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 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University TM , lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research. The University's students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management.
Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, master’s, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts. Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,200 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world. Additional information may be obtained at www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/press.
