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Kevin Henderson with Neil Pearlman

  • Whidbey Island Center for the Arts PO Box 52 | 565 Camano Avenue Langley, WA 98260 (map)

The final show of the Celtic Festival, we are delighted to have Kevin Henderson, a Native Shetland fiddler, on stage along with pianist Neil Pearlman.

Live reviews of Kevin Henderson:

“This is glowing Shetland music”

Norman Chalmers – The Scotsman

“Shetlander Kevin Henderson’s opening set with Swedish guitarist Mattias Perez referenced quite a few of the tunes that have become familiar through the group Henderson’s played with since school days, Fiddlers’ Bid. But even without his three fiddling partners, Henderson portrayed all the colour and sheer melodic depth of items such as Da Farder Ben da Welcomer, with Perez providing ultra-sympathetic accompaniments on bouzouki as well as guitar. Henderson’s relaying of background tales enhanced his melodic command and graceful delivery.”

Sunday, November 12 | 2:00 PM

Tickets available:
WICA Star: $45
Standard: $30
by request to the box office: $20
Youth 18 and Under: Free

Rob Adams – The Herald – Scottish Fiddle Festival 2012

Live reviews of Neil Pearlman:

“Just beautiful playing” –Anna Massie, Travelling Folk, BBC Radio Scotland

“Highly developed … rich in melody and structure” –Rootsworld

“One of the finest traditional pianists I have ever had the pleasure of hearing” –Mary Ann Kennedy

Earlier Event: November 11
John Whelan in Concert
Later Event: November 15
Art Talks: A Glorious Vision; Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts would like to begin by acknowledging that we gather on the ancestral homelands, originally known as Tscha-kole-chy (SHA-KOL-CHI) in Lushootseed (LU-SHOOT-SEED), of the Coastal Salish Peoples, on the lands of the lower Skagit, Tulalip (tuh·lay·luhp), Swinomish (SWIN-ə-mish), Snohomish (snō-hō-mish), Stillaguamish (still-uh-GWAH-mish), and Suquamish (soo-kwah-mish), who have lived in the Salish Sea basin since time immemorial and have hunted, fished, gathered, and taken care of these lands.

We respect their sovereignty, their right to self-determination, and we honor their sacred spiritual connection with the land and water.

Please join us in expressing our deepest respect and gratitude to the indigenous people of this territory and for their enduring care and protection of the land in which we currently occupy and share through the Treaty of Point Elliott signed by 82 tribes in Múckl-te-óh (Mukilteo) on January 22, 1855.