Michigan Songwriter Kitty Donohoe Performs Concert at Silver Maples in Chelsea

Emmy-award winning songwriter Kitty Donohoe will team up with area accordion player Suzanne Camino for an Irish music concert on March 19 as part of the Kaleidoscope Concert Series at Silver Maples in Chelsea.

Drawing from traditional, as well as her own original compositions, Donohoe will sing ballads and songs of Ireland, and will accompany Camino in jigs, reels and waltzes. Long a fan of Irish music, Donohoe has been recording an Irish-American album for the past year, with a planned 2013 release.

She says her aim with the new album is to broadly represent the Irish immigration to America.

“I want to celebrate the immersion of the culture of Ireland into the mainstream of this country," she said.

"The Irishman’s Daughter" will be Donohoe’s sixth album, and she’s thrilled to be able to include the musical talents of several well-known Chicago-area Irish musicians on the recording, as well as many Ann Arbor area players.

The Kaleidoscope Concert Series is held at Silver Maples, 100 Silver Maples Dr., in Chelsea, at 7 p.m. The concerts are free, but tickets, available at the Chelsea Senior Center, are required.

For more information, visit www.silvermaples.org.

The concert is sponsored by the Doan Family fund and Chelsea Lumber Company.