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Backstage at the Norton Center

Backstage at the Norton Center with Jeremy Kittel

1. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT I… Often take late-night walks alone listening to music; I’m sometimes amazed that almost no one is out doing their thing except me. 2. WHEN I’M NOT ON TOUR I… love chilling at home; hanging with people or animals I like; listening to or writing music, jamming with friends; [...]

Backstage at the Norton Center with Grégoire Maret

1. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT I… speak three languages. 2. WHEN I’M NOT ON TOUR I… spend time with my wife, practice, research and try to write a lot of music being influenced primarily by visual art and sounds. 3. WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MY ART IS… the raw emotions and the total [...]

By |2017-06-02T19:30:57-04:00February 18th, 2013|Backstage at the Norton Center|

Backstage at the Norton Center with… Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi player with the Silk Road Ensemble

1. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT I… worked as a junk bond analyst at the New York office of Japan's largest securities firm, Nomura Securities. (Last October at a Silk Road Ensemble concert, my boss from those days unexpectedly discovered what I'm up to these days...he had no idea...great reunion!) 2. WHEN I’M NOT ON [...]

By |2017-06-02T19:32:01-04:00February 4th, 2013|Backstage at the Norton Center|

Backstage at the Norton Center with Charles Ross of One Man Star Wars

1. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT I… love to garden. 2. WHEN I’M NOT ON TOUR I… love to be at home. 3. WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MY ART IS… it isn’t really “art.” 4. A LIFE LESSON I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH CENTRE COLLEGE STUDENTS IS: learn while you can, make mistakes [...]

By |2017-06-02T19:42:43-04:00January 30th, 2013|Backstage at the Norton Center|

Backstage at the Norton Center with Phil Vassar

1. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT I… went to college on a track and field scholarship. 2. WHEN I’M NOT ON TOUR I… hang out with my daughters. 3. WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MY ART IS… it expresses how I feel.  Good, bad, happy, sad, etc. 4. A LIFE LESSON I WOULD LIKE TO [...]

By |2017-06-05T13:11:36-04:00November 6th, 2012|Backstage at the Norton Center|

Backstage at the Norton Center with… Jerry Douglas

1. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT I… was preparing to go to the University of Maryland as an English major when my plans were hijacked by a band named The Country Gentlemen, from Washington, DC. I was bitten by the traveling musician bug and never looked back. 2. WHEN I’M NOT ON TOUR I… try [...]

By |2017-06-05T13:15:15-04:00July 31st, 2012|Backstage at the Norton Center|

Backstage at the Norton Center with… Seán Curran

1. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT I… am quite an accomplished shower singer. 2. WHEN I’M NOT ON TOUR I… am working on the next project to go on tour. 3. WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MY ART IS… that my work is my play, and my play is my work. 4. A LIFE LESSON [...]

By |2017-06-05T13:15:37-04:00July 31st, 2012|Backstage at the Norton Center|

Backstage at the Norton Center with…Douglas Jenkins, Artistic Director for the Portland Cello Project

1. VERY FEW PEOPLE...(including us!) knew that this group would take off the way it did. In fact, we thought we'd only play one show… PCP quickly evolved, moving away from the gimmick, becoming a group that focuses on building bridges between different parts of the music community, bringing the cello  places you wouldn't normally [...]

By |2017-06-05T13:16:08-04:00April 17th, 2012|Backstage at the Norton Center|

Backstage at the Norton Center with…André Lewis

The Norton Center sat down with André Lewis, Artistic Director for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and had him answer the 10 questions we ask everyone… 1. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT I… Love Opera. My favorite is probably Tosca. 2. WHEN I’M NOT ON TOUR I… am usually in the office working on the next [...]

By |2017-06-05T13:21:46-04:00March 15th, 2012|Backstage at the Norton Center|

Backstage at the Norton Center with Darrin Vincent

The Norton Center sat down with Darrin Vincent, guitar, mandolin and harmony vocals for  bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent, and had him answer the 10 questions we ask everyone… 1. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT I…  Have a difficult time talking to the audience, trying to come up with something clever to say, and important [...]

By |2017-06-05T13:27:29-04:00November 4th, 2011|Backstage at the Norton Center|