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Lucie Therrien
Franco-American Music: Guitar, Piano & Vocals
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Lucie Therrien is a nationally and internationally acclaimed performer that has built her career around the music of her French Canadian heritage. She is also a composer, recording artist, author, poet, linguist, certified teacher, and historian. Her concert repertoire includes songs in French, English, and Spanish and she has presented programs of cultural diversity on five continents. Lucie performs as a solo artist, accompanying her versatile voice with piano, guitar, and a variety of ethnic instruments. Her repertoire includes a range of musical genres including traditional, contemporary, and original compositions. Into her well crafted performances she weaves entertaining and educational information-in story form for children and anecdotes for adults. Lucie has received Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grant awards from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts to preserve the traditional songs of her heritage by teaching apprentices, as well as film and composer awards. In 1999, Lucie was one of the cultural specialists invited to represent New Hampshire at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and assisted again at the expanded recreation Celebrate New Hampshire festival held in 2000 in Hopkinton.
For more than 15 years Lucie has also taken her talents to health care venues including nursing homes, assisted living sites, and other health care institutions. Her musical programs on guitar, piano (if available on site), and other instruments such as spoons, are offered in English, French, Spanish and four other languages. Lucie has published 15 recordings, 2 DVD's, 4 videos, a songbook and 2 research papers, and a book & CD Set in 2008.
Programs
offered: Performances; lecture-demonstrations; workshops; residencies; day programs; multi-day programs
Populations
served: Grades K-college, adults, elderly, general public
Availability:
All areas, year round
Fees:
Performances: $690/solo; Workshops: $450; Master Class: $550; Lecture-demonstrations: $500; fees negotiable depending on program content, length of program and travel distance, with reduced fees for block booking and combinations.
Contact
Information:
French American Music Ent.
PO Box 4721
Portsmouth, NH  03802-4721
Phone: 603/430-9524
Fax: 603/430-9524
email: LT@star.net
website: www.LucieT.com
Notes:
Lucie is on the New Hampshire Artist Roster, the Traditional Arts & Folklife Listing, and the Arts in Health Care Artist Directory.
Lucie is also on the New Hampshire Humanities Council’s “Humanities To Go” speakers roster. Click here for the Humanities Council’s “Humanities to Go” program.
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