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On Thursday, April 12, notloB Folk Concerts will be pleased to present at the historic Loring-Greenough Hosue in Jamaica Plain Darol Anger and Emy Phelps, with special guest Sharon Gilchrist. Having jammed with Rushad Eggleston at his third notloB concert, this will be Darol’s first feature performance.
DAROL ANGER AND EMY PHELPS
Exceptional  among modern fiddlers for his versatility and depth, Darol Anger has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through his involvement with numerous pathbreaking ensembles such as his Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, Montreux, the Duo and other ensembles. Today Darol can be heard on NPR’s “Car Talk” theme every week, along with Earl Scruggs, David Grisman and Tony Rice. He has recorded and produced scores of important recordings since 1977, is a MacDowell and UCross Fellow, and has received numerous composers’ residencies and grants. He is a featured soloist on dozens of recordings and motion picture soundtracks. Virtuoso fiddler and multi-string master Darol Anger here focuses his talents in service of the singer-songwriter’s art. Emy Phelps is a standout artist in a large field, a prolific songwriter with a riveting voice which plumbs the deepest emotions. A musician of note in the Pacific Northwest, she has made a 30 year music career while raising 3 sons and one daughter, achieving degrees in Theatre Arts and Special Education, and touring for 7 years with Brian Ransom’s Ceramic Ensemble. In combination, these 2 musicians bring out each other’s special ability to convey deep emotional resonance and spark low-key fireworks.
SHARON GILCHRIST
 Sharon Gilchrist originally hails from Southlake, Texas. She has performed with a long list of artists – the Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet, Uncle Earl, The Santa Fe All-Stars, the Bill Hearne Trio and Mary & Mars, to name a few. She is currently based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico where she teaches private mandolin lessons at Santa Fe String Studios and is on staff as a mandolin teacher at the College of Santa Fe. Sharon received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mandolin Performance from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. While in Nashville, she spent time playing upright bass with several singer-songwriters in the indie-rock scene such as Josh Rouse, Rebecca Stout and Jennifer Niceley. She also served as musical director and composer for the modern art collective, DddD.
Suggested donation $20 at the door; $15 if reservation is made at least 24 hours in advance and to Loring-Greenough museum members. Plus $1 preservation fee.
Doors 7:30, Concert 8:00
Room capacity is 40, reservations are strongly recommended – notlobreservations at gmail dot com
CHAPTER AND VERSE LITERARY READING SERIES
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012 at 7:30 pm
A Very Special Evening of Poetry in Performance
Featuring:
MAYA PHILLIPS is currently the curator of the Emerson College Poetry Project. She represented Emerson at CUPSI as a member of the college’s 2010 and 2011 slam teams. She competed for the Cantab Lounge at the National Poetry Slam in Cambridge and in Boston as a member of the 2011 Cantab slam team. Maya is an Emerson College student. Her in-progress thesis is a book of poems about mythology with a focus on the genre’s portrayal of women.
ADAM STONE has been on nine consecutive national slam teams representing Cape Cod, The Boston Cantab, The Boston Lizard Lounge, and the People’s Republic of Vermont. He also served as Cape Cod’s Spoken Word Poet Laureate from 2000 – 2007, and has represented The Boston Lizard Lounge at the Individual World Poetry Slam in 2005 and 2007. His book is titled, I Think Our Song Is on Repeat: (S)Elected Poems 1998 – 2007, and his most recent chapbook is Radioactive Sidekick.
AL GUNDY is a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts where he co-wrote his first novel in second grade. Since then he has written several historical novels and created award-winning computer games. At the age of nine he fell in love with rhyming poetry, and today, Al performs his narrative verse regularly at the Cantab Lounge as well as other venues in and around Boston. Al is the author of the long-running web comic, “Elo and Anson,” which can be seen at www.eloandanson.com.
We thank Jonathan Clark of the Forest Hills Educational Trust for curating this program.
COME JOIN US FOR POETRY, FICTION, and REFRESHMENTS (of course!)
Chapter and Verse takes place in the historic Loring-Greenough House at 12 South Street in Jamaica Plain Centre, just across from the Monument.
Suggested donation $5.00 or whatever you can afford. (We mean this. We would rather have you than your money.) Free refreshments are served.
Parking Information: The Loring-Greenough House has a parking lot, but several spaces are reserved for ZIP Cars. Please respect these spaces, and also please try not to park on the grass. There is ample unrestricted street parking and a large, free public parking lot off Centre Street, between Burroughs and Thomas Streets, just a block from the Loring-Greenough House.
There is also a parking lot off the right side of Burroughs Street, behind the stores on Centre Street.
For information check our website at http://jamaicapondpoets.com or email dorothy.derifield@gmail.com or call 617-325-8388.
Libella Quartet presents Reincarnations – Contemporary Compositions for a-capella vocal quartet on March 4, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.
On March 4, 2012, at 3:00 p.m., the Libella Quartet– Lisa Lynch, soprano, Carola Emrich-Fisher, alto, Jason Sabol, tenor, Matt Wight, bass– will present Reincarnations, a concert of contemporary compositions for a-capella vocal quartet, including works by Samuel Barber, Paul Hindemith, Kazumi Umeda, Igor Stravinsky, among others, at the historic Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain MA, as part of the Sunday Afternoon at the ‘Greenough House parlor concert series.
Meet the members of the Libella Quartet at afternoon tea following the program.
The Sunday Afternoon at the ‘Greenough House series recreates the atmosphere of 18th and 19th century “musical afternoons” in the 1760 Loring-Greenough House, twice monthly, October to May. Tickets are available at the door: donation $15 ($10 seniors, students and JPTC members). Space is limited; reservations are suggested—call 617-524-3158 or email lghouseconcerts@aim.com.
Praised for its “riveting” performances by WGBH host Brian McCreath, the Libella Quartet is a vocal ensemble performing works from all periods, and committed to performing 20th- and 21st-century repertoire. Founded in 2005, the Libella Quartet recently was featured at WGBH’s All Classical Festival. The group has presented numerous concerts throughout New England , including “New Blood,” a program of premieres which featured winners of the 2007 Libella Composition Competition. The ensemble has appeared in performances with The American Schubert Institute in Cambridge, MA, and at the Longy School of Music, singing music by Howard Frazin. The Libella Quartet has presented “The Dove Descending,” performing 20th-century a capella works, and a program of music by Robert Schumann at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, MA. The Libella Quartet also has appeared at the Saint Botolph Club, the Boston University Composers Concert Series, the Winchester Community Music School, the First Church in Belmont, JP Open Studios, and the Loring-Greenough House. Upcoming performances include a program featuring works by Jason Sabol at Boston University in April 2012.
Built in 1760, the Loring-Greenough House, a local landmark listed on the . . . → Read More: Libella Quartet (Sunday, March 4)
On Friday, March 2, notloB Folk Concerts will be pleased to welcome back two alumni, Katie McNally, who initiated notloB’s series at the Jackson Homestead (5/16/09) and Eric McDonald, who, on 11/2/07 opened for and so impressed the Rowan Brothers when they performed at the Loring-Greenough House they invited him to sit in for most of their set.
Katie McNally and Eric McDonald found each other in high school as like minded musicians in the Boston traditional music scene. Both sought to functionally push the envelope of traditional music, using original music and modern sensibility to add new color to the familiar style of tunes that have been passed down for generations. Over the years and many impromptu musical moments, this musical relationship congealed into a cohesive unit. Now the music, while based heavily in the Scottish tradition, is infused with influences from two diverse and educated musical backgrounds, where carefully arranged traditional pieces seamlessly give way to original compositions. Having always been two of the busiest players around, these two have amassed a reputable list of experience, currently including the Scottish powerhouse Cantrip (McDonald) and the fiddle super group Childsplay (McNally). This practiced musicianship shines in the melodic texture and murky tones that linger long after a McNally/McDonald performance.
Venue: Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain Artists’ website – http://www.katieandericmusic.com/
Suggested donation $12 at the door; $10 if reservation is made at least 24 hours in advance and to JPTC members. Plus $1 preservation fee. Doors 7:30, Concert 8:00 Reservations – notlobreservations at gmail dot com
Pastries from Fiore’s Coffee from JP Licks
More info - https://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic/ Mailing list - http://groups.google.com/group/notlobmusic
notloB Folk Concerts has produced close to 100 not-for-profit concerts in the greater Boston area since 2007. The series is volunteer-run; 100% of the donations go to the musicians and production expenses.
“In this era of pop-driven acoustic music, notloB is keeping the folk tradition alive.” ~Jack Hardy
coming up… April 12 ~ Darol Anger & Emy Phelps with Special Guest Sharon Gilchrist @ Loring-Greenough House, JP
Every third Tuesday of the month, bring your latest craft projects to the house! Join us for wine and snacks. Suggested donation: $5, free for members.
E-mail Courtney at cfkarp@loring-greenough.org for more information.
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among modern fiddlers for his versatility and depth, Darol Anger has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through his involvement with numerous pathbreaking ensembles such as his Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, Montreux, the Duo and other ensembles. Today Darol can be heard on NPR’s “Car Talk” theme every week, along with Earl Scruggs, David Grisman and Tony Rice. He has recorded and produced scores of important recordings since 1977, is a MacDowell and UCross Fellow, and has received numerous composers’ residencies and grants. He is a featured soloist on dozens of recordings and motion picture soundtracks. Virtuoso fiddler and multi-string master Darol Anger here focuses his talents in service of the singer-songwriter’s art. Emy Phelps is a standout artist in a large field, a prolific songwriter with a riveting voice which plumbs the deepest emotions. A musician of note in the Pacific Northwest, she has made a 30 year music career while raising 3 sons and one daughter, achieving degrees in Theatre Arts and Special Education, and touring for 7 years with Brian Ransom’s Ceramic Ensemble. In combination, these 2 musicians bring out each other’s special ability to convey deep emotional resonance and spark low-key fireworks.
Sharon Gilchrist originally hails from Southlake, Texas. She has performed with a long list of artists – the Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet, Uncle Earl, The Santa Fe All-Stars, the Bill Hearne Trio and Mary & Mars, to name a few. She is currently based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico where she teaches private mandolin lessons at Santa Fe String Studios and is on staff as a mandolin teacher at the College of Santa Fe. Sharon received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mandolin Performance from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. While in Nashville, she spent time playing upright bass with several singer-songwriters in the indie-rock scene such as Josh Rouse, Rebecca Stout and Jennifer Niceley. She also served as musical director and composer for the modern art collective, DddD.
