Performance
Date
Friday,
May 28
Evening Concert - Kennedy Outdoor Theater
Chris
Rosser is a
multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, composer
and producer. As a solo singer-songwriter, he tours
nationally playing at festivals, clubs and listening
rooms. As a member of the world-jazz instrumental
trio Free
Planet Radio, he plays a variety of instruments,
including the Indian dotar, Turkish cumbus oud,
guitars, melodica and piano.
He
has won songwriting contests at the Rocky Mountain
Folks and Merle Watson festivals, been selected as a
New Folk Finalist and appeared on the Kerrville
mainstage and showcased twice at the Falcon Ridge
Folk Festival. With the help of a 1999 WNC Regional
Artists grant, he continued his studies of
Hindustani classical music and the sarod (a
25-string fretless Indian lute) with world famous
Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan in San Rafael, CA. He
was awarded a 2003 Songwriter/Composer fellowship
from the NC Arts Council.
For
more information on the Chris, visit www.chrisrosser.com
