Daniel Kimbro

Raised on American Roots music in Eastern Tennessee, Daniel Kimbro is a multi Grammy-nominated musician with 20 years experience performing alongside luminaries including Eric Clapton, Jerry Douglas, John Hiatt, Transatlantic Sessions, Sarah Jarosz, Larkin Poe & many others. 

 
While his collaborations are numerous, his new solo album Carpet In The Kitchen showcases Daniel’s skills as a songwriter, composer & arranger. Guests on the album include Jerry Douglas, Mike Baggetta on electric guitar, & Jordan Perlson on Drumset.
 
Known to International audiences for his work with the Transatlantic Sessions, Martin Harley, Harley Kimbro Lewis, and many others, Daniel continues to tour throughout the US, the UK, and Canada.

"Daniel Kimbro’s 'Carpet In The Kitchen' covers a lot of ground- murder, fishing, love, civil war, family and the weird world we’re all trying to live in now. On the subject of our suicidal environmental tendencies Kimbro’s song 'Loyston' ranks right up there with John Prine’s classic 'Paradise'." - Loudon Wainright III

Learn more at https://www.danielkimbro.com/

Jodi Burns

Jodi Burns has been described as singing with a “plush voice and rich expressivity”(The New York Times). In her appearance as Anna Sorenson in Kevin Puts’ Silent Night, (Piedmont Opera), The Winston-Salem Journal notes, “Burns dazzle[s] with her lustrous soprano and bright charisma. The production is elevated whenever she appears on stage." Whether performing in intimate venues or on the opera stage, she appeals to a rich and diverse audience.

In her most recent appearance with Piedmont Opera in March 2019,  Jodi gave, “another rather perfect performance”(Opera Lively), and “her Adina was fanciful but honorable… the ascents to the top Bs adroitly managed. Burns delivered the cantabile ‘Chiedi all’aura lusinghiera’ in the duet with Nemorino with dulcet tones…”(Voix des Arts).Roles include, Anna Sorenson (Silent Night), Adina (The Elixir of Love), Ann Trulove (The Rake's Progress), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Micaela (Carmen), Josephine (H.M.S. Pinafore), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Barbarina (The Marriage of Figaro), the Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel),  Ida (Die Fledermaus), Maria Stuarda (Maria Stuarda), Mary Turner (Of Thee I Sing, Gershwin) and she has performed time and again with Piedmont Opera, The Princeton Festival, The Opera Theatre of the Rockies, The Mozart Club, The Piedmont Wind Symphony, The Winston-Salem Symphony, Magnolia Baroque Festival, the Carolina Chamber Symphony Players, Carolina Symphony SummerFest, and toured with The North Carolina Symphony, .

In summer of 2018 Jodi appeared in a concert series  with composer and pianist Ken Frazelle, collaborating on a program of music from his song sets "Appalachian Songbooks I and II" and "Songs from the Rearview Mirror".A performer with a great deal of range and versatility, Jodi collaborated with The Piedmont Wind Symphony on a concert of her own compositions along with her band Judy Barnes. She duetted with Ben Folds at his 2015 “Home for the Holidays” Concert.Jodi holds a Masters of Music from the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where studied with Dr. Marilyn Taylor and Jamie Allbritten. BME from The Ohio State University.

Learn more at https://www.jodiburnssoprano.com