Trio brings ‘Winter Songs’ to Nehalem, Ilwaco
Published 2:58 pm Sunday, December 7, 2025
ILWACO — Kathryn Claire will give two “Winter Songs” concerts this month as part of a tour of Oregon and Southwest Washington.
She and musical collaborators Sid Ditson and Don Henson appear first at 5 p.m. Dec. 12 at the White Clover Grange, 36585 Oregon Highway 53, in Nehalem. For details, log on to https://kathrynclairemusic.com.
At 4 p.m. Dec. 13 the trio will perform at the River City Playhouse, 127 Lake St. S.E., in Ilwaco. Doors open at 3:30 p.m.
The Ilwaco event is organized by the Peninsula Arts Center. For more details contact the organizer, Bill Svendsen, at (360) 901-0962 or email [email protected]. General admission tickets are $25.
Claire is a violinist, guitar player, singer and songwriter; Ditson plays violin, viola and sings and Henson plays the piano and keyboards.
Claire has toured, performed and taught extensively in the United States, Japan, The Netherlands, India, Belgium and France. Rawckus magazine described her music as, “a dizzying array of emotions traveling on evocative tones ranging from folk-lite to sinewy flavors of alt-rock.”
The setlist of their program, called “Winter Songs,” includes original works, some drawing on poems by others, all designed to honor the shortest days and longest nights.
Tunes feature elements from carols, including “In the Bleak Midwinter” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” as well as “California Dreamin’” by the Mamas and the Papas.
For examples of her music, log on to kathrynclairemusic.com
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