World music artist Pan Morigan, along with spoken words artists Janet Aalfs, Andrea Hairston and Lenelle Moise, will be performing a free show in Northampton.

The evening promises to offer a mix of themes from Ms. Morigan’s music inspired by classical Irish folk music, to poetry combined with martial arts by Ms. Aalfs. Andrea Hairston will be reading some of her unique anti-war work.

Born in Oklahoma, raised in the Midwest and now living in the Northeast, singer Pan Morigan has great affection for the land of her birth, and she speaks of it in the glowing narrative of a songwriter. In an interview with greenlinnet.com Ms. Morigan said, “I miss the vast skies, rough winds, storms and lakes of the North American Midwest where I grew up. I miss the loud, friendly, easy-going ways of the people there. I even miss the bitter cold winters with snow piled to the rooftops and trees covered with glittering, magical icicles.”

Perhaps because she knows so well the longing for a place you have left behind, it was natural for her to want to create an album like her debut, “Castles of Gold,” an account in spoken word and song of the Irish immigration experience.

Morigan will be performing some work from her upcoming CD “Fire Moon and Other Mysteries,” as well as some of her previous work off of “Castles of Gold.” Her musical influences range from classical Greek to Irish to jazz, and many other cultures and musical forms. The style in which she plays is truly one of a kind, it contains hints of culturally specific sound that she then unites with world music and her own unique musical style.

On the 7th, Morigan will also be holding “Scoring the Action: Composing Music For Theater,” a lecture and workshop with guest Beth Cohen. The lecture will be held in the Green Room of the Theater Building at Smith College. It is open to the public and especially to all up and coming theatrical musicians who would like some pointers from someone who has already been there. Morigan and Ms. Cohen will discuss the process they use when working to create scores for music and theater productions.

The show will be at the Helen Hills on Elm Street on March 8, at 8 p.m.

Information from greenlinnet.com was used in this story.