Hasee Ciaccio
September 18, 2020 | 12 pm @ Southwest Virginia Museum
BIG STONE GAP, VA. — The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park hosts its next Lunch on the Lawn Friday, Sept. 18, at 12 p.m., featuring Mathew Bright and Hasee Ciaccio.
Bright is a Wise County native who took up an interest in the banjo after hearing the likes of Earl Scruggs, and Don Reno on a collection of 8-track tapes he discovered in his grandmother's console stereo when he was 9 years old. He began playing bluegrass banjo, and by age 15, was playing gigs at several local, and some not so local venues. At age 20, Matthew discovered that his grandfather, Tom Bright, who was his main inspiration for the interest in the banjo, was originally an old-time fiddler, not just a bluegrass and hillbillly bop musician. Matthew set out on a journey to discover the world of old-time music, and has since won several old-time banjo competitions, began building his own banjos, and has playedvenues ranging from Big Stone Gap's own music festival, The Gathering in the Gap, to the Richmond Folk Festival. Matthew has been involved in the Wise County JAMS project at the Southwest Virginia Museum, which focuses on teaching traditional Appalachian mountain music to local children, and has pioneered an Old Time Jam at the visitor center in Big Stone Gap.
Haselden Hasee Ciaccio is a performer and educator residing in Johnson City, Tennessee. Born and raised on the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Hasee made her way to the Mountain South in 2010 to pursue a study in traditional Appalachian music. Touring around the United States and beyond, she has performed at such notable venues as New York City's Lincoln Center, the Grand Ole Opry, and PBS’s Song of the Mountains. Sharing the stage with artists among the likes of Mary Chapin Carpenter, Vince Gill, Molly Tuttle, Ricky Skaggs and David Grisman, Hasee moves listeners at festivals, in concert halls and intimate venues alike. Her debut album "HAY" was released in Fall of 2018, featuring traditional stringband music, and top performers of the old-time realm. Hasee was a nominee for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Instrumentalist of the Year award in the Momentum Award category. Currently touring with Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, among other bluegrass, old-time, and roots music acts, Hasee drives the upright bass with honed skill and conviction well beyond her years, and brings Appalachian Flatfoot Dance to the stage with sincerity behind every step. An old soul at heart, she is passionate about delivering Southern song and dance with the genuine warmth and compassion her culture is so deeply steeped in. She’ll be joined by banjoist, Tyler Hughes, and Dr. Lee Bidgood of East Tennessee State University on fiddle.
Lunch on the Lawn is free and open to the public. Visitors may bring their own lunch, or purchase lunch from GetFed Food Truck.
Participants are required to social distance between those not in the same household. Face coverings are required if you enter the museum for any reason during your visit. In case of inclement weather the event will be canceled.
For more information, call the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park at 276-523-1322.
Category: Music
