Upcoming Events

DUO LE FILS CONCERT AT SEMAN VIOLINS TIS SATURDAY

Saturday, May 23rd @ 7pm

Seman Violins Concert Hall

4447 Oakton St.

Skokie, IL 60076

Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

Join us for a fun evening of dessert, wine, and music. We will preview some of our forthcoming CD of duets by L'abbe le Fils in the performance room at Seman Violins. Space is limited, so please RSVP. This event is free, and we encourage you to pre-order the CD or donate to help us fund this project. To reserve a spot at this wonderful event, email us here

SEMAN VIOLINS IS PROUD TO HOST LEGENDARY JAZZ VIOLINIST TIM KLIPHUIS WITH ALFONSO PONTICELLI

Sunday June 21st. @ 7pm

Seman Violins Concert hall

4447 Oakton St.

Skokie, IL 60076

BYOB

Tickets $30.

Space is limited. Reserve a seat by emailing us at [email protected]

Tim Kliphuis has decided to make us his only stop in Chicagoland during his United States tour. A legend in the Gypsy Jazz world through his work with The Rosenberg Trio, Fapy Lafertin, and Angelo Debarre. He has performed at all the major Django festivals worldwide and is seen by many as the successor of St?phane Grappelli. Tim has toured from America to Russia, from Scotland to South Africa, and his latest CD "The Grappelli Album" has received rave reviews.

Chicago Gypsy Guitar great Alfonso Ponticelli will accompany Tim in this exclusive performance. The duo will perform many St?phane Grappelli classics along with original material and other classic works. The performance will be in our intimate concert hall which is a great chance to see an impressive musician in an up-close setting. This would be a wonderful way to spend Father's day with any jazz-loving Dad!

For more on Tim, including sound files and photos, visit http://www.timkliphuis.com/

For more on Alfonso Ponticelli, including sound files and photos, visit http://www.swinggitan.com/

BRINGING BLUEGRASS TO FIDDLE CLUB

Colby Maddox & Sunnyside Up
Sunday, May 31 - 7pm
Seman Violins (4447 W. Oakton, Skokie).
Admission is $15 at the door. BYOB
How to get that bluegrass sound on your fiddle.
How to work that fiddle into a bluegrass band.

Colby moved to Chicago in 1995 to work with The Special Consensus bluegrass band where he rubbed elbows and shared the stage with many of his heroes like Tim O'Brien, Scott Nygaard, Sally Van Meter, Laurie Lewis, Slavek Hanzlik, J.D. Crowe and John Hartford. Along the way Colby studied fiddle with Missouri State Champion Charlie Walden and played for a short time in a duo with young banjo wizard Noam Pikelny.

Colby teaches at the Old Town School of Folk Music now, and in 2006 he won first prize at the Rocky Grass mandolin competition in Lyons, Colorado. Recent side projects include playing on the soundtrack for the recent PBS documentary The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance, narrated by Garrison Keillor and singing on the soundtrack for the Newberry Library's Homemakers of the Civil War: Sheet Music.

For more on Colby, visit here

For more on the Fiddle Club of the World, visit here

Seman Violins

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