Caleigh

Caleigh, an all-woman ensemble, offers four versatile and talented people — Dee Furfano, Lenore Siems, Deb Steinbar, and Apr Lawson. Celtic music in Bemidji, MN, (and beyond, because of the web) offers benefited using their conjoined shows since 1998. Dee Furfano performed in musical productions throughout middle and senior high school, like a choir soloist and madrigal vocalist aswell as playing percussion in the Roseau, MN, college band, plus little instrumental group ensembles. At Bemidji Condition College or university she participated in concert choir, chamber performers, children’s opera, as well as the Eurospring educational exchange system, aswell as carrying out in Israel with an Europa Cantat event. In 1981, she received a bachelor’s level in music and primary education. She adopted that with teaching kindergarten with Ojibwe college students on the Crimson Lake Indian Booking, and was a 1999-2000 participant and planner of the Perpich Middle for Arts Education “Movie theater in the Class” grant on the Crimson Lake college. In Caleigh, Furfano has the Irish goat-skin drum, the bodhran, aswell as congas/bongos, spoons, and assorted percussion equipment, in addition to the cross-over bass. Lenore Siems’ parents provided her a violin at age group 11, and she’s been playing since, though she turned to the viola in tenth quality, going to perform in the All-State Orchestra. She received a BA in Sociology and Offender Justice, which resulted in work in police being a US Traditions Inspector, a Country wide Recreation area Ranger, and a Sheriffs Drinking water Patrol Deputy in Minnesota. She eventually came back to Bemidji Condition School to comprehensive a BS level in Music Education using a focus in K-12 orchestra and class music. Furthermore to playing fiddle, viola, and mandolin with Caleigh, Siems provides performed professionally using the Heartland Symphony as well as the Dark Hillsides Symphony of Fast Town, SD; the Itasca Symphony in Grand Rapids, MN; the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra; as well as the Amato String Quartet. From 1993-1995 she offered as Director from the Itasca Orchestral Culture in Grand Rapids, MN. Since 1993, when she was presented to bluegrass music, she’s played in various fiddle celebrations and competitions. She’s been a U.S. adjudicator for the Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canadian fiddle competition, aswell as director from the Headwaters College of Music as well as the Arts Fiddle Camp in 1998. Siems can be a member from the MN Music Education Assoc. and shows music in the kindergarten and Early Treatment programs from the Bemidji College Area. She also shows adult violin classes. Deb Steinbar started singing at family members gatherings, and by second quality, added piano lessons. Through senior high school she was a dynamic accompanist and chapel organist. Obtaining levels in medical and psychology through the College or university of North Dakota in 1975, she adopted this with 2 yrs as a Peacefulness Corps volunteer nurse in Bahrain. On go back to the U.S., she spent 12 years like a healthcare professional. Time for music in 1989, she finished a BA in music at Bemidji Condition College or university in 1992 and was a co-recipient from the Carl O. Thompson award knowing the very best graduate in instrumental music. She after that went on to review with Dr. Jane Solose in the College or university of North Dakota and gained a master’s level in music in 1994 with a significant in piano and minors in tone of voice and harpsichord. Steinbar in addition has been a dynamic performer using the Bemidji Headwaters Trio and a duo-pianist with Sara Bloom, premiering functions by ladies composers. She keeps a MN Music Educators Association Professional qualification in piano and harpsichord and it is a National Accredited Instructor of Music. She’s offered being a piano adjudicator for the MMTA as well as the Lakes Region Federation of Music Night clubs. She maintains an exclusive piano studio known as La Ricordanza in Cass Lake, MN. From comprehensive history she brings keyboards, harp, tin whistle, and both tranquility and business lead vocals to Caleigh. Although Apr Lawson was raised with music in her lifestyle, she didn’t start taking music lessons until university. However, she’s the power of readily picking right up any device she attempts, and is becoming proficient on electric guitar, harp, key pad, and percussion, aswell as vocals, ably integrating these abilities into Caleigh. Finding a level in Spanish from Bemidji Condition in 1975, she’s since trained it on both senior high school and university levels, aswell as traveling broadly in Mexico and Spain. She and her family members have also offered as hosts to numerous foreign exchange learners. She actually is retired in the U.S. Sea Corps Reserve, aswell. Extremely active family members lives and schedules make coordinating general public shows challenging for Caleigh people, so they have a tendency to concentrate on every week practice sessions resulting in studio recordings.