49th Annual East Lansing Art Festival May 19 - 20, 2012

2012 Performers

Saturday, May 19 - Hosted by Benjamin Hall
11:00 am - 11:30 am East Lansing High School Jazz Band

David Larzelere, Director

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Wisaal

Wisaal is an Arabic word that means 'links', 'connections' and 'unities'. Wisaal's musical compositions and improvisations are an eclectic blend of Arabic, Klezmer, American and Indian musical traditions.

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm An Dro

Celtic-based, Globally-infused World Beat music.

3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Musique Noire

A Woman-led Strings and Percussion Ensemble performing dynamic World Fusion music.

4:45 pm - 6:00 pm Mary Flower

Creative and Award-winning Fingerstyle Guitar-driven Country Blues.

Sunday, May 20 - Hosted by Benjamin Hall
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Elden Kelly

A Singer-Songwriter whose musical style blends Jazz and Neo-classicism with Middle-Eastern influences and American Roots music.

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lac La Belle

Jennie Knaggs and Nick Schillace make up this 'Future-Rustic' Acoustic Duo, with the Swirl of Accordion, Mandolin, Banjo, Ukulele, Resonator Guitar and Harmonizing Vocals.

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Eight to the Bar

40's Era Swing with Tight Three-Part Vocal Harmonies Supported by a Little Big Band.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Brothers Groove

Award-winning, Intuitive and Original Funk/Jazz Zen-Master-Alchemists from the Motor City.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Robert W. Shelburg

Painting semi-abstract expressionism as performance art to the music of Brothers Groove Robert Shelburg describes his art this way; "I take forms from life and camouflage them within forms of my unconscious, then allow them to re-emerge through new filters. the resulting image is like seismograph paper relating whatever rumbles in or around me."