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==Biographies==
==Biographies==
'''Kelly Armor''' studied composition at [[Yale University]] with David Hicks and [[Martin Bresnick]], and flute performance with Thomas Nyfenger. For 2½ years she lived with native families in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]], became fluent in [[Swahili language|Swahili]], and collected [[Paganism|Pagan]], [[Islam]]ic, and [[Christian]] traditional songs, learning to play indigenous flutes and hand percussion instruments. She received a B.A. in Intercultural Studies and [[Ethnomusicology]] from the Friends World Program of [[Long Island University]] in 1988. She has given workshops and lectures on East African music and culture for the [[Library of Congress]], the [[National Flute Association]], and at [[Chautauqua Institution]]. In 1999, she was hired as an oral historian by the [[Erie Maritime Museum]] where she collected stories about Erie's lakefront history. She currently serves as the Director of Education and Folk Art at the [[Erie Art Museum]],<ref>[http://www.erieartmuseum.org/information/contact.html Erie Art Museum staff]</ref> where she has taught classes as part of the Earth Force Call to Action youth workshop program <ref>[http://www.earthforce.org/content/article/detail/1333?PHPSESSID= Earth Force Website]</ref> and has participated in more than 30 long-term residencies with pre-school, elementary, middle school, and adult students. She is active in the Unitarian Universalist Church, and has taught and performed there along with Tanzanian musician Fadhil Nkurlu, and appeared on their radio show ''Studio One'' with Karen Impola.<ref>[http://www.uusbhc.org/newsletters/newsletter0504.pdf Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk County website]</ref> Other collaborations with Nkurlu include classes at the University of Northern Iowa and Chautaugua Institute in New York State.<ref>[http://www.mshale.com/article.cfm?articleID=1333 "Fadhili Nkurlu - A Music Legend in the Making" by Swallehe Msuya 15 December 2006 ''Mshale'']</ref> She also has played with the [[Charley Rappaport|Great American Gypsies]].<ref>[http://www.playerie.com/artists/great_american_gypsies/index.html Great American Gypsies website]</ref>
'''Kelly Armor''' is the Director of Education and Folk Art at the [[Erie Art Museum]],<ref>[http://www.erieartmuseum.org/information/contact.html Erie Art Museum staff]</ref> where she has taught classes as part of the Earth Force Call to Action youth workshop program <ref>[http://www.earthforce.org/content/article/detail/1333?PHPSESSID= Earth Force Website]</ref> and has participated in more than 30 long-term residencies with pre-school, elementary, middle school, and adult students. She is active in the Unitarian Universalist Church, and has taught and performed there along with Tanzanian musician Fadhil Nkurlu, and appeared on their radio show ''Studio One'' with Karen Impola.<ref>[http://www.uusbhc.org/newsletters/newsletter0504.pdf Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk County website]</ref> Other collaborations with Nkurlu include classes at the University of Northern Iowa and Chautaugua Institute in New York State.<ref>[http://www.mshale.com/article.cfm?articleID=1333 "Fadhili Nkurlu - A Music Legend in the Making" by Swallehe Msuya 15 December 2006 ''Mshale'']</ref> She also has played with the [[Charley Rappaport|Great American Gypsies]].<ref>[http://www.playerie.com/artists/great_american_gypsies/index.html Great American Gypsies website]</ref>


'''Dave Sturtevant''' learned singing and fiddle from his father (born in the Appalachian foothills of north central Pennsylvania), performing traditional ballads, camp songs, and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] hymns. He studied voice and trumpet in high school and college, and is self-taught on guitar. In 1986 he received a B.S. in Sound Recording Technology from the [[State University of New York at Fredonia]]. In 1993 he was a finalist in the Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Contest.<ref>[http://webliminal.com/songwrite/index-nov98.html Webliminal Website: Armor & Sturtevant bio]</ref>
'''Dave Sturtevant''' learned singing and fiddle from his father (born in the Appalachian foothills of north central Pennsylvania), performing traditional ballads, camp songs, and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] hymns. He studied voice and trumpet in high school and college, and is self-taught on guitar. In 1986 he received a B.S. in Sound Recording Technology from the [[State University of New York at Fredonia]]. In 1993 he was a finalist in the Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Contest.<ref>[http://webliminal.com/songwrite/index-nov98.html Webliminal Website: Armor & Sturtevant bio]</ref>

Revision as of 11:14, 28 November 2012

Armor and Sturtevant were an American husband and wife musical and recording artist duo that existed from 1991 to 2005. They lived and were based in Erie, Pennsylvania.

They were listed on the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour Roster (and received two grants from them [1][2]), and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Roster for Arts in Education,[3] and they have been favorably reviewed in the The Plain Dealer,[4] Erie Daily Times,[5] Dirty Linen Magazine, the Rockville Gazette[6] and the Washington Post.[7]

Biographies

Kelly Armor is the Director of Education and Folk Art at the Erie Art Museum,[8] where she has taught classes as part of the Earth Force Call to Action youth workshop program [9] and has participated in more than 30 long-term residencies with pre-school, elementary, middle school, and adult students. She is active in the Unitarian Universalist Church, and has taught and performed there along with Tanzanian musician Fadhil Nkurlu, and appeared on their radio show Studio One with Karen Impola.[10] Other collaborations with Nkurlu include classes at the University of Northern Iowa and Chautaugua Institute in New York State.[11] She also has played with the Great American Gypsies.[12]

Dave Sturtevant learned singing and fiddle from his father (born in the Appalachian foothills of north central Pennsylvania), performing traditional ballads, camp songs, and Lutheran hymns. He studied voice and trumpet in high school and college, and is self-taught on guitar. In 1986 he received a B.S. in Sound Recording Technology from the State University of New York at Fredonia. In 1993 he was a finalist in the Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Contest.[13]

Recording and broadcast

Armor and Sturtevant have produced recordings of their own music and performances of musicological interest from other parts of the world. Both of their CDs on the Tatema Music label have garnered air play on folk radio programs nationwide, including National Public Radio's Car Talk, WVBR's Bound for Glory series [14] and internationally on the United States Information Agency's Voice of America. They have also appeared on the albums of Dan Berggren and the Great American Gypsies.

Past performances

  • Blissfest, Cross Village, Michigan
  • Baltimore Folk Music Society, Maryland
  • Caffè Lena, Saratoga, New York
  • Grand River Folk Art Society, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
  • Fredonia Opera House, Fredonia, New York
  • Whitaker Center, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • Bickford Theater, Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
  • Two Harbors Folk Festival, Minnesota
  • Common Ground, Westminster, Maryland
  • Shenandoah Music Festival, Orkney Springs, Virginia
  • Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland
  • Reading Musical Foundation, Reading, Pennsylvania
  • Kent State University Folk Festival, Kent, Ohio
  • Starwood Festival, Sherman, New York
  • The Great Blue Heron Music Festival, Sherman, New York
  • Down East Folklore Society, Beaufort, North Carolina
  • Tidewater Friends of Folk Music, Norfolk, Virginia
  • Morgan County Arts Council, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
  • Erie Summer Festival of the Arts, Pennsylvania
  • Calliope Folk Music Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Fredericksburg Songwriters' Showcase 1998, Fredericksburg, VA
  • GottaGetGon Folk Festival, Saratoga County, New York[15]
  • Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania [16]
  • First Congregational Church, River Edge, New Jersey[17]

Discography

  • 1993 - Spring Day (Tatema Music) - CD and cassette
  • 1996 - You Dance Like You Drive (Tatema Music) - CD and cassette [1]
  • 2003 - Crayola Doesn't Make a Color for Your Eyes - Erie Pennsylvania School District: Limited Edition Recording of the District Choir's Annual Concert (125 kids singing a Kristin Andreasson song and doing body percussion under Armor & Sturtevant's direction.)
  • 2008 - next one by - Davy Sturtevant & Brenda Jean (Butch Bunny Records)

Performed as guest artists

Musicological recordings

  • 2001 - Vavaka: Contemporary Christian Composers of Madagascar (Erie Art Museum)
  • 2004 - Roho: Songs of the Spirit from East Africa (Erie Art Museum)

Film

  • 2002 - Safe Harbor: A Story of the Underground Railroad - A Main Street Media Inc. Production in association with the Harry Burleigh Society, the Northwest Pennsylvania Freedom Institute and WQLN Public Broadcasting of Northwestern Pennsylvania [2]

References

  1. ^ 1999 grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour
  2. ^ 2000 grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour
  3. ^ Fredericksburg Songwriters' Showcase: Armor and Sturtevant Bio
  4. ^ "Eastern Influences Tint Kelly Armor & David Sturtevant's Folk Music" Plain Dealer November 26th, 1994, pg. 7 sec. B
  5. ^ Night Eagle Cafe' Website: Armor & Sturtevant bio (includes Erie Daily Times review)
  6. ^ Moore Music Website November 4, 1998 "Tanzania With a Twang: Musical Pairing from Eclectic Duo" by Karen Schafer of Rockville Gazette
  7. ^ "You Dance Like You Drive" by Mike Joyce Washington Post August 22nd, 1997
  8. ^ Erie Art Museum staff
  9. ^ Earth Force Website
  10. ^ Unitarian Universalist Society of Black Hawk County website
  11. ^ "Fadhili Nkurlu - A Music Legend in the Making" by Swallehe Msuya 15 December 2006 Mshale
  12. ^ Great American Gypsies website
  13. ^ Webliminal Website: Armor & Sturtevant bio
  14. ^ Folkstuff Website
  15. ^ Picking and Singing website
  16. ^ Armor & Sturtevant Reschedules Performance at Westminster College Wednesday, March 28, 2001 Westminster College Website
  17. ^ New York Times Jan. 7th, 2009
  • [3] Musical Diversity Makes Its Way to Westminster College. Westminster Weekly article

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