CAMDEN — Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series will welcome Rachel Sumner and Traveling Light for a 7:30 p.m. concert Friday, Feb. 7, at the downtown venue, 29 Elm St.

No stranger to the stage, Sumner spent her early career on the bluegrass circuit, singing and writing with the genre-bending Boston group Twisted Pine. Since setting out on her own, Sumner's songs have been critically acclaimed, winning the Lennon Award in the folk category of the 2021 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for her song "Radium Girls (Curie Eleison)", and being chosen four consecutive years by WBUR/NPR as one of the top Massachusetts entries in the Tiny Desk Competition.

"With songs as sweet and biting as the nectar and venom in her voice, Sumner's lyric-forward writing and penchant for snaking chord progressions highlight the acrobatic range of her Traveling Light bandmates Kat Wallace (fiddle) and Mike Siegel (upright bass)," said the Opera House, in a news release.

Sumner’s latest album, Heartless Things, can be listened to on multiple streaming platforms.

SoundCheck shows run for one hour, and tickets are $10, available in advance at camdenoperahouse.com and at the door (cash only, please). Seating is general admission; doors open at 7 p.m.

This SoundCheck show, sponsored by the Blackberry Inn and the opera house’s Community Arts Fund, will be recorded for later viewing on the opera house’s YouTube Channel.