Presenter: Arts Council of Tamworth (Tamworth, NH) Artist: Revels Repertory Company (Watertown, MA)
The Arts Council of Tamworth will host Revels Repertory Company and their program, Voices from the Mountain. The performance celebrates Olive Dame Campbell, a New England native, and one of America’s first ethnographers of traditional music in the Appalachian Mountains. The music and culture that Campbell collected is common to the roots and culture of the early settlers of Tamworth. In addition to a public performance, Revels Repertory will have local students join them on stage for a special school performance.
Presenter: Connecticut Early Music Society (New London, CT) Artist: La Donna Musicale (Boston, MA)
The Connecticut Early Music Society’s mission is to promote music that has been neglected because of the passage of time or because of cultural biases. The work of La Donna Musicale – to focus solely on early music by female composers – works well with the Society’s mission and June festival. In addition to a public performance, pre-concert lecture, and post-concert Q&A, La Donna Musicale will be performing for school children in New London, who have had little exposure to the diversity and importance of classical music.
Presenter: International Festival of Arts & Ideas (New Haven, CT) Artist: Mango Blue (Cambridge, MA)
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present two concerts by Mango Blue during their lunchtime and evening concert series. Mango Blue’s connection to Ecuador will help the festival strengthen ties to the Latino community and will shine a spotlight on Ecuadorian music and culture. The ensemble’s music will be a key component in a day planned to honor the establishment of an Ecuadorean consulate in New Haven.
Presenter: Keene Middle School (Keene, NH) Artist: Tony Vacca’s World Rhythms (Northampton, MA)
In an effort to encourage tolerance and cultural diversity, Keene Middle School will host the drumming group, Tony Vacca’s World Rhythms. The artists will lead a number of workshops for 6th grade students combining poetry, spoken word, and music. In addition to performing for the entire middle school, World Rhythms will also hold a professional development workshop for teachers in the Keene area and will perform a public concert at Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College.
Presenter: Keene State College, Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond (Keene, NH) Artist: The CORE Ensemble (Medford, MA)
Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College will host chamber music theater group The CORE Ensemble and their program, Ain’t I a Woman. The performance is a celebration of African American music, performed by a chamber trio, and dramatized by an actress who will tell the life stories of four African American women. Several outreach activities will be scheduled in conjunction with the performance, including a luncheon for the Campus Diversity Committee, workshops for the Women Studies program, and a public lecture-demonstration.
Presenter: Saint Joseph College, Carol Autorino Center (West Hartford, CT) Artist: Avner the Eccentric (Peaks Island, ME)
Saint Joseph College will bring the art of mime to the Carol Autorino Center for the first time in the theater’s history. In Exceptions to Gravity, presented entirely in mime by Avner the Eccentric, a series of predicaments will be solved by magical illusions, physical dexterity, and humor. In addition to a public performance, Avner will lead workshops for middle and high school theater students from the American School for the Deaf. Avner’s performance will be a special part of Family Day at the school. Teachers at the school will conduct post-event in-class discussions regarding Avner’s workshop and performance.
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