kyrie kristmanson
$15/advance, $20 at the door
Doors at 7:30pm
Tickets available online by clicking here.
Also through the GCTC Box Office by calling 613-236-5196
Kyrie Kristmanson is a fresh voice on Canada's music scene. Her unique style evokes the various Canadian maritime, prairie and urban landscapes she has grown up in. At twenty-one, she has already captivated audiences in various parts of the country and abroad with her elemental and vocal-driven fusion of folk, jazz and alternative rock influences. She writes powerful, exciting and thoughtful songs in English and French.
Kyrie plays the nylon-string guitar she received for her ninth birthday. As she grew up in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and London, England, she studied voice, guitar and trumpet with a series of excellent teachers and mentors. She collaborates regularly with other musicians both on guitar and trumpet. Internationally, she performs in the U.S. and is now establishing a presence in France where she opened for Feist with Melissa Laveaux. Kyrie's sold-out Paris debut took place in October 2008 with other dates following in Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, at the Printemps de Bourges festival and a series of dates supporting the French singer/songwriter Emily Loizeau and Canadian hero Hawksley Workman in Paris and London.
Kyrie makes her long-awaited return to Ottawa as a part of the 2011/2012 Acoustic Waves series for an intimate night of music in the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre's studio theatre.