Fiercely independent singer/songwriter SONiA (Sonia Rutstein) has
performed in seven countries and has seven award winning albums to
her credit. Now she's going to bring all this talent to the small
stage in Philadelphia.
>From the Olympics in Sydney, the Open House in Jerusalem or
the Down Home in Johnson City, SONiA brings to light� that true music
is universal. She writes frank captivating love songs and confronts
the hypocrisies and biases of our culture with a positive message of
openness and optimism.
Her powerful honesty touches the hearts and minds of people of varied
social and ethnic� backgrounds, especially those moving toward a
positive world vision. From the stage of a major folk festival, at a
coffeehouse, at a rock club, or a March for Human Rights, her voice
comes through loud and clear. Highlights of SONiA's career include
performing at the cultural events of the Olympics in Sydney;
performing with Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, and� the Indigo Girls at
Lilith Fair; Janis Ian duet on the song, "Who's So Scared;"
performing in Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki; the Vancouver Folk
Festival; working with Roy Bittan to produce "Seed in the Sahara;"
and being one of the few American performers to play at the 1998
Friendship Games in Amsterdam.
The show begins at 7:30 Sunday September 15, in the Parish Hall of
St.Mary's Church, 3916 Locust Walk, on the University of Pennsylvania
campus. Ticket discounts are available for members of the
Philadelphia Folksong Society and for students with valid ID.
The Cherry Tree Music Co-op is an all-volunteer, non-profit
cooperative organization committed to providing traditional,
acoustic, world and related non-commercial music in a small-scale,
up- close and personal setting -- where everyone can meet the music.
Advance tickets are available from House of Our Own Books at 3920�
Spruce Street; Rustic Music at 333 S. 13th Street; and Mad's Records
in Ardmore.
Cherry Tree concerts are supported in part by a grant from the
Philadelphia Folksong Society and by the 5-County Arts Fund, a��
program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. For more
information, call the Cherry Tree at 215-386-1640 or visit our
website at http://www.cherrytree.org
