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The Glory of Versailles: Week Five of the North Country Chamber Players 40th Anniversary summer season, with Guest Artist Aya Hamada on harpsichord.
A musical journey that will transport listeners to a time and place of courtly opulence and unprecedented magnificence. Works by Lully, Rameau, Marais and Couperin will represent the splendor and brilliance of French Baroque culture.
Tickets cost $25 and may be ordered online or purchased at the door.
The Glory of Versailles: Week Five of the North Country Chamber Players 40th Anniversary summer season, with Guest Artist Aya Hamada on harpsichord.
A musical journey that will transport listeners to a time and place of courtly opulence and unprecedented magnificence. Works by Lully, Rameau, Marais and Couperin will represent the splendor and brilliance of French Baroque culture.
Tickets cost $25 and may be ordered online or purchased at the door.
The Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio will perform at the Medallion Opera House in Gorham on Thursday, August 9 at 7:00 p.m., with special guest, Carlos Angeles Olmeda.
Based in New Hampshire’s Mount Washington Valley, the Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio are three musicians from three distinct generations and backgrounds, bringing their skills and down-to-earth honesty to bear on original songs and choice covers that
bring to life the sounds of the streets of New Orleans and the valleys of Appalachia. With their “traveling music store” of instruments, this trio delivers heartfelt music with brilliant musicianship, stellar three-part vocals harmonies, and earthy charm. Their latest
CD, Singin’, released in June 2017, debuted at #1 on the Folk radio charts and was the #11 album for the year. Their debut EP, Still She Will Fly, had the #2 single for the year on Folk radio in 2015. They recently returned from a national tour that included stops at the main
stage of the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas and the legendary Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Heather Pierson (lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, tenor banjo, ukulele, melodica) is an award-winning singer/songwriter, classically trained jazz pianist, and performer. With eight previous solo recordings under her belt, Heather’s wise-beyond-her-years
songwriting, bell-tone voice, and world-class chops have catapulted her into the spotlight. Davy Sturtevant (cornet, dobro, acoustic guitar, fiddle, mandolin, harmony vocals) is a veteran touring artist, producer, engineer, songwriter, and performer. Armed with a gorgeous tenor voice and a mighty arsenal of instruments that come to life in his capable hands, Davy is at once a witty, thoughtful, and engaging musical presence. Shawn Nadeau (bass, harmony vocals) brings a rock solid thump informed by a wide spectrum of unique rhythmic and melodic sensibilities ranging from rockabilly to reggae to jazz. Together, these seemingly disparate voices draw on their
respective experiences of the American musical voice – jazz, blues, folk – to create a unique and memorable experience.
Opening the show is Carlos Angeles Olmeda. The Puerto Rico born Carlos hails proudly from the acoustic singer/songwriter school of performance. His music transports listeners to a wide spectrum of emotional and cultural destinations, and his heartfelt delivery is
aimed at changing gears and realigning perspectives. On any given night, fans can hear at least four different songwriting styles in at least two languages performed with passion as well as a sense of humor.
For more information visit www.heatherpierson.com.
Tickets: $12
The Patchwork Players of the Weathervane Theatre present the charming, funny and fresh original musical, “The Upside of Being Down,” with book by Miles Burns and Alden Caple; music by Miles Burns and Scottie Hermenau.
The show helps kids learn the importance of teamwork, self-confidence and listening to your heart. The reason why we’re different is we all play different parts.
For all ages and every family.
In celebration of summer song, Poet, Balladeer, and former Portsmouth Poet Laureate, John Perrault will present a program of traditional and original Ballads along with New England story songs. Drawing from a repertoire that ranges from “Bonnie Barbara Allen,” to the Maine woods song, “Canada-I-O,” to “St. James Infirmary,” John follows the evolution of the traditional ballad from the mountains and moors of the British Isles to the Southern Mountains and Northern border of North America. John will also sing selections from Rock and Root, now available from CD Baby: www.cdbaby.com/cd/johnperrault.
“…Some of these tunes sound to me like they’ve been dug up out of the rocky New England soil; they’re organic to the place. They are both familiar and mysterious at the same time. Have I heard the story of Louis Wagner before? Sure, but I’ve seen thousands of New England farms, too, and that doesn’t mean I don’t stop when one looks particularly beautiful.” –Lars Trodson, Portsmouth Times on John’s The Ballad of Louis Wagner and other New England Stories in Verse.
“John Perrault has a great passion for history and a wonderful insight into the American experience. These stories and songs reflect an outstanding dedication to that passion.” —Bill Staines on John’s book & CD: Jefferson’s Dream.
Free and open to the public. A NH Humanities program.
A NH Humanities To Go Event
Murder and mayhem, robbery and rapine, love that cuts to the bone: American ballads re-tell the wrenching themes of their English and Scottish cousins. Transplanted in the New World by Old World immigrants, the traditional story-song of the Anglos and Scots wound up reinvigorated in the mountains of Appalachia and along the Canadian border. John Perrault talks, sings, and picks the strings that bind the old ballads to the new.
John earned his BA in English at Providence College, an MA in Political Science at the University of New Hampshire, and a JD at the Franklin Pierce Law Center. He taught high school English for 10 years in Kittery, Maine, and subsequently practiced law in Portsmouth for30 years. He is the author of Jefferson’s Dream, Here Comes the Old Man Now, The Ballad of Louis Wagner, and a recent CD compilation of ballads, Rock and Root. His poetry has appeared in Orbis (UK), The Salmon Poetry Anthology Dogs Singing, The Christian Science Monitor, Blue Unicorn, Commonweal, and elsewhere. John was Poet Laureate of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 2003-2005.
VIENNA! Week four of the North Country Chamber Players 40th Anniversary summer season.
Known as the “City of Music,” Vienna has produced and attracted some of the greatest composers in history. Beethoven’s extraordinary String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, ‘Serioso’, anchors a dramatic program that also includes important works by Haydn, Mahler, and a rare performance of Franz Schreker’s beautifully evocative pantomime, The Wind.
Tickets cost $25 and may be ordered online or purchased at the door.
VIENNA! Week four of the North Country Chamber Players 40th Anniversary summer season.
Known as the “City of Music,” Vienna has produced and attracted some of the greatest composers in history. Beethoven’s extraordinary String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, ‘Serioso’, anchors a dramatic program that also includes important works by Haydn, Mahler, and a rare performance of Franz Schreker’s beautifully evocative pantomime, The Wind.
Tickets cost $25 and may be ordered online or purchased at the door.
WEST SIDE STORY: BERNSTEIN AT 100! Week Three of the North Country Chamber Players 40th Anniversary summer season.
Metropolitan Opera soprano Sara Heaton headlines a song-filled tribute to ‘America’s Maestro’ featuring chamber music versions of some of his greatest hits, including America, I Feel Pretty, and Somewhere, along with fabled works by his extraordinary friends, Stephen Sondheim and Aaron Copland.
Tickets cost $25 and may be ordered online or purchased at the door.
WEST SIDE STORY: BERNSTEIN AT 100! Week Three of the North Country Chamber Players 40th Anniversary summer season.
Metropolitan Opera soprano Sara Heaton headlines a song-filled tribute to ‘America’s Maestro’ featuring chamber music versions of some of his greatest hits, including America, I Feel Pretty, and Somewhere, along with fabled works by his extraordinary friends, Stephen Sondheim and Aaron Copland.
Tickets cost $25 and can be ordered online or purchased at the door.