THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 7
September 2019
Charbonneau
Arts Association
By ERIC HOEM
Fine musicians to grace the
2019 Charbonneau Arts Festival
In this fall’s Char-
bonneau Arts Festi-
val, music will com-
plement visual arts.
Musicians pour their
life experiences into
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their art, and in live
performances we can
see the intensity and feel their artistic
spirit at work. Visual artists are not
present usually, so we look at their
compositions trying to understand
what they were feeling and express-
ing. It is guesswork for us. However,
there is no question about intent and
passion of live music as we watch
and listen to the performance.
COURTESY PHOTO
David Rowe’s repertoire is influenced by
Brazilian styles and American rhythm and
blues.
ing in 2019, Charbonneau pianist Mari-
lyn Anderson will be performing at the
gala reception that begins our 36th an-
nual Charbonneau Arts festival Friday
evening, Nov. 1, 2019. Marilyn brings
her love of the piano and lifetime of ex-
perience to the keyboard of the baby
Pianist Marilyn Anderson
For the last two years, and return-
grand in the Charbonneau clubhouse
dining room. Her feeling for the music
brings it to life.
Marilyn’s love of music began
with eight years of lessons as a
youngster and continued at the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
where she majored in voice and pia-
no. Today she plays regularly for
her church. Marilyn says that she
loves to play at Charbonneau be-
cause she gets immediate feedback
on what people are enjoying, wheth-
er popular numbers, show tunes,
country and western, or light jazz.
Marilyn’s repertoire includes
jazzy tunes like “Summertime,”
show tunes such as “Over the Rain-
bow,” popular pieces like “Memory”
from Barry Manilow, and American
classics such as “Shenandoah.” All
her choices are performed with ele-
gant softness, like a familiar and
loved melody that quietly breaks
through our attention to the present
moment and takes us away.
Guitarist David Rowe
One of the surprises of last year’s
Charbonneau Arts Festival was the
lively jazz guitar performances by
Charbonneau resident David Rowe.
David explains that he tries to capture
the moods of popular songs from the
1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. His repertoire in-
cludes influences of Brazilian styles as
well as American rhythm and blues.
I can remember in last year’s festi-
val hearing one of David’s pieces
break through whatever was on my
mind, wheeling around, and feeling
mesmerized by David’s treatment of a
familiar tune. These kinds of experi-
ences are unique to music where you
sense a direct connection to what the
musician is feeling at that moment.
Although he fell in love with the gui-
tar in grade school and as a teenager,
David rediscovered his love for the in-
strument and the music he loves just
seven or eight years ago. He went on to
study with Dan Balmer, a well-known
jazz guitarist here in the PNW as well
as to attend Jazz workshops in Louis-
ville, KY. and Port Townsend, Wash.
Asked about his favorite style of play,
David commented, “I love jazz because
it provides a way to experience every
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