DeBaun Auditorium features progressive folk artists June 9
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Stevens Institute of Technology will present a concert of progressive folk music featuring the Philadelphia-based ensemble Broadside Electric and award-winning recording artists Margo Hennebach and Mark Saunders, Friday, June 9.
The
concert begins at 8 p.m. at the Grace E. and Kenneth W. DeBaun Auditorium, located in
Edwin A. Stevens Hall, at 5th and Hudson streets in Hoboken. Tickets are $5.
Reservations may be made by contacting the DeBaun box office at (201) 216-8937 or online
at www.debaun.org.
Broadside Electric, currently celebrating its 10th anniversary, researches
material from a wide range of countries and traditions. The recording group’s music
has been described as an inspired modern sound with distinctly traditional roots.
The quintet features Joe D’Andrea (drums, percussion, vocals), Amy Ksir (flute, tin whistles, oboe, vocals), Tom Rhoads (vocals, guitars, cittern, dulcimer), Jim Speer (Chapman Stick®, bass guitar, recorders, crumhorn) and Helene Zisook (violins, violas, mandolins, vocals).
For percussionist Joe D’Andrea, performing at DeBaun bears extra significance. Stevens is his alma mater (class of 1990), and he performed often at DeBaun as a student.
"In DeBaun, Stevens offers an ideal antidote to day-to-day college life," he says. "Opportunities abound in music, acting, directing and everything in-between. My experiences on stage, in the orchestra pit and behind the scenes at DeBaun continue to play a valuable role."
Songwriter Margo Hennebach and husband/guitarist Mark Saunders have performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the acclaimed Philadelphia Folk Festival as well as a long list of concert halls and coffeehouses throughout the country. They blend world folk, pop, rock and Celtic sensibilities into a fusion of folk.For more information on Broadside Electric, and Margo Hennebach and Mark Saunders, please go to www.stevens.edu/debaun/events.html. (Reporters/editors please note: downloadable high-resolution photos of both ensembles are available from this site.)
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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