Pair of musicians to perform on Feb. 10

A Wisconsin Singer/Songwriter Series concert featuring David Stoddard and Karen Mal will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10.

The concert will be at Unitarian Church North, 13800 N. Port Washington Rd., Mequon.

Tickets are $20 in advance or $24 at the door and $12 for students. A discount of $1 per donated food items to a maximum of $4 will be given at the door.

Stoddard is a composer, songwriter, producer, educator and music theory lover based in Minneapolis.

He is also a Kerrville New Folk winner who has received top writing honors at the Minnesota Folk Festival, South Florida Folk Festival and Tucson Folk Festival. Stoddard tours throughout the United States and Canada, performing on guitar and piano. He has performed with Dan Navarro, Leon Russell, Julie Newton, Cheryl Wheeler, Cliff Eberhardt, Trout Fishing in America, Ronny Cox, Dan Hicks and Michael Johnson.

Mal is based in Austin, Texas, and has spent time with the American Folklore Theater in Door County as an actor and musician.

As the resident composer/musical director for Door Shakespeare in Baily’s Harbor, she realized she could write songs and has won top awards from the Wildflower Arts & Music Festival in Texas, the Tucson Folk Festival and Portland Songwriters Association. She is a three-time New Folk finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival.

Tickets may be purchased at North Shore Bank in Grafton and Mequon and Vines to Cellar in Port Washington.

For more information, call (262) 457-4399 or visit www.wsss.org. 

Other Singer/Songwriter Series concerts are Anne Hills on Saturday, Feb. 24, Patty Stevenson and Craig Siemsen  on Saturday, March 9, Willy Porter on Saturday, March 23, Deidre McCalla on Friday, April 12, Barb and Tim Webber on Saturday, April 27 and Luncy Kaplansky on Friday, May 10.