![]() The River Raisin Ragtime Revue is ready to time travel with you to the early 1900s. And it’s just perfect and you can just feel the energy in the house.” “I love that it takes place in a 1920s vaudeville house," he said, "and the whole idea of it is to re-create a feeling of the golden age of American entertainment: the ragtime, the vaudeville, and the burlesque eras. And the Ragtime Extravaganza is the Revue’s biggest event each year - and by far "the most fun," Pemberton said. The Revue has grown to be one of southeast Michigan’s most respected performance groups, featuring musicians from across the state, including professors from Central Michigan and the University of Michigan’s music departments. ![]() He’s served as its president - and tuba player - ever since. Now, a hundred years after ragtime's apex, and 47 miles east of the Remick Music Shell, the sixth the annual Ragtime Extravaganza aims to recreate the look, feel, and sound of the music's classic era at the Michigan Theater on January 21.Įxtravaganza organizer William Pemberton has always loved ragtime music and founded the River Raisin Ragtime Revue in 2002. (Read a history of Detroit ragtime here.) In fact, the Remick Music Shell on Belle Isle is named for Jerome Remick, one of the biggest publishers of ragtime music. If the American ideal is defined by the coming together of various cultures to create a unique whole, then ragtime is the country's first musical example of that worldly synthesis.ĭeveloped in African-American communities in the 1890s, the music combines African rhythms and syncopations, European harmonies, marches, and a Latin tinge to create a sonic brew that the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin, described as "weird and intoxicating."ĭetroit loved that weird intoxication and was a hub for ragtime during the music's peak period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries before it gave way to jazz. Cole, Eminem, KYGO, Michael Bublé, PJ Morton, and others! Learn more about Kelsee Vandervall at her personal site the valley of Erin Morris & Her Ragdolls. Kelsee’s career has also taken her across the country to record and perform with artists including Lizzo, J. She can be seen performing in local musical theater productions and recording for artists such as John Legend and Kirk Franklin. ![]() Kelsee enjoys playing all styles of music! Outside of R4, Kelsee is a Chicago based freelancer, teacher and arranger. Awarded a fellowship for her 2 years, Kelsee had the opportunity to train with world-renown faculty and artists such as the Calidore and Takács string quartet. Kelsee went on to receive a dual Master’s of Music Degree in Cello Performance and Chamber Music at the University of Michigan in 2018, under the instruction of Anthony Elliott (now Cello Professor Emeritus). It was there that she began to arrange music for strings. There, she spent 4 years studying with Jill Kaeding and studied songwriting, music business and management. Kelsee attended Columbia College Chicago, earning a Bachelor’s of Music Degree in Performance with a concentration in Contemporary, Urban and Popular Music. Newly appointed music director of R4 as of September 2020, Kelsee Vandervall is a versatile cellist who seeks to further explore ragtime’s roots and how it has shaped the popular music of today.
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