BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.4.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Chris Dingman &\; Kate Beever: Songs\, Sounds &\; Sto ries of Healing X-WR-CALDESC:Portland Downtown X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20230312T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20230312T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chris Dingman &\; Kate Beever: Songs\, Sounds &\; Stories of Healing DESCRIPTION:Join two mallet percussionists for a night of songs\, immers ive sounds\, and stories about their work using music to help others hea l.\n\nNYC-based vibraphonist and composer Chris Dingman is known for his distinctive approach to the instrument: sonically rich and conceptually expansive. In his captivating solo performances\, he casts an envelopin g atmosphere\, creating layers of simultaneous sound.. It’s an immersi ve listening experience that many have described as transportive and dee ply healing.\n\nHaving worked with legendary artists Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter\, and with next-generation visionaries such as Ambrose Aki nmusire\, Linda May Han Oh\, and Steve Lehman\, Dingman brings together his experience in modern jazz with a host of influences from around the world in service of taking listeners on a journey to a transcendent plac e.\n\nOn his path to becoming a solo artist\, he documented his improvis ations privately for many years\, until his world changed. When his fath er entered hospice care in 2018\, he created the 5-hour extended album P eace\, recorded as he played it for his father\, and ultimately released in 2020. This led to an ongoing exploration of his solo music and his c ritically acclaimed albums journeys vol. 1 and vol. 2 \, which have been described as “hypnotic” (The New York Times)\, “spellbinding” ( Bandcamp)\, “absolutely beautiful” (Jazz at Lincoln Center)\, and solo masterpieces” (Downbeat).\n\nChris is actively touring\, perform ing in concert\, healing\, and hybrid modalities for audiences around th e world\, both in person and online. Recent concert performances include Omega Institute (Rhinebeck)\, Timucua Arts (Orlando)\, The Jazz Gallery (New York)\, Constellation (Chicago)\, Lawrence University (Appleton)\, Redwood Jazz Alliance (Eureka)\, and many others including a 10-date so lo tour of the US supported by a grant from South Arts.\n\nChris has per formed around the world including in India\, Vietnam\, and extensively i n Europe and North America. He has been profiled by NPR\, the New York T imes\, Downbeat\, AMNY and many other publications\, and has received fe llowships and grants from Chamber Music America\, New Music USA\, South Arts\, and the Thelonious Monk Institute. Hailed by the New York Times a s a “dazzling” soloist and a composer with a “fondness for airtigh t logic and burnished lyricism\,” the fluidity of his musical approach has earned him praise as “an extremely gifted composer\, bandleader\, and recording artist.” (Jon Weber\, NPR).\n\nKate Beever\, MA\, MT-BC \, studied percussion performance at the USM School of Music and then wo rked for Frank Glazer before earning her Master’s degree in Music Psyc hotherapy from New York University. She interned at Beth Israel Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She returned to the f resh air of Maine to open Maine Music &\; Health\, LLC. Maine Music & amp\; Health helps those with illnesses and disabilities reach their goa ls through the power of music. Kate’s business was the SBA’s 2017 Mi croenterprise of the Year and won $10\,000 from Robert Herjavec in the I NC Magazine and UPS Store’s Small Business Challenge in Los Angeles. M M&\;H has developed music &\; wellness programs with Maine Medical Center\, York Hospital\, the Dempsey Center\, Boston College\, the Port land and Bangor Symphony Orchestras\, and worked with thousands of clien ts with medical needs. In addition to playing solo and with orchestras\, Kate has performed in bands supporting Emilia Dahlin\, Jeff Beam\, Zach Jones\, and others. URL;VALUE=URI:https://portlandmaine.com/events/chris-dingman-kate-beever -songs-sounds-stories-of-healing/ UID:urn:uuid:5e8b30b6-8515-47bc-aa45-7a52378a7e42 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260530T204909Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230625T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230625T230000 LOCATION:181 State St\, Portland\, Maine 04101\, US END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR