Clatsop Community College
1653 Jerome, Astoria OR 97103
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Contact: Lenore Morrisson (503) 338-2473

Jennifer Goodenberger to give rare performance at CCC’s Performing Arts Center

Clatsop Community College’s Arts & Ideas kicks off its fall concert series with a performance by Jennifer Goodenberger at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 21 at the CCC Performing Arts Center in Astoria. This is a CD release concert of her new CD “Simple Gifts: American Folk Songs.”


Jennifer is a concert pianist, composer, poet and visual artist. In this recording, she performs her own exquisite and sometimes haunting arrangements of American folk songs. Many of the songs she has known since childhood, others were learned in college while studying the ballads of Appalachia. Her playing style ranges from deeply healing and spiritual to passionate and romantic.

With this concert and CD release, Jennifer shows yet another side to her versatile musical abilities. After many years as a classical concert pianist and musical director for theater, she most recently has combined her musical and artistic talents by performing original piano compositions accompanied by her paintings and poetry. She also gives concerts and workshops on the healing affects of music, and teaches private piano lessons. Jennifer has two CDs of original piano solos, “Return” and “Mystical.”

This is a rare opportunity to see Jennifer in a full-length concert, as she has not performed one in this area in four years. Her artwork will also be on display and for sale in the foyer of the Performing Arts Center on the evening of the performance.

The Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Center is located at 16th and Franklin Streets in Astoria. Tickets are $10 and are available Bach N’ Rock, 339 12th Street, located downtown next to the Hotel Elliot or at the PAC box office one hour before the performance begins.

Visit www.clatsopcc.edu for a complete listing of Clatsop Community College’s Arts & Ideas 2006-2007 events. Coming on October 29 is “Across the Channel,” music from the British Isles, France and the Netherlands.