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What: Big Sky Live in Concert
When: Sunday, Nov.5, 2006
Doors open at 7:00
Music begins at 7:30 pm
Where: The Cedar
416 Cedar Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-338-2674
Tickets: $10/$8 for students with ID.
A nice, intimate theater located on the West Bank in Minneapolis, the Cedar features an wonderful, eclectic mix of original music from around the world. The attached cafe offers a diverse range of specialty beers,wines, and soft drinks, as well as delicious Indian food! Non-smoking.
With Opening Act:
Strange Friends
Why: To knock yer socks off, of course! Yup, you might just wanna bring extras. You've been warned.
Upcoming Overtone Orchestra Concert
What: Steve Sklar's Overtone Orchestra featuring Big Sky's Johnna Morrow, Thupten Dadak, and Steve Lazarski
With opening artist Montreal-based overtone singer and musician Bernard Dubreuil.
When: Friday, Nov. 10 7:30 pm
Where: Lake Harriet Spiritual Community 4401 Upton Ave. So. Mpls, MN 55410
Come for Throat-Singing/Didgeridoo/Tibetan Bowls and more!
Tickets $20/15 for workshop participants
Big Sky is a member of SonicBids, where you can get a copy of our EPK (Electronic Press Kit). See below if you want a CD version of our PR kit.
What: The Overtone Orchestra will open for the great Tuvan band, Huun-Huur-Tu This will be big fun!!!
When: Friday, February 3, 2006 8 pm
Where: The Cedar: 416 Cedar Ave So, Minneapolis, MN 55454 612.338.2674
Steve Sklar, leading western performer and teacher of khoomei, or Tuvan Throat-Singing, performs with his group The Overtone Orchestra, opening for the great Tuvan band Huun-Huur-Tu. Members for this date include Johnna Morrow (Big Sky lead singer), flutes, vocals, percussion, didgeridoo; Steve Lazarski, didgeridoo; John Pascuzzi, didgeridoo, new, cool Swiss instrument, the hang, and igil; Steve Sklar, vocals, throat-singing, didgeridoo, percussion. This will be the MN debut of the Hang, a fantastic and exciting new instrument!
What: Big Sky and Overtone Orchestra member Steve Sklar performed in San Francisco:
Saturday June 4, 2005 at 8:00 and 10:30 pm in the Hawk Hill tunnel overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.
Stephen Kent: didjeridu master,
hang, percussion
Alan Tower: huaca, hang, didjeridu
Rafael Bejarano: huaca, didjeridu, fujara, throat singing
Steve Sklar: Tuvan throat singing, didjeridu, ehecaatl (Aztec Death Whistle),
Tibetan bowls
Visionary environmental authors/speakers Connie Barlow and Michael Dowd
This transformance will be an unforgettable sonic journey integrating the deepest of ecological values. On a candlelit stage we will transform a former place of war to ecological sound and word. This Organic World Acoustic concert is a fundraiser for the Green Music Network - a national database supporting the connection of nonprofit organizations with musicians for mutual benefit.
The Overtone Orchestra performs original music with an emphasis on harmonics/overtones. We combine numerous world music influences, from Australia (didgeridoos) to central Asia (Tuvan Throat-Singing) to Tibet (Thupten Dadak is a former Gyuto monk) to the Americas and beyond...
Personnel:
Steve Sklar: Khoomei (Tuvan Throat-Singing), didgeridoo, percussion
Johnna Morrow: Flutes, vocals, percussion
Steve "Lazer" Lazarski: Didgeridoo, vocals, percussion
Thupten Dadak (Tibet): Flutes, singing bowls and bells, vocals
Terry Lee Storhaug: Percussion, vocals
Fans can see videos of the Overtone Orchestra here
and here.
Creation of new pics, recordings and video will begin soon... till then, check
out this demo.
It features Johnna on overtone flute; Terry on dumbek, cymbals and chimes; Thupten
on egg and Tibetan conch horn; and the two Steves on didges.
Last Updated: 10-16-06