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Music briefs: Cary Hoffman as Sinatra, Yo-Yo Ma, Celtic Fiddle Festival

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If you’re craving some songs from “Ol’ Blue Eyes,” Cary Hoffman delivers with “My Sinatra: The Songs and the Stories” at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Ike Hall.

Hoffman sings all of Sinatra’s classics from 1953 to the early ’60s while sharing stories about the songs, their authors and “The Chairman of the Board” himself. Hoffman will be accompanied by a full orchestra.

Ike Hall is at West Point. Tickets are $36 and $38. Call 938-4159 or visit www.ikehall.com.

Get an early start on St. Patrick’s Day with the Celtic Fiddle Festival at the Towne Crier tonight.

Featuring Kevin Burke, Christian Lemaître, André Brunet and Ged Foley, the evening will feature traditional Irish playing with a little humor thrown into the mix. The fiddlers’ latest release is 2005’s “Play On.”

The Towne Crier is at 130 Route 22, Pawling. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Call 855-1300 or visit www.townecrier.com.

Bring your ma (and whomever else, for that matter) to see cellist Yo-Yo Ma play the Ulster Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Born in Paris to Chinese parents, a conductor/composer father and vocalist mother, it was inevitable that Ma would be musically inclined. A child prodigy, he played for President John F. Kennedy when he was 7 years old and has won 15 Grammy Awards, his most recent in 2004 for Best Classical Crossover Album with “Obrigado Brazil.”

“Yo-Yo Ma & Friends” will feature an evening of string quartets from Austria to the Caspian Sea. The world-famous cellist will perform with Colin Jacobsen, Jonathan Gandelsman and Nicholas Cords.

UPAC is at 601 Broadway, Kingston. Tickets are $55-$85. Call 339-6088 or visit www.upac.org.

Source:www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080229/ENTERTAIN/802290305/-1/ENTERTAIN08

 



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