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By LAURIE MARSHALL
AND TUTT HARRIS
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The Appalachian jazz string band known as Trapezoid will perform Saturday, April 20 at 8 p.m. in Washington, Virginia’s Gay St. Theatre. The band, originally of West Virginia, has recently moved their base of operation to Rappahannock County. This will be Trapezoid’s first concert in the county.
Having performed throughout Canada and the United States, including at the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian Institution, Wolf TVap and on National Public Radio, the group is widely recognized as a one-of-a-kind combination of traditional American music and original compositions.
They draw upon Irish and American folk tunes, swing, jazz, chamber music, African melodies, gospel music and classical training with an unusual poignancy and sense of mystery. Trapezoid is able to capture the imagination of most any audience, regardless of age, current fashion or musical preference.
Four talented musicians make up the band - Paul Reisler, who plays hammer dulcimer and guitar, has built many of the instruments played by the group and has served as traditional music consultant for the state of West Virginia; Ralph Gordon, who studied bass and cello at the Manhatten School of Music and has performed with several symphonies; Lorraine Duisit, who holds a painting degree from the Rhode Island School of Design, writes many of Trapezoid’s original compositions, sings and plays mandolin; and Freyda Epstein, who won the World Twin Fiddling Championship in North Carolina and sings alto to Duisit’s soprano.
The name Trapezoid comes from the shape of the hammered dulcimer, a traditional American instrument. According to Carl Kovac of the Cleveland Press, “What welds this diverse
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