Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with concert at St. Charles library
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Irish baritone Gavin Coyle, flutist Carlyn Lloyd and pianist Jon Warfel at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 12, at the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave.
This performance of the library's Sunday Concert Series will feature folk and traditional music from the homeland that will take you back to the "Old Sod."
Vocalist Coyle was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. At age 14, he won the title of All-Ireland Singing Champion. He has also performed on the BBC both in Northern Ireland and in England. Locally, he has been featured on WGN radio, performed at Milwaukee Irish Fest, and performed the national anthem several times at Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, and the United Center.
Celebrating their 30th year as an ensemble in 2015, the duo of Lloyd and Warfel has performed more than 750 concerts and educational programs throughout the United States. In addition, the duo has been heard in performances on radio and television program.
Lloyd performs regularly with many ensembles including Arianna, an ensemble comprised of flute, harp, violin and string bass. She has written arrangements of popular and classical music for her woodwind quintet, Quintuplex. She owns Tri-L-Co Music, a company that engages classical chamber music ensembles.
Warfel maintains an active performing schedule as both piano soloist and accompanist. He has toured the United States as piano soloist and has performed piano concertos with several Illinois orchestras. Warfel is a retired faculty member of Waubonsee Community College and former music director of the Fox Valley Festival Chorus. He now serves as assistant director of the Naperville Chorus and director of the Naperville Chamber Singers, with whom he has toured Ireland as accompanist.
This event is part of the Library's Sunday Concert Series, featuring a wide variety of live musical performances. The public is welcome and the concert is free to attend.
For information, visit www.stcharleslibrary.org or call (630) 584-0076.