Celtic and Renaissance Music and Instruction - Lute, Violin, Whistle, Bodhran, Guitar and Vocals By Doris Williams of Palo Alto CA 650-327-2486

Contact Doris at: 650-327-2486. Doris Williams performs time honored Renaissance Classics live as a solo artist, and with Andrew Davis on violin and other friends. With Viola Rosa the name becomes: "Celtic Rose". These combinations create rousing journeys back to an enchanted age that leave the listeners enriched and delighted.

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"Singing is Sacred - Singing Heals - Singing is Life"

Doris Williams performs live as a solo artist, and with other talented musicians in the Bay Area.

Contact her at (H) 650-327-2486, (C) 650-213-6197 or by e-mail: doris.sings@mindspring.com.

Her repertoire of Celtic, Renaissance, and American Folk is an ideal medium, blessed as it is with a fluidity and transcendence that allows her listeners to rejoin the distant parts of our historic cultural tapestry. She accompanies herself on lute Renaissance, Celtic, and American songs, dance tunes, and instrumentals. In her band Celtic Rose she plays bodhran and tin whistle. Musicians she has performed with include Karl Franzen, Alan Keith, Pat Ryan, Andrew Davis, Sean Lightholder, Caroline Garbarino, and many other local musicians.

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"Celtic And Beyond takes you to a new place yet in an old and familiar way..."

• Saturday, August 7, 7 - 9 PM Harry's Hofbrau, 2491 First Street, Livermore, Doris Williams performs Celtic, and Popular Standards.

• Saturday August 14, 7:30, Willow Glen Coffeehouse, Lincoln Ave, Willow Glen, San Jose, Doris Williams performs with Caroline Garbarino. I will have CD's and tee-shirts available for sale.

• Sunday, August 15, All Saints Episcopal Church on Waverley and Hamilton. Will be singing at the church service which starts at 9:30 . An English Aria by Thomas Dunhill about the Virgin Mary.

• Sunday, August 22, Menlo Park Farmer's Market 9:30 - 1:30 , "Kitty corner" from Trader Joe's in the parking lot. With Karl Franzen and Michael Greenfield.

• Sunday, August 29, St. Marks' Church Service, I am singing a Bach Aria "Quia respexit" from the Magnificat.

• Sunday, September 26, 4:30 - 6:30, Beckett and Bird Bookstore, Glen Park, San Francisco,. Doris Williams performs Renaissance and Celtic music.

• Saturday, October 9, Mission Coffee Roasting, 2221Alameda, Santa Clara, Doris Williams and Friends performs Celtic, Renaissance, American Folk and Originals. Call 650-327-2486. Come and hear great music and great food, from salads to
omelettes, and a fine assortment of beers and wines.

• Sunday, October 17, Foothills Presbyterian Church, 5301 McKee Rd, San Jose. 3:00 p.m. Celtic Rose performs, Lady Doris and Lady Rosa. Tickets are $10.

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• Saturday July 17, Mulberry Haven, Ojai Valley $15/10 $30 families. Doris Williams performs Celtic/Renaissance music

• Saturday & Sunday, June 19 - 20 » Scottish Renaissance Faire Doris Williams and Karl Franzen performing Celtic and Renaissance tunes to celebrate Scotland in the 16th century! Highland Games, Highland Warriors, Queen of Scots, games, great food in a country setting in Watsonville. . ..


Doris and Karl, Scottish Renaissance Fair

• Sunday, June 20, 6 - 7:30 p.m. » Palo Alto World Music Day, Celtic Rose is performing at 281 University Ave. Palo Alto, in
front of Restoration Hardware.

• Sunday, June 27, 2:00 p.m. House Concert at Dick Tingey's, Palo Alto, 71 Tulip Lane. Palo Alto. Tickets: sliding scale 10 -30.

• Monday, July 5, 9:00 p.m. Red Rock Coffeehouse, Mountain View, Castro St. and Villa, Doris Williams is the featured performer

• Wednesday, June 9 from 7 - 9, Lady Doris appears at » Vino Locale, 431 Kipling Street, Palo Alto. Come and enjoy poetry, music, and vino in a relaxed outdoor setting on a quiet street off of University.

• Saturday May 29, Palo Alto Farmer's Market 9:30 - 12:00. Lady Doris performs with Karl Franzen.

• Saturday May 22, » Red Feather Winery, Livermore, Doris Williams with Karl Franzen. 5700 Greenville Rd. Livermore CA 94550
• Sunday, May 16, 1:00 p.m. Barron Park, Palo Alto, "May Fete Celebration", Celtic Rose performing. Doris Williams, Caroline Garbarino, Andrew Davis... May Fete with maypole, music and dancing!

• Sunday, April 11th, 4:00 p.m., All Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley, Palo Alto. Doris Williams presents an All Renaissance program of 16th century lute songs, with Howard Kadis on lute, Jonathan Harris on Renaissance recorders. Tickets are $20/15

• Saturday, April 10th, 11 - 2 at Ardenwood Historic Farm, Doris Williams performs with Pat Ryan's Celtic Junket between admission booth and the farmhouse. www.eastbayscots.org/tartanday/tartanday.html

• Sunday, Dec. 20th 4:30 - 6:30 Byrd and Beckett Bookstore, 653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood. 415-586-3733 1-1/2 blocks from Glen Park BART station. Doris Williams performs Celtic, Renaissance and Jazz selections accompanied on lute. Doris Performing

• Saturday, Dec. 19th Niles Light Train, Doris Williams singing Holiday music on the light train
departing from Niles at 4:15 and Sunol train at 7:00. For more info and tickets: http://www.ncry.org/tol_09.htm

• Sunday, Dec. 13th 12:00pm - 3:00pm, the Niles District of Fremont, Holiday Sidewalk Caroling with Karl Franzen.

• Sunday, Nov. 29th 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor, Menlo Park, Doris Williams performing Celtic/Christmas

• Sunday, Nov. 22nd 3:00 p.m., Foothills Presbyterian Church, 5301 McKee Road San Jose. Doris Williams performs with Karl Franzen and Andrew Davis, Celtic, Renaissance, and American Folk selections with vocals, lute, guitar, whistles, violin, bodhran, and squeeze box. Tickets are $10 at the door.

• Friday, Nov. 6th 7:30 - 10:00. San Benito House, Half Moon Bay, Doris Williams performs Celtic, Renaissance, and a few jazz/pop selections on piano and lute.

Doris "Doris Williams performs live as a solo artist, and with other talented musicians in the Bay Area. She is extremely well versed in many styles and genres of music, both modern and ancient, making her an ideal music instructor. Her lifelong committment to preserving our musical heritage inspires her joy of teaching. Contact her at 650-327-2486 (H) 650-213-9187

Her repertoire of Celtic, Renaissance, and American Folk is an ideal medium, blessed as it is with a fluidity and transcendence that allows her listeners to rejoin the distant parts of our historic cultural tapestry. By accompanying herself on lute she is able to perform Renaissance and Celtic ballads, dance tunes, and instrumentals.

Sean Fullerton, Music Writer & Producer writes: "Doris's naturalness and ease in sharing definitely helps others to be themselves, to open up. One of the most refreshing things about her nature is the way she lives out loud, unashamed. Whenever I'm tempted to hide my talents under a blanket, I think of how she walks out on stage without props and bares her soul with a single line of melody. . . She's an inspiration..."

"Without question, Doris is one of the most gifted artists working today. Whether singing Elizabethan folk tunes or classical arias, playing jazz piano or writing singularly original songs, this soulful young woman is an unstoppable force of creation."

Jeffrey Rensch writes: "Doris's voice is limber and pure and her musicianship is sound.
Performing Renaissance or Celtic music she seems to make a direct expressive connection from those earlier times to right now. You owe it to yourself to hear her!"

Ms. Williams has been singing since she was very young. Having piano lessons from the age of 5, she started taking voice lessons at 14. While still a teenager she fell in love with early music, listening to the local radio stations.

She graduated from Oakland University in Michigan with a B.M. in Early Music, then went on to Stanford to get her A.M. degree in Early Music. Since then Doris has enjoyed the musical scene of the Bay Area, singing with professional choirs, teaching private piano and voice, and performing as a soloist in churches and other venues. Doris performs also on tin whistle and recorder, and accompanies herself on an 8-course lute. She is currently active singing Celtic, Renaissance and Jazz music with her friends at various local venues.

Doris also entertains children with her singing puppets and stories, including Donald Duck in Noah's Ark, Fozzie Bear in the Singing Act Gone Wrong, and Daniel Tiger.

For Lessons, Bookings for parties, Funraisers, Festivals and Special Events, & for more information on her CD "Celtic & Beyond", Contact Doris at: 650-327-2486 or by e-mail: doris.sings@mindspring.com.

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