Victoria Folk Music Society presents: Thomas P. Radcliffe

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Sunday, April 24th, 2016
7:30 PM

Thomas is a ‘musician’s musician.’ His passion and sensitivity exude from the strings when he plays and his voice brings the love and message in a song directly to your heart. Originally from Saint Louis, Missouri Thomas has lived in and traveled to many, many places in the U.S. and Canada. He is acclaimed as a finger-style guitar virtuoso and legendary folk singer.

From the earliest strains of singing in class in elementary school, to taking up the violin in 5th grade, music has been integral to and synonymous with joy in life for Thomas. His musical resume includes; violin (including orchestral playing), flute (in concert band), guitar and voice in a rock band, classical guitar, folk guitar and solo performing, mandolin (in a trio and soloist in a Mahler symphony), banjo, Appalachian dulcimer, autoharp, percussion in concert band, concert choirs, church choirs, composing, conducting, acoustic guitar accompanist, singer-songwriter and more. He has performed in orchestral and solo settings on various stages for many years and is currently touring as a solo singer-songwriter, solo finger-style guitarist. His menagerie of stringed instruments now features the amazing 12-string Spanish Laud, which he plays fluently and naturally in his own inimitable style, as the Puerto Rican Cuatro, a lovely and brilliant 10 string instrument .

Thomas’s performances are intimate and personal and touch his audiences regardless of the size of the venue, not to be missed. http://thomaspradcliffe.com

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Our feature act will be preceded by what is arguably Victoria’s best weekly acoustic Open Stage session where musicians from fledglings to professionals can perform a 10 minute set for one of the most welcoming, attentive and participative audiences in town. Aspiring Open Stage performers can sign-up with the VFMS Host between 7:00 and 7:30pm to do a set but should get there early to improve their chances of getting on the evening’s line-up.