Exploration in the Arts: Performance
Exploration in the Arts: Performance
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
Grammy Award winner, Grand Ole Opry Member, and The “Queen of Bluegrass”
Sunday, February 11, 2024, at 3:00 p.m.
Bluegrass / Grover C. Fields Performing Arts Ctr.
400 Dr. M. L. King, Jr. Blvd, New Bern
Tickets: Adults $45 / Students $30
Her pivotal bluegrass album Back Home Again transformed Rhonda Vincent into the All-American Bluegrass Girl and crowned her the New Queen of Bluegrass by “The Wall Street Journal” in 2000.
Vincent is one of the most recognized female artists in Bluegrass today as the winner of the 2017 Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album, an Entertainer of the Year Award in 2001, Song of the Year in 2004, and an unprecedented seven consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IMBA) 2000 – 2006. She received an eighth win of
IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year in 2015. Rhonda was officially inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry on February 6, 2021.
She is a formidable musician (mandolin, fiddle, guitar, and most anything else with strings) and a remarkable lead singer who delivers both overpowering up-tempo numbers and soulful introspective ballads. Her powerful vocal style transcends the boundaries of bluegrass music, as evidenced in her collaboration with Dolly Parton on the Elton John / Bernie Taupin Tribute Project “Restoration” in 2018.
The Lifetime Learning Center is very pleased to welcome Rhonda Vincent and the Rage to the stage on Sunday, February 11, for a matinée performance at 3:00 p.m.