![]() The centerpiece of our musical program will be a world premiere of a new song cycle from Erica Ball featuring exclusively poets from Maine. Our initial project is a series of performances featuring a program that highlights the poetry of New England. Classical soprano Sarah Tuttle and pianist Bridget Convey will take us on the journey ( Songs From Here Bios.) SCROLL DOWN TO ORDER TICKETS. Thoumire formed a traditional Scottish band, Keep It Up.Songs From Here is a new initiative put together by Maine-based musicians intended to cultivate and celebrate locally written and performed poetry and song. ![]() A fiddle-oriented subsidiary, Foot Stompin' Records, has released albums by Liz Doherty and the Fiddlesticks. Since 1999, Thoumire has overseen his own label, Tartan Records. Thoumire had previously composed and performed, "The Scottish Requiem," to celebrate one thousand years of the Roman Mass being used in Scotland. Thoumire's most ambitious effort, Music for a New Scottish Parliament, was composed to mark the first Parliament session in three hundred years and was recorded at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in May 1999. Two years later, he joined with members of American folk group the Mollys and Scottish producer Hamish MacGregor to record an album of traditional tunes, Trip to Scotland. Together with keyboard wiz Fergus MacKenzie, he recorded Exhibit A in 1995. Thoumire has continued to explore the outer realms of Celtic music. Their second effort, March, Strathspey, & Surreal, released three years later, remains their masterpiece, with its artistic approach to traditional Celtic music. Forming Simon Thoumire Three with jazz musicians Kevin MacKenzie and Brian Shiels, they successfully fused Celtic music and jazz with their first album, Waltzes for Playboys, in 1993. Releasing his debut solo album, Hootz, recorded with Scottish guitarist Ian Carr, in 1990, while still a member of Seannachie, Thoumire increasingly focused on his solo career. Although he returned to perform a series of reunion concerts, in 19, the group disbanded before recording. During the five years that he was initially in the band, his playing was featured on two albums - Take Note, released in 1988, and Devil's Delight, released four years later. His first break came when he was invited to join Seannachie in 1987. Honing his skills during informal jam sessions at local folk clubs, Thoumire performed his first professional shows as a member of the Hopscotch Ceilidh Band. Acquiring a concertina from a friend of Leatham's, he quickly mastered the instrument. His interests in the concertina were sparked by a sister, who studied accordion with influential teacher Chrissie Leatham. According to, Thoumire is "one of the most technically accomplished players of the concertina to emerge in recent years." Thoumire's involvement with music began, at the young age of nine, when he played bagpipes in Boys Brigade. The recipient of a BBC Young Tradition Award, in 1987, Thoumire has continued to build on the traditions with his virtuosic playing. ![]() The musical traditions of Scotland have been updated through the concertina playing and composing of Edinburgh-born Simon Thoumire.
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