Elisabeth von Trapp is the granddaughter of the legendary Maria and Baron von Trapp whose story inspired the beloved play and film The Sound of Music. Ms von Trapp has been singing professionally since childhood and has enthralled audiences from European cathedrals to Washington DC’s Kennedy Center. 

“In Elisabeth von Trapp we have an artist who is a living member of an extraordinary family,” said Flagpole Radio Café Producer Barbara Gaines.  “Like so many of you, I grew up with The Sound of Music and was touched by her family’s compelling story. Elisabeth continues the musical traditions begun by her iconic grandparents and I am thrilled to have her perform in the show.” 

Inspired by her father Werner von Trapp’s guitar playing and singing,  Elisabeth has carried on the legacy of the internationally renowned Trapp Family Singers. She began taking piano lessons when she was eight and by age 16 she was playing guitar and traveling the back roads of New England performing with her siblings at weddings, gospel meetings and town halls.

Building on her famed family’s passion for music, Elisabeth has created her own artistic style, at once ethereal and earthy, delicate and powerful. Listeners have likened her to Judy Collins and Loreena McKennitt. Critics have called her voice “hauntingly clear,”  “joyfully expressive” and  “simply beautiful.”

Ms von Trapp’s concert repertoire is as diverse as it is comprehensive. With equal ease and eloquence she sings timeless wonders like Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Favorite Things” and “Edelweiss,” Puccini’s O Mio Babbino Caro, soaring gospel tunes, pop classics such as “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” and her own stunning compositions.

In the spring of 2001 Elisabeth was granted permission from Robert Frost’s publisher, Henry Holt & Co., to sing parts of the poet’s oeuvre. Poetic License, released in June 2004, features the musical settings of poems by Frost and Shakespeare, a Japanese haiku and interpretations of “Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World,” Sting’s “Fragile” and Schubert’s An Die Musik. She has released five self produced albums, and has performed across the United States, Austria and Russia.

Now completing its fourth season, The Flagpole Radio Café is an engaging show created by Jim Allyn, Martin Blanco and Barbara Gaines in conjunction with Newtown Cultural Arts Commission. It features music by Jim Allyn and The Flagpole Radio Café Orchestra, a dynamic ensemble created for the show, and radio style comedy sketches by the Flagpole Shakespeare Repertory Theatre.

Each show also features a musical guest artist. Previous guests have included Livingston Taylor, Jonathan Edwards, Tom Chapin, Deborah Henson-Conant, and Yale’s internationally acclaimed male choir The Whiffenpoofs.

Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for students and senior citizens, and on sale at www.flagpoleproductions.org.

The show will be in the theater of Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, and showtime is 7 pm.

For additional information call 203-364-0898 or send email to info@flagpoleproductions.org.