Location
Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum
Directions
201 South Washington Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
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About this event
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Jacqueline Schwab's newest album, I Lift My Lamp--Illuminations from Immigrant America, which has several DC-area connections: It was recorded at Sono Luminus, in Boyce, VA; Stephanie Smith (retired from the Smithsonian Folklife Center) wrote the liner notes; and the work of immigrant artist Anna Shakeeva, whose studio is in Alexandria, graces the CD's cover. Jaqueline recorded it pre-pandemic, and it was finally released in July, 2022. Her I Lift My Lamp program includes stories of growing up (and folk dancing) in multicultural Pittsburgh, to introduce the pieces.
- Pianist Jacqueline Schwab spins musical stories out of the myriad strands in the American quilt and with the spirit of community music making at their heart. Her signature playing features in over a dozen of Ken Burns’ documentaries, including his Grammy-winning Civil War, Baseball, Lewis and Clark, Mark Twain, The War and Benjamin Franklin, as well as The Irish in America—The Long Journey Home and other PBS documentaries. She has performed at the White House for President Clinton and on PBS with the American Pops Orchestra and has accompanied Scottish singer Jean Redpath on public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion and on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman. As a solo pianist, she has performed vintage music in almost every state of the Union. She is well known to the traditional dance world for her groundbreaking playing with the Bare Necessities ensemble. Her recently-released solo album I Lift My Lamp—Illuminations from Immigrant America celebrates vintage music from American immigrants. Jacqueline graduated from New England Conservatory, majoring in piano improvisation. She grew up in Pittsburgh and has since lived in Boston and on Cape Cod.
- https://www.jacquelineschwab.com
