SongSpace Presents
Kelsey Jumper & Colter Harper: The Music of Brazil
Saturday Nov 21, 7:30pm
Kelsey Jumper and Colter Harper are two shining lights on the Pittsburgh music scene.
At SongSpace they will perform music of Brazil – bossa, samba, MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) and a little mixed bag of other goodies – featuring the music of Caetano Veloso, a Brazilian singer-songwriter, musician, writer, and anti-authoritarian political activist.
First Unitarian and SongSpace regulars may recognize Kelsey Jumper as an occasional member of the UU Community Singers, Ames Harding & the Mirage or the Afro Yaqui Music Collective. But you can also find Kelsey driving the beat with Timbeleza, singing jazz, global music or country at City of Asylum, Con Alma, or the Pittsburgh Honky Tonk Jukebox, or in theatre ensembles ranging from Squonk Opera to Quantum Theater.
Colter Harper is a professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Buffalo,
and a former resident of and frequent visitor to Pittsburgh. He has performed extensively including touring as a guitarist, percussionist, and vocalist with the multi-platinum selling, world music influenced rock band Rusted Root. In 2020, Colter completed a Fulbright Scholar position in the University of Ghana’s Department of Music where his work bridged music production, audio archiving, and modern musical practice in Accra.
Kelsey and Colter have worked in tandem since ‘22 building musical sets that celebrate American jazz, American folk and country music, Brazilian jazz and a junk drawer bursting with other things they like. They’ve been commissioned by The Carnegie Museum of Art to explore the intersection of country and soul music, and have developed two bodies of work (‘Opposites Abstract’ and ‘Planes, Trains, Automobiles, Busses, Bikes, and Inclines too!’) which include concerts, storytelling, video and physical installation in residency with The Pittsburgh Children’s Museum under the collective moniker ‘the cookie table’. They’ve presented at The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh’s Honky Tonk, Con Alma, The Kelly Strayhorn Theater and The Duquesne Club.
Come on out for an international festival of music!
Saturday November 21
Doors 7:00pm
Show 7:30pm
Advance Tickets at uusongspace.eventbee.com
SongSpace at First Unitarian
First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh
605 Morewood Avenue, Shadyside
Pittsburgh PA 15213
Tonight, October 25!!!
SongSpace Gallery Presents
Elizabeth LaPrelle
with special guests Wake Robin
Sunday October 25, 2026, 7:30pm
Undercroft Gallery
First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh
Elizabeth LaPrelle has been performing Appalachian ballads and old-time songs since she was eleven. Her magnificent voice, her respect for the songs, and her authentic mountain sound and style brought her to the attention of first Ginny Hawker and then Sheila Kay Adams. Raised in Rural Retreat, Virginia, Elizabeth attended old time fiddlers’ conventions and sang harmonies with her family, who taught her traditional singing styles and encouraged her to sing their own favorite American folk music.
Wake Robin is a Pittsburgh-based folk group featuring Hannah Standiford, Judy Swanson, & Annick Odom. The band draws from old-time traditions, the folk revival, early bluegrass, and their own original songwriting woven together with close harmonies.
Elizabeth LaPrelle and Wake Robin
Sunday Oct 25
Doors 7:00pm
Show 7:30pm
In the Undercroft Gallery
First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh
605 Morewood Avenue, Shadyside
Pittsburgh PA 15213
$20 suggeeted donation at the door; but pay what you can to support live music in Pittsburgh!
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