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How do i show up?

Origami Mami shares
faeral Folk songs and stories

I live in the here and now

I am from the universe herself

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My performances are a mixture of original spoken word pieces, songs, and stories from my experience as a vagabond oboist accompanied by a turtle shell drum. That is interspersed with solo oboe repertoire from my classical training, fiddle tunes played on oboe, along with tiny tunes played on various ocarinas and bamboo flutes (and occasionally a kazoo).

in action

Watch videos on Youtube, including Kelsey getting crowds from midtown Atlanta to McCarthy, Alaska to sing along to "We are the Faery Folk"

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Watch a full length set of Faeral Folk Songs and Stories, premiered March 23, 2023 after a two week residency living in Glendale, SC as a Goodall Visiting Fellow. 

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Listen to interviews:

Katia Kool on WRFG.org May 2023

Tamora Israel, Coffee with T, October 2021

Vision

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Where will I show up next? 

vagabondoboist@gmail.com

©2017 by Kelsey Leahy

Want to help get me there?

Donations accepted but not expected. 

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This website was funded in part by Chapman Cultural Center, its donors, the County and City of Spartanburg and the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC. 

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