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BOBCAT OPOSSUM at The Shoe Tree! 616 W. Tampa

  • 616 West Tampa Street, Springfield, Missouri, Springfield, MO · Springfield
The Shoe Tree Listening Room at Arrow Creative Reuse Publisher / Host The Shoe Tree Listening Room at Arrow Creative Reuse
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BOBCAT OPOSSUM at The Shoe Tree! 616 W. Tampa
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Internationally touring acoustic duo BOBCAT OPOSSUM returns to The Shoe Tree Listening Room at Arrow Creative Reuse, 616 West Tampa Street, Springfield, Mo. on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, at 7:00 pm with support from Sammy Dobkins.
Doors open at 6:30 for this alcohol free, intimate listening room experience.
Tickets are $20, and available on our website @arrowcreativereuse.org approximately 2 weeks before the event.
Bobcat Opossum is Ellen Coplin and Sean Hoffman, a genre-bending duo from the back alleys of the Midwestern wilderness. They draw inspiration from Irish, bluegrass, old time, and classical music. They believe that music should be accessible to all and is an essential part of life. They tour, perform, and teach extensively across the country. They are co-founders and co-directors of the Folky Fish Jam Camp, Debutants Hoot Camp, and the Fairfield Falcon Fiddle Club. They also play with Indiana newgrass band Debutants and Irish traditional band Soltre’.
Ellen Coplin crawled over to the piano as a toddler and hasn’t been able to shake the music habit since! She grew up in Northwest Ohio playing piano and cello and graduated from Taylor University with a bachelors in music composition. She is an accomplished and experienced teacher across many instruments including piano, cello, guitar, bass and ukulele. She plays cello and keyboard with newgrass band Debutants and Irish band Soltre.
She is also on staff for the Redwing Academy, a week-long music camp preceding the Redwing Roots Music Festival in Mt. Solon, VA.
Sean Hoffman has been teaching and playing fiddle for many years. He grew up playing bluegrass with his family in Indiana and studied Irish music with New York-based fiddler Brian Conway. He plays with multiple bands including Debutants, Bobcat Opossum, and Soltre. He is fascinated by the relationship between Irish music and old-time dance music, those not so distant cousins separated by an ocean and re-imagined in the hills and hollers of the New World.
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616 West Tampa Street, Springfield, Missouri, Springfield, MO, United States

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