Wisconsin January 30, 2009 - Lyle, Minnesota February 3, 2009 - Owensboro, Kentucky February 5, 2009 - Louisville, Kentucky February 26, 2009 - Janesville, Wisconsin March 2, 2009 - Bridgewater, Massachusetts March 4, 2009 - Newtown, Pennsylvania March 7, 2009 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 10, 2009 - Enterprise, Alabama March 13, 2009 - New Orleans, Louisiana March 14, 2009 - Houston Heights, Texas March 31, 2009 - Storm Lake, Iowa April 2, 2009 - Coon Rapids, Minnesota April 15, 2009 - Bloomer, Wisconsin April 17, 2009 - Glenwood, Iowa April 23, 2009 - Great Bend, Kansas April 28, 2009 - Riverside, California May 3, 2009 - Boulder, Colorado May 4, 2009 - Denver, Colorado May 5, 2009 - Highlands Ranch, Colorado May 6, 2009 - Boulder, Colorado May 13, 2009 - Anchorage, Alaska May 15, 2009 - Soldotna, Alaska May 16, 2009 - Seward, Alaska May 18, 2009 - Anchorage, Alaska September 30, 2009 - Altoona, Iowa February 21, 2010 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma February 24-27, 2010 - Temple, Texas March 31, 2010 - Winona, Minnesota (tentative) ***** SELECTED PERFORMANCES, 2003-2008 May 15-16, 2003, Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand May 20, 2003, The Hauraki House Theatre, Coromandel, New Zealand May 22, 2003, Waikato Museum of Art & History, Hamilton, New Zealand May 30 2003, CEMA Arts Centre, Portland, Victoria, Australia June 5, 2003, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia June 8, 2003, Kingston Arts Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia June 13-14, 2003, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia September 19, 2003, Miller Performing Arts Center, Alfred, New York September 23, 2003, Heeren Hall, Louisville, Kentucky June 28, 2004, Newport Performing Arts Center, Newport, Oregon October 1, 2004, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado October 3, 2004, Stillpoint Center for the Humanities, Wetmore, Colorado October 26, 2004, Bromley Family Theatre, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania November 4, 2004, St. Paul College, St. Paul, Minnesota November 17, 2004, Havelone Performing Arts Center, Beatrice, Nebraska January 23, 2005, Froemke Auditorium, Valley City, North Dakota March 22-23, 2005, Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Appleton, Wisconsin July 27, 2005, Tribal Community House, Sitka, Alaska July 31, 2005, St. Elias Convention Center, Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada August 4, 2005, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, Alaska August 19, 2005 - Chilkat Center for the Arts, Haines, Alaska August 23, 2005, Wright Auditorium, Petersburg, Alaska September 25, 2005, Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, Wisconsin October 6, 2005, Cook DeWitt Center, Allendale, Michigan October 16, 2005, Hazel Hayes Auditorium, Holland, Michigan October 20, 2005, University of South Carolina, Aiken, South Carolina February 12, 2006, Annie Hogan-Byrd Auditorium, Greeneville, Tennessee February 16, 2006, Falany Performing Arts Center, Waleska, Georgia February 20, 2006, Hofheimer Theater, Virginia Beach, Virginia March 28, 2006, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas March 30, 2006, Ruth Taylor Recital Hall, San Antonio, Texas October 31, 2006, ACS-Egham International School, Egham, Great Britain November 1-2, 2006, ACS Cobham Internation School, Cobham, Great Britain November 8, 2006, Cavan Institute, County Cavan, Ireland November 9, 2006, Siamsa Tire National Folk Theatre, Tralee, Ireland January 23-24, 2007, Bromley Family Theater, Bradford, Pennsylvania January 26, 2007, Steadman Theater, Mansfield, Pennsylvania February 20, 2007, Hutchinson Auditorium,, Temple Terrace, Florida March 4, 2007, Smith Recital Hall, Monmouth, Oregon March 12, 2007, KJM Center for the Arts, Olympia, Washington March 22, 2007, Portland Civic Hall, Victoria, Australia March 23-24, 2007, Portland Arts Centre, Victoria, Australia March 27, 2007, University of Southern Queensland, Australia March 28, 2007, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia April 21, 2007, Soundings Theatre, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand April 24-26, 2007, Southern Lakes Festival of Colour, Wanaka, New Zealand May 3, 2007, Boathouse Theatre, Blenheim, New Zealand September 14, 2007, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Ann Arbor, Michigan October 13, 2007, Music in the Church at Aust, South Gloucestershire, Great Britain October 18, 2007, ACS Cobham International School, Great Britain October 19, 2007, Arts Education School, London, Great Britain October 20, 2007, National Peace Fellowship, Rochdale, Great Britain October 26, 2007, Middleton Hall, University of Hull, Hull, Great Britain October 30-31, 2007, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland November 6, 2007, Athlone Institute of Technology, County Westmeath, Ireland January 6, 2008, The Dome, Tampa, Florida February 26, 2008, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota Febraury 29, 2008, Fine Arts Recital Hall, University of Nebraska, Kearney March 4, 2008, Larson Auditorium, Brookings, South Dakota October 17, 2008, Mundelein Auditorium, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois November 11, 2008, Peace College, Raleigh, North Carolina
	Under the title, "The Living Roots of Music," Lauren Pelon performs music from the 1st to the 21st centuries on archlute, guitar, lute-guitar, lyre, recorders, gemshorns, cornamuse, krummhorn, schreierpfeife, shawm, rackett, pennywhistles, psalmodikon, concertina, ocarina, hurdy-gurdy, doucaine, bowed and plucked psalteries, Kiowa courting flute, eagle bone flute, synthesizers, electric wind instrument, and MIDI-pedalboard. She also traces the story of music and tells stories about the development of instruments throughout history. Pelon is a vocalist as well. Her original songs and her haunting renditions of ballads collected by Francis Child in the late 19th century have been especially appealing to audiences. A recent reviewer wrote, "Lauren Pelon is a showpiece by virtue of her beautiful, fervent voice and her extraordinary talents on an assortment of unusual, but authentic instruments." Ms. Pelon, recipient of the 2001 "Artist of the Year" Award from Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC), has studied the history of music and instrumentation both in America and overseas. She has performed in concerts throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and China. Recent tours took her to Australia, to perform at Australian National University, Canberra, ACT; to the Russian Institute for the History of the Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia; and to the Conservatory of Music in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Pelon has also performed as a soloist with symphony orchestras, on television specials and with Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion." "I am fascinated by the interesting ways people of other cultures and different times have found to make music," says Pelon. "I especially enjoy doing these programs because they differ from ordinary concert performances. They offer not only an opportunity to listen to music, but also a way to think about how music has affected the lives of people all over the world -- from ancient times to our own modern day." Her current program features music from ancient Greece, medieval and renaissance Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. Dr. William Kearns, Director, American Music Research Center, Boulder, Colorado, called the program "captivating and awesome," and wrote, "Her repertory ran the historical gamut, from a rendition of one of our first ancient Greek scripted pieces to her own contemporary compositions. It's breadth was amazing -- jigs, laments, fancies, songs, ballads, and calls drawn from different nationalities -- a truly universal presentation of both old-world and new-world music...I have never witnessed such an effective program of music and it's role in society done by a single person."

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