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April 2016
“A Far Cry” at the Waterford Concert Series
A Far Cry, an 18-member chamber orchestra from Boston, performs music by Mozart, Golijov and Sibelius on April 17. Boston magazine called A Far Cry “a thoroughly modern, century-spanning globe-trotting sonic adventure.” The Criers, as fans worldwide know them, are self-conducted: leadership rotates among ensemble members both on stage and behind the scenes. Boston recommends: “Catch this group live!” (4/17/16, 4 PM: $30 adult, $15 student) Sponsored by the Betty McGowin Charitable Trust.
www.waterfordconcertseries.orgWalker’s Run at the Theatre at Washington, VA
Walker’s Run has developed a loyal following in and around the Appalachians for its unique, improvisational mountain-music. Walking the fine line between tradition and exploration, Walker’s Run stretches beyond the realm of traditional Appalachian folk music, incorporating world music, jazz, and punk influences.
Walker’s Run and its members have appeared on prestigious stages throughout the United States and overseas, including the Kennedy Center and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Band members include founding member Brennan Gilmore on guitar and vocals; Zack Blatter on bass, award-winning fiddle player Nate Leath (Leathal Matter, Old School Freight Train), mandolin player Andy Thacker (Love Canon), and percussionist Nick Falk (Boston Boys). While Walker’s Run’s origins are in Rockbridge County, Virginia, the band currently is split between Washington DC, Charlottesville, VA and Brooklyn, NY.
Tickets for the performance at the Theatre on Saturday, April 23, 2016, at 8 p.m. are $25 for adults and $10 for students under 18. For reservations, please visit TheatreWashingtonVA.com or send email to info@TheatreWashingtonVA.com. The Theatre, 291 Gay Street, P.O. Box 322, Washington VA 22747, 540-675-1253.
TheatreWashingtonVA.comBluegrass & BBQ Series Featuring The Foghorn Stringband
Join us for a night of Bluegrass & BBQ with The Foghorn Stringband playing their “Hard Hittin’ Rural American” music!
The sound of the Portland, Oregon’s Foghorn Stringband could have come barreling through the grille-cloth of those big console radios in the living rooms of the 1950’s, when the traditional sounds of rural America were still on the minds of young musicians transferring the old-time music to a distinctively modern age. Their tight instrumental work and line-up – fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass and guitar – is reminiscent of early bluegrass, but their powerful approach is whole-heartedly old-time, centered largely by the fiddle. Devoted to the interpretation and performance of American stringband music, their style encompasses early country music, the fiddle repertoire of the Southern Appalachians and the Midwest, and the stringband sounds of the Piedmont region.
Sunday, April 24 | Doors open at 7:00 and concert starts at 8:00 PM
Award-winning BBQ from Jordan Springs Market be available for sale from 7:00 to 8:30 PM
All Tickets are General Admission
$15 in advance until 3:00 PM on the day of event
$20 at the door
Children: 12 years and below are free when accompanied by an adult
Michael Lynche & The Black Saints
Get ready for music of the most iconic R&B/Soul legends of all-time with Michael Lynche & The Black Saints. There’s music, there’s storytelling, there’s undeniable heart. R&B Legends – created by and starring American Idol alumni, Michael “Big Mike” Lynche – will leave you singing, dancing, and uplifted!
Michael and his band will perform music by James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Luther Vandross, Al Green and more.
After wowing millions of fans on American Idol with his comforting and powerful voice and performing throughout the United States as part of the American Idol LIVE! tour, Michael has created his sonically rich and lyrically inviting debut album. The first single, “Who’s Gonna Love You More” rose steadily on the Urban Adult Contemporary charts. The second single, “Today” has impacted Adult Contemporary and Smooth Jazz radio.
Date & Time:
Wednesday, April 27 at 8:00 PM | Doors open at 7:00
Ticket Prices & Info:
All Tickets are General Admission
$25 in advance until 1:00 PM on the day of event
$30 at the door
Children: 12 years and below are free when accompanied by an adult
“Open Late” Summer Concert Series at the NSLM
The National Sporting Library & Museum (NSLM) is pleased to announce the return of Open Late, the free summer concert series that takes place once a month from April through August. The event series features regional performers, craft beers, and local wineries, and guests can stroll through the art Museum from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
“Everyone is invited to relax on our campus lawn, enjoy a musical concert, try regional wines and Virginia craft beers, and picnic with friends. We’ve planned these events with young families in mind and with the hope that those passing through Middleburg heading east or west after work will join us,” explains Melanie Mathewes, Executive Director of the National Sporting Library & Museum.
The Open Late series was created in 2015 as a community event to provide area residents a unique opportunity to explore the art exhibitions and collections on view in the Museum. “Knowing everyone has busy schedules during the day, we thought staying open late would give people a chance to come and visit,” says Mathewes.
Open Late is a free, public event. Picnics are welcome and a cash bar will be available – no outside alcohol is permitted on premises. The event is rain or shine.
Open Late Calendar
Friday, April 29
Partner: Middleburg Hunt Point-to-Point
Band: Ashby Run
Friday, May 27
Partner: Land Trust of Virginia
Band: Danielle Westphal and Company
Friday, June 17
Partner: George Mason University
Band: Jazz Combo from Mason Music Productions
Friday, July 29
Partner: MARE Center and Virginia Tech
Band: Piedmont Symphony Orchestra
Friday, August 26
Partner: Mosby Heritage Area Association
Band: Tara Mills and Jimmy Stelling
Spring Fling and Dance Contest with the Silver Tones Swing Band
Starts at 7 p.m. at the Marshall Community Center located at 4133 Rectortown Road, less than a mile off I-66, exit 28. Complimentary refreshments will be served. Swing dance lesson is included in admission and starts at 7 pm. Band plays at 7:30 pm. $10 per person. Call 540-422-8580 or visithttp://www.SilverTonesSwingBand.com for more information.
The State Theatre of Culpeper hosts three Bluegrass bands
In an evening full of traditional Bluegrass, Appalachian Rock and Southern soul – flavored with guitars, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dobro, and foot stomping percussion. Starts at 7:30 p.m. Bands include Winston Salem, North Carolina’s Big Daddy Love (rock, bluegrass, southern soul and psychedelic sounds), Nashville, Tennessee’s Forlorn Strangers and Martinsburg, West Virginia’s Circa Blue. Ticket prices per person are: $37 front orchestra; $32 rear orchestra; $27 balcony. Purchase at www.culpepertheatre.org or at the State Theatre Box Office Wednesday thru Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 1 hour prior to the event.
Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater presents Glam and Metal Rock Doc Double Feature. “Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” & “The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years”
(20th Century Fox, 1973) On July 3rd, 1973, David Bowie assumed his “Ziggy Stardust” persona on stage for the last time, joined by his band “The Spiders from Mars.” “The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years” (New Line Cinema, 1988) Director Penelope Spheeris’s often-hilarious film showcases the inhabitants of L.A.’s then-burgeoning metal culture. No one under the age of 17 will be admitted without a parent or guardian. Starts at 7:30 p.m. Free, at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater located at 19053 Mt. Pony Rd. in Culpeper, VA. No reservations required. For more information, call 202-707-9994.
Charlottesville Symphony – “Pictures”
The Charlottesville Symphony performs Respighi’s Three Botticelli Pictures, Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with cello soloist Denise Djokic and Mussorgsky’s famous Pictures at an Exhibition.
8:00pmOld Cabell Hall on the Grounds of the University of Virginia
Tickets available at the UVA Arts Box Office: 434-924-3376 or www.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu.
For information: www.cvillesymphony.org
DAVID GANS IN CONCERT
The Birthplace of Country Music is proud to present David Gans, world-renowned Grateful Dead aficionado, author, musician, and radio host of The Grateful Dead Hour.
Tickets are $10 in advance / $15 at door.
Doors Open: 6:30 p.m.
Concert Begins: 7:00 p.m.
http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/events/event/david-gans-in-concert/Orange Community Chorus will perform at the Orange Presbyterian Church
Starts at 7:30 p.m. The chorus will present a festival of folk songs for your listening enjoyment. They will include familiar favorites such as Danny Boy, Aura Lee, Simple Gifts, & Sweet Betsy From Pike. For info, contact 672-2552 or www.orangechorusandband.com
May 2016
Culpeper County High School, Spring Band Concert
Held in the school’s Auditorium, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. 14270 Achievement Drive. Phone (540) 825-3677
Smithsonian at Little Washington: Kenneth Slowik
As the 24th season of the Smithsonian at Little Washington concert series comes to a close, Kenneth Slowik will perform compositions by the great Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach on Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m. Slowik will be playing on cello and harpsichord.
Kenneth Slowik is an American cellist, viol player, and conductor, Curator of Musical Instrument Collection at the National Museum of American History and Artistic Director of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society. He will be playing a German-styled harpsichord made by Thomas and Barbara Wolf, of The Plains, and modeled after an instrument made in Hanover in 1738 by Christian Vater. Slowik says, “It’s a beautiful instrument, sonorous, yet with wonderfully clear articulation—just about perfect, chronologically and sonically, for Bach.”
A highly valued feature of all the concerts in the Smithsonian at Little Washington series is the commentary which Kenneth Slowik provides throughout the program. His remarks shed light on the glorious music and the life and times of the featured composers. Slowik was the recipient in 2011 of the Smithsonian Secretary’s Distinguished Research Lecture Award, and the remarks during the concerts at the Theatre at Washington, Virginia, are generally a shortened version of the talk which precedes each of the concerts heard in Washington D.C.
www.TheatreWashingtonVA.comSmithsonian at Little Washington
As the 24th season of the Smithsonian at Little Washington concert series comes to a close, Kenneth Slowik will perform compositions by the great Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach at 3 p.m. Slowik will be playing on cello and harpsichord. Tickets for the event are $25 for adults, $10 under 18. To reserve or purchase tickets, please visit TheatreWashingtonVA.com or call (540) 675-1253. The Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA 227
Eastern View High School, Spring Band Concert
Held in the school’s Auditorium, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 16332 Cyclone Way. Phone (540) 825-0621
Orange Community Band Performance
Will be held at the Orange County High School. Starts at 7:30 p.m. The band will perform a musical potpourri that will include original works by local composers, foot-stomping music from the 50s, some Dixieland jazz, and stirring marches.For info, contact 672-2552 or www.orangechorusandband.com
April Verch Band
April Verch blends the traditions of roots music and step-dancing with her own artistic voice and vision in a high-energy show that puts her award-winning fiddling and songwriting talents out front.
April Verch steps, sings, and fiddles with a fresh and feisty approach to deep North American traditions. Verch’s delicate voice, energetic footwork, and stunning playing, a trifecta of talents she brings together simultaneously to jaw-dropping effect. While Verch is perhaps best known for playing traditional fiddle styles from her native Ottawa Valley, Canada, her performances extend into old-time American and Appalachian styles and beyond, for a well-rounded tour-de-force of North Americana sounds. Verch tours with world-class musicians as a trio, featuring acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass and clawhammer banjo in addition to Verch’s vocals, fiddle and foot percussion.
Date & Time:
Sunday, May 1 at 8:00 PM | Doors open at 7:00
Ticket Prices & Info:
All Tickets are General Admission
$15 in advance until 3:00 PM on the day of event
$20 at the door
Children: 12 years and below are free when accompanied by an adult
RADIO BRISTOL PREMIERES: SIERRA HULL
Radio Bristol Premieres focuses on new recordings debuted before a live audience, as well as a live broadcast and webcast on Radio Bristol. In this show, the talented Sierra Hull will perform from her new album, Weighted Mind.
Location: Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $35 per person
http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/events/event/radio-bristol-premiers-sierra-hull/Music on the Rise
Join us for a spring evening at Little Washington Winery, featuring Belle Meade School’s own string band “Makeshift”. Little Washington Winery will be offering wine tasting. Bring a picnic dinner: put out your best spread for a picnic judging contest! Hot Air Balloon tether rides available: $20 per person (proceeds benefit Belle Meade School, a 501(c)3.
All activities are weather permitting
Space limited – first come, first served
Little Washington Winery
72 Christmas Tree Ln, Washington, Virginia 22747