Lindsay Foote's music captures a raw, honest, and powerfully groovy sound that blends elements from folk & pop with a gritty rock Americana edge. A night at a Lindsay Foote show is one you won’t forget—the lyrical candor and infectious grooves just stay with you.
In honor of National Poetry Month, violist Shane Barker has fashioned a program that pairs two art forms: Poetry and Music. Audiences will hear spoken aloud the words of Emily Dickinson, Alfred de Musset and William Shakespeare, and in the intimate listening space that is The Granite, hear the musical companion to each literary work: music of Töru Takemitsu, Rebecca Clarke and Sergei Prokofiev.
Calling all fiddles, banjos, and guitars! Come on out to play or sit back and listen to Appalachian music with us. All are welcome!
Open chamber music reading for string players! This event is open to everyone - students, professionals, hobbyists, teens, adults - anyone who would like to sight-read chamber music, meet other local musicians, and have fun. Plenty of sheet music will be available, and attendees are welcome to bring their own.
Jacob’s Ladder blends bluegrass and Jewish music, creating a unique sound that brings community, energy, and reimagined tradition to performances.
Experience the power of movement, breath, and mindfulness with the beauty of live violin to create a grounding and rejuvenating experience. Join Josh Liebling, qigong teacher, and Megan Yee, violinist, for an immersive experience designed to help you find your flow through movement and live music accompaniment.
Melding unparalleled virtuosity with an introspective sensibility, Nic Gareiss and Alexis Chartrand trace, with disarming spontaneity, their path across French Canadian, Appalachian, and Irish traditions. Propelled by melodies inherited from Québécois folklore, the duo explores, with palpable pleasure, the sharing of sounds and gestures, blurring the lines between music and dance, melody and movement.
Play folk music with your feet! Flatfooting is a solo form of improvised percussive dance originating in the Appalachian Mountains, with sonic and gestural connections to West African, Indigenous, and Western European dance. Using the toe, heel, and ball of the foot to strike and slide across the floor, flatfooting articulates the rhythms of old-time fiddle and banjo tunes. For movers of all experience and backgrounds.
William Stafford’s poem, The Way It Is, speaks of a thread present in each of our lives, a thread that Stafford implores us to hold on to so we don’t get lost. Andrew will tell five stories drawn from his musical journey that speak to finding, holding on to, and sometimes losing the thread. Each story has a musical companion, weaving through various genres and styles.
Join us for a monthly celebration of bluegrass music. House band at 8 PM with open jamming through the night. Come to listen, come to play, come to learn.
Kate Keeler will discuss her current exhibition at The Granite, titled Weavings, Wires, Roots, and Branches, in which nature, local history, visual arts, and music intertwine. Musical accompaniment will be provided by The Keelers, performing songs that share themes with the paintings and prints. Don't miss the linocut demonstration!
Wish you could sing harmony with more ease and confidence? Develop a natural approach to harmony singing using bluegrass, folk, and country standards. Join the fun!
