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Elisabeth von Trapp In Concert At Town Hall Theater

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Tuesday September 8, 2009

   For Elisabeth von Trapp, “ the sounds of music” are part of her earliest memories. Born and raised in Vermont, Elisabeth is the granddaughter of the legendary Maria and Baron von Trapp, whose story inspired The Sound of Music. Singing professionally since childhood, Elisabeth has enthralled audiences from European cathedrals to Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center.

   She appears in concert at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Friday, September 18, at 8 pm, with a new band that includes Vermont’s premiere guitarist, Paul Asbell.

   Inspired by her father Werner von Trapp’s guitar playing and singing, Elisabeth has carried on the legacy of the internationally renowned Trapp Family Singers. She began taking piano lessons when she was eight and by the age of sixteen she was playing guitar and traveling the back roads of New England performing with her siblings at weddings, gospel meetings and town halls.

   Building on her famed family’s passion for music, Elisabeth has created her own artistic style, at once ethereal and earthy, delicate and powerful. Listeners have likened her to Judy Collins and Loreena McKennitt. Critics have called her voice ...“ hauntingly clear “ “ joyfully expressive “ and “ simply beautiful.”  The Boston Globe raves that “before the concert is over, she will have the crowd gasping with the sheer beauty of her voice. “

   Tickets for the September 18 concert are $17, and are available through the THT Box Office by calling 802-382-9222, online at www.townhalltheater.org, or in person on Merchants Row, Middlebury (Mon-Sat, noon-5 pm).  Event sponsored by Geiger of Austria.

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