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Chicago’s official troubadour to appear in Deerfield October 22
DEERFIELD IL - The Southeast Lake County Interfaith Religious Council will present a special concert, “Songs of Peace & Justice” at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 724 Elder Lane, on Saturday, October 22 at 7:00 pm. The concert will feature Chicago’s “official troubadour,” Mark Dvorak and benefit food pantries in Deerfield and Moraine Townships.
“SELCIRCL is an interfaith clergy group,” said Rabbi Jodi Kornfeld, of Beth Chaverim Humanistic Jewish Community in Deerfield. “We sponsor a production each year that explores interfaith issues. This year we wanted to have a folk music show with an emphasis on songs of peace and justice. We’re looking forward to welcoming Mark to our community and so thrilled that he is able to join us for the concert.”
“He’s the real deal,” said Bau Graves, Executive Director of Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music. ”Mark has made music his life and livelihood. He’s been a top faculty member at the school for more than twenty-five years. His performances are elegant, rich and powerful.”
Dvorak has performed in thirty-eight states and in parts of Europe and Canada. To date he has released seventeen albums and has won awards for journalism and children’s music. In 2008 he received the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International in 2013.
In 2012, WFMT 98.7 fm Fine Arts Radio named Dvorak Chicago’s “official troubadour,” a designation he doesn’t take lightly.
“Win Stracke was Chicago’s first official troubadour,” said Dvorak. “I think Studs Terkel called him that and it stuck.” Stracke, who passed away in 1992 co-founded the Old Town School of Folk Music in 1957. Dvorak became friends with Stracke after a back stage meeting at fundraising event held in Chicago’s Orchestra Hall.
Later the title was handed down to Chicago singer Fred Holstein. “i loved Fred,” said Dvorak of Holstein, who passed away suddenly at age 62 in 2004. “We were never close friends but I spent a lot of time listening to him and watching him perform. He had stage presence and could work an audience like nobody else. Fred always treated me with kindness and respect. You don’t forget that sort of thing. He was a tremendous influence.”
Dvorak is currently at work on his eighteenth album release due out by the end of the year.
“At this stage of the game I feel like I am doing my best work,” said Dvorak who records in his home studio. I’m calling this new one, 'I Call Them All Love Songs,' which is based on a quote from Pete Seeger. It’ll be a mix of some new originals I’ve been putting together, some blues, a couple of standards and a few traditional songs too. I just love the variety.”
General admission to the concert is $10 for adults, $5 for students. For more information phone Holy Cross Catholic Church at 847 945 0430 or Beth Chaverim at 847 945 6512
For more information on Mark Dvorak visit his homepage at www.markdvorak.com.
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