Made possible by a grant from the Porter Fleming Foundation, the Riverwalk Series will present Elisabeth von Trapp and cellist Erich Kory in a Westobou Festival concert at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, 24 September 2009 in the nave of historic Saint Paul's Church in downtown Augusta. The concert will be preceded by a Sunset Buffet catered by Crums on Central and held in the River and Berlin Rooms of the church facility, overlooking the Savannah River.
Sunset
Buffet catered by Crums on Central before the concert.
Menu
Farfalle pasta with meatballs, peppers, and onions.
Tortellini pasta filled with four cheeses and topped with fall vegetables in a garlic cream sauce.
Antipasto tray with Italian cheeses and cured meats, artichoke hearts, grilled romaine hearts and roasted red peppers.
Caesar salad station hand tossed salads.
Shrimp and Grits with forest mushrooms, green onions and feta cheese. Smoked chicken wings.
Pulled pork BBQ with rolls and sauce.
Garlicky green beans.
Flank Steak carving station with tortillas, tomato salsa, black bean salsa, sour cream, guacomole, and shredded cheese.
Pulled mojo chicken for tortilla bar.
Black bean salad, Chorizo rice.
Cheesecake bites, key lime pie bites, chocolate pecan bars, lemon squares.
For Elisabeth von Trapp, the sounds of music are part of her earliest memories. Born and raised in Vermont, Elisabeth is the granddaughter of the legendary Maria and Baron von Trapp, whose story inspired The Sound of Music. Singing professionally since childhood, Elisabeth has enthralled audiences from European cathedrals to Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center.
Inspired by her father Werner von Trapp's guitar playing and singing, Elisabeth has carried on the legacy of the internationally renowned Trapp Family Singers. She began taking piano lessons when she was eight and by the age of sixteen she was playing guitar and traveling the back roads of New England performing with her siblings at weddings, gospel meetings and town halls.
Building on her famed family's passion for music, Elisabeth has created her own artistic style, at once ethereal and earthy, delicate and powerful. Listeners have likened her to Judy Collins and Loreena McKennitt. Critics have called her voice ... hauntingly clear joyfully expressive and simply beautiful.
Elisabeth's concert repertoire ranges from Bach to Broadway ... Schubert to Sting. With equal ease and eloquence she sings timeless wonders like Rodgers and Hammerstein's Favorite Things and Edelweiss, Lieder by Mozart, Puccini's O Mio Babbino Caro, soaring gospel tunes, pop classics like A Whiter Shade of Pale and her own stunning compositions.
Erich Kory began his New York City freelance career at the age of 23 where he performed with the cream of the freelance community and well known artists including singers: Freidrica Von Stade, Placedo Domingo, Kathleen Battle, Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry and Birgit Nilsson; Conductors: Leonard Bernstein, James Levine, Roger Norrington, Andre Previn, Julius Rudel, Trevor Pennock, Dennis Russell Davies, Robert Shaw and John Nelson; Popular artists: Sting, Tony Bennett, Liza Minelli, Smokey Robinson, Moody Blues, Steve Martin, Johnny Mathis, Robert Goulet, Lyle Mays and Astor Piazzola. Erich Kory can now be heard not only in his solo concerts, but performing with multi-media, dance, circus and theater groups throughout the world. Recording being his passion, he has created several film soundtracks in the last years and has opened his own studio. His compact discs Sentient Cello & Never Ending Story have recieved much critical acclaim & are being played on radio around the world. Erich is presently touring with singer Elisabeth Von Trapp in the USA and is playing with Jerri Brown, Genvieve Charest, Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Éloise, Les Gens d'R & Cirque Fantastique in Canada and the Palindrome Multi-Media Performance Group in Europe. He is presently writing a Soundtrack for Pale Fire, a dance production of Jane Mappen in Montreal.
