BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Missoula Underground - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://missoulaunderground.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Missoula Underground
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Denver
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:MDT
DTSTART:20240310T090000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:MST
DTSTART:20241103T080000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:MDT
DTSTART:20250309T090000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:MST
DTSTART:20251102T080000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:MDT
DTSTART:20260308T090000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:MST
DTSTART:20261101T080000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251115T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251115T220000
DTSTAMP:20260605T013552
CREATED:20251113T065824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T065826Z
UID:10124955-1763235000-1763244000@missoulaunderground.com
SUMMARY:Mark and Maggie O'Connor's "An Appalachian Christmas" at Hamilton Performing Arts Center
DESCRIPTION:Maggie and Mark O’Connor bring their fiddle and strings master duet to the Hamilton Performing Arts Center with “An Appalachian Christmas” 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm Saturday\, November 15\n\n\n\n\n\nMark O’Connor began his creative journey at the feet of American fiddling legend Benny Thomasson\, and the iconic French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Today\, he has melded these influences into a new American classical music and is perpetuating his vision of an American School of String Playing. Mr. O’Connor has won three Grammys\, seven CMA awards and several national fiddle\, guitar and mandolin champion titles. Mr. O’Connor has composed nine concertos and two symphonies recorded by the Baltimore Symphony\, London Philharmonic\, Colorado Symphony among others. O’Connor is well-known for his chamber music including his million-selling composition “Appalachia Waltz” featuring Yo-Yo Ma for the Sony Classical label. His recent album back on his own label OMAC Records is Life After Life\, an Americana music collection of his original songs and some classics he sings with his wife Maggie O’Connor who is featured on lead vocals. 2025 sees the release of their new holiday music album\, A Christmas Duet – captured live at Sheldon Hall in St. Louis from Mark’s perennial An Appalachian Christmas tour. O’Connor released his memoir a few years ago\, Crossing Bridges: My Journey from Child Prodigy to Fiddler Who Dared the World.  \n\n\n\nMr. O’Connor has authored a series of educational books called the O’Connor Method and is now the fastest growing violin method in the country. The O’Connor Method features American music styles\, creativity\, cultural diversity and western classical technical training. For more information\, visit www.markoconnor.com. \n\n\n\nAmerican violinist/fiddler and vocalist\, Maggie O’Connor performs a variety of musical styles throughout the U.S. and beyond\, most recently as a member of the Grammy award-winning bluegrass group\, the O’Connor Band. She spends most of her time now performing with her husband\, violinist and composer Mark O’Connor. Together they have appeared as guest soloists with the Charlotte Symphony\, Singapore Chinese Orchestra\, Santa Rosa Symphony\, Nashville Symphony\, Oklahoma City Philharmonic\, Winston Salem Symphony\, with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center\, and appeared in violin duo performances in such prestigious settings as the Yehudi Menuhin Centennial celebration at the Berlin Konzerthaus\, the Lockenhaus\, Austria Musikfest\, and the Leopold Auer Festival in Hungary. In an Americana duo setting\, the couple tours music from their new album\, Life After Life\, a collection of original songs and classics. Her latest album is A Christmas Duet\, a live-in-concert album from their annual An Appalachian Christmas tour. Along with performing\, Maggie continues to work as co-director with Mr. O’Connor at O’Connor Method String Camp currently taking place in Charlotte\, NC featuring the lesson book series that is rising in popularity each year.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/mark-and-maggie-oconnors-an-appalachian-christmas-at-hamilton-performing-arts-center/
LOCATION:Hamilton Performing Arts Center\, 327 Fairgrounds Road\, Hamilton\, Montana\, 59840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Christmas,Christmas Music,Fiddle,Holiday Events,Music,String
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://missoulaunderground.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Hamilton-Performing-Arts-Center.webp
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR