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The WYO Performing Arts and Education Center announced they will once again host Grammy Award winner Larry Mitchell, who will perform with Award-Winning Native American flutist Robert Mirabal, at 7 p.m. Nov. 10.
A producer, engineer and performer, Mitchell has toured the world playing guitar with well-known artists including Tracy Chapman, Billy Squier, Ric Ocasek and Miguel Bosé. In his original compositions, Mitchell skillfully weaves guitar textures that showcase his virtuosity as a solo artist and ensemble player.
According to the WYO, Mirabal has been described as a Native American “Renaissance man” who has experience as a musician, composer, painter, master craftsman, poet, actor, screenwriter, horseman and farmer. Mirabal has traveled extensively and played his music all over the world. Mirabal is also an accomplished Native American flute player and maker from Taos Pueblo in New Mexico. His flutes are world renowned and have been displayed at the Smithsonian Institute’s Museum of the American Indian. An award-winning musician, Mirabal has twice been named the Native American Music Awards’ Artist of the Year and has received the Songwriter of the Year award three times. He is also a two-time Grammy Award winner.
Robert Mirabal. Photo by Karen Ashfelder Watkins, courtesy of the WYO Performing Arts and Education Center.
Tickets for the show featuring Mitchell and Mirabal are available through the WYO box office. The cost is $28 for adults, $25 for seniors and military members and $20 for students.
To purchase tickets, see wyotheater.com, call 307-672-9084 or stop by the box office at 42 N. Main St.