Music
Medical event alters Birdhouse Band performance, Sept. 20
PLAINFIELD – The four-piece Birdhouse Band with Andrew Koehler, Mavis MacNeil, Roy MacNeil and Annie Rowell, will play a set of Beatles tunes, original songs, and more, instead of the planned Abbey Road performance, Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Plainfield Opera House, due to an unexpected medical event impacting one[Read More…]
Stamey at HCA celebrates horses, American West, Sept. 27
GREENSBORO – Saturday, Sept. 27, the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro will present Dave Stamey. Stamey is a Western entertainer who has received multiple awards from the Western Music Association, including entertainer of the year (seven times), male performer of the year (seven times) and songwriter of the[Read More…]
Multi-talented musicians give uplifting benefit concert
GREENSBORO – A very upbeat concert to benefit the Greensboro Nursing Home (GNH) was held Friday evening, August 29, at the United Church of Christ. It featured Roy MacNeil on violin and guitar; Mavis MacNeil on saxophone, flute and vocals; Alice Perron on guitar and vocals; Andrew Koehler on piano[Read More…]
Final seasonal concert features thirty-piece orchestra
GREENSBORO – The final concert of this summer’s Caspian Music season was held on Sunday evening, August 24, at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. The thirty-piece Caspian Chamber Orchestra was skillfully conducted by Paul McShee, and two works featured soprano Andrea Nalywajko, an early Mendelssohn violin concerto[Read More…]
Cécilia, Quebec music trio, presents vibrant concert
GREENSBORO – The Canadian group, Cécilia came to Greensboro at the Highland Center for the Arts on Thursday evening, August 21, and gave a vibrant concert of music spanning the genres of traditional, Celtic, Quebequois and jazz. The trio of pianist Evin Leahy, accordion player Timi Turmel and violinist Louis[Read More…]
The Vermont Bluegrass Pioneers play Sept. 12
ADAMANT – The Vermont Bluegrass Pioneers will present a concert on Friday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m., at the Adamant Community Club. The band unites the talents of “Banjo” Dan and Willy Lindner who co-founded Banjo Dan and the Midnite Plowboys and continued their career as the Sky Blue Boys.[Read More…]
GNH fundraiser concert, Aug. 29
GREENSBORO – An end-of-summer concert to support the Greensboro Nursing Home (GNH) will be Friday, August 29, 7 p.m.. Local musicians Roy MacNeil, Icarus Tyree, Mavis MacNeil, Andrew Koehler, and Alice Perron will present an evening of folk songs, fiddle tunes, jazz standards, oldies and more in the Greensboro United[Read More…]
“Phil Henry and the News Feed,” perform Sunday, Sept. 14
PLAINFIELD – Plainfield Arts presents “Phil Henry and the News Feed” at the Plainfield Opera House on Sunday, Sept. 14, at 4 p.m., for an afternoon of songwriting, storytelling and musicianshi Singer-songwriter Phil Henry is a craftsman, singer, storyteller and multi-instrumentalist. His album, “Chasing Echoes,” debuted at No, 2 on[Read More…]
Abbey Road concert returns to HCA, Sept. 6; Plainfield Opera House, Sept. 20
GREENSBORO, PLAINFIELD – The Birdhouse Band again performs the Beatles’ entire “Abbey Road” album at the Highland Center for the Arts (HCA), September 6, and at the Plainfield Opera House, September 20. Both events begin at 7 p.m. After a sold-out HCA performance in August, The Birdhouse Band’s celebration of[Read More…]
Nicely varied program performed by Chamber Players
HARDWICK – The Craftsbury Chamber Players gave the last concert of their season, on August 14, at the Hardwick Town House in a nicely varied program of four American composers: Copland, Kern, Holland and Bernstein in the first half and a clarinet quintet by Brahms in the second. The performance[Read More…]
Chamber Players offer wide spectrum of repertoire
GREENSBORO – The last concert in the Summer Music from Greensboro series, Tuesday evening, August 5, in the United Church of Christ, featured the Manhattan Chamber Players with works by Mozart, Beethoven, Gliere, Devienne, four of which highlighted the flute. The New York City based group works as a collective[Read More…]
