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June 2019
Jacob MacKay, cello and Natsuku Yamagata, piano
Jacob MacKay, cello and Natsuku Yamagata, piano $15, children free Natsuku is brilliant pianist. Francestown native, cellist Jacob MacKay has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. They first met when studying music at Brandeis University and are pleased to play together at the Old Meeting House. Jacob and Natsuku will play duets and solos. Schumann: Fantasietücke, Op. 73 J.S. Bach: Suite for Solo Cello No. 4 in E-flat Major,…
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Jeff Davis and Gordon Peery
Jeff Davis and Gordon Peery $15, children free Jeff Davis is one of America’s most respected collectors and interpreters of traditional music. He has traveled far to visit “source singers”--farmers and miners who remembered the old songs and tunes--and closer at hand to libraries and archives, always look for the best of the music that was once common in out towns and villages. Gordon Peery is a piano player known for his solid yet innovative accompaniment for fiddle players, vocalists,…
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Sirkka Tombi Holm documentary film
A life documentary film of Sirkka Tombi Holm has been prepared by Kristin Ojaniemi under contract with the Finnish American Heritage Center of Finlandia University. The showing of this film will be combined with Sirkka’s 99th birthday. Please all join Sirkka at the Old Meeting House at 11:00 AM for the film’s screening and at the Town Hall at noon for a potluck lunch party. Potluck, bring what ever you like and we’ll make a cake.
Find out more »Electric Earth Concerts
Electric Earth Concerts $30 Great music all year long for the Monadnock region Jonathan Bagg and Laura Gilbert, artistic directors Tom Meglioranza, baritone David Breitman, piano Wintereisse song cycle by Franz Schubert “Sublime is the first word that comes to mind.” The New York Times “An immaculate and inventive recitalist…the young American baritone has become the critic’s darling for his mellifluous voice and immaculate diction.” The New Yorker. https://meglioranza.typepad.com/thomas_meglioranza_barito/audio-samples-.html Please join the musicians and artistic directors for a…
Find out more »Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy 7 pm $15, children free A Legend Plays The Old Meeting House in Francestown Singer-songwriter Cormac McCarthy’s album, Collateral, is a milestone in his notable career as a singer and a songwriter. Time and experience have drawn this talented artist to a new and compelling crossroad. “Many of the songs on this album are a bit of a musical stretch for me,” says McCarthy. “R & B, ballads, gut bucket blues, German theater music, bluegrass and…
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Vespers
Labor Day festivities begin with Vespers, Sunday evening. Music and laughter, passages and friendship abound.
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Labor Day Ice Cream Social
Join us on the green for some good old end of summer fun!
Find out more »Four Shillings Short
Four Shillings Short $15 children free Traditional and original music from Celtic lands, medieval and Renaissance Europe, India and the Americas on instruments including hammered dulcimer, mandolin, whistles, banjo, ukulele, lovely vocals and even a krumhorn. Lots of fun and superb musicianship. Please come and meet Aodh Og O’Tuama & Christy Martin before the concert. Join us for drinks and hors d'oeuvres at 5 pm at the home of board member, Steve and Janet Griffin, just down the hill…
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