Thursday, December 8, 2011

Mandolin Featured in Concert at Dahmen Barn , December 10, 2011

                    509-229-3655

RE:     Concert featuring mandolin at the Dahmen Barn on December 10

On Saturday, December 10 at 7:30 pm at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn, Richard Kriehn from Colton, will be joined by Dave Snider and Tim Williams playing an acoustic mix featuring the mandolin, but also including fiddle, bass, guitar and harmonica. You will hear Brazilian, jazz, bluegrass, folk and swing. They play a few originals, but mostly obscure covers: Amazing Rhythm Aces, Robert Earl Keen, John Prine, David Wilcox. The cost is $8 at the door.  Richard has played with Tim since 1985. Dave is new to the group.

Richard Kriehn is an Instructor and the academic advisor for the School of Music at Washington State University. He teaches Guitar Class, Intro to Music Technology as well as private lessons in mandolin, violin and guitar. Richard has performed with the Washington-Idaho Symphony, Arkansas Symphony, Alabama Symphony, Boise Philharmonic, Nashville Chamber Orchestra and has toured the United States, Canada and Japan with Nashville recording artists Michael Peterson, Aaron Tippin and Travis Tritt. While touring/ living in Nashville, Richard was also a member of "1946", the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble and transcribed four mandolin books for Mel Bay Publishers. Starting in 2010, Richard has become a regular performer for Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, which boasts 3.5 million listeners, every weekend. Richard lives in Colton, Washington with his wife Danette and their three children.

Artisans at the Dahmen Barn is in Uniontown on highway 195 in the big white barn behind the famous iron wheel fence.  The non-profit creativity center is open Thursday through Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.  There is no daily admission fee and the building is fully handicap accessible.  Information:  www.artisanbarn.org or 509-229-3414.

Richard may be reached at:  richardkriehn@gmail.com

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