The Claflin Hill Symphony
String Quartet will perform
from 7 to 9 PM, joined by
their director, Paul
Surapine on Clarinet,
playing a variety of light
classical repertoire from
Haydn, to Mozart, Beethoven,
Weber and more. The
CHSO String Quartet is made
up of the Principal string
players of the CHSO,
including Concertmaster
Angel Valchinov and Etleva
Hima Buli on violin, Dimitar
Petkov on viola and Johann
Soults on Cello.
Matthew Vera will open the
Awards Ceremony with the
singing of God Bless
America."
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Saturday 11 AM - 6 PM
Performances & Exhibits
Saturday,
March 27
Stage performances begin at Noon
and end at 6 PM
Music and Dance
Performances
Appletree Arts Flute Choir
The
Grafton High School Saxophone
Quartet
Jubilee
Gardens,
acoustic music
Dancing
Arts Center
Performance
The Dancing
Arts Ensemble, established
in 1982, is an
unincorporated
not-for-profit association.
Members are chosen by
audition and are required to
sustain a high level of
technique and artistry, as
well as a professional
schedule of training.
The Ensemble
consists of 30+ dancers and
four resident choreographers
striving to further the
exploration and appreciation
of worldly issues through
the presentation of dance as
a disciplined art form and
means of personal expression
in concert, workshop, and
lecture-demonstration
formats. The ensemble is
dedicated to strengthening
and expanding the eastern
Massachusetts arts
community. To date, the
Ensemble tour has reached
over 7,000 people of all
ages throughout eastern
Massachusetts. The Ensemble
is key to the Dancing Arts
Center's productions of The
Nutcracker, Cinderella,
Sleeping Beauty, Twelve
Dancing Princesses, Little
Match Girl, and many more.
One
Step Further
Ryan Pazakinskas -
Vocals and Acoustic
Guitar
Rob Thompson -
Saxaphone and Vocals
Scott McGrath - Keys
and Vocals
Adam Morin - Bass
Tim Gruntman -
Electric Gutiar
Jason Anderson -
Drums
Jan
and Brian Barlow,
vocal and guitar duo
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Sunday,
March 28
Sunday 12 - 4 PM
Performances & Exhibit
Stage performances begin at Noon
and end at 4 PM
Triple Spiral,
Celtic music
"Triple
Spiral" *is a
musical ensemble
made up of some of
the most innovative
musicians in the New
England area. The
collaboration brings
together experts
in varied European
musical styles to
create a truly
joyful fusion of
Celtic and Folk
music stylings.
Ray brings to the
table his expertise
in the folk music
and dance of
Brittany, France,
Wales (his home
country) and England
where he grew up,
plus his own
contemporary
compositions. Barry
is experienced in
Medieval, Jazz and
other "new" musical
styles. Lindsay is
schooled in the
American folk
tradition and her
own compositions,
along with a "French
twist" in her
performances on the
French "Vielle à
Roue" or "Hurdy
Gurdy." Beth's past
was spent in
Classical music and
she also brings the
power of the
Scottish "Great
Highland Bagpipe" to
the mix. Sally
injects the songs of
the Scottish
Highlands and
Islands, ensuring
that no Celt will
leave a concert dry
eyed. All five
musicians sing, and
their five part
harmonies are a
"piece de
resistance" in
whatever tongue they
are performing in.
Triple Spiral"
takes an audience on
a fascinating
journey through time
and place using
"Ancient and
Imagined" songs and
tunes from across
Europe and beyond.
Bese Saka ,
African Drumming
Bese Saka is an African Drum
Performance Troupe, who plays
many traditional African rhythms
as well as some from the
Caribbean and some more
contemporary rhythms. Bese
Saka was a natural outgrowth of
the first group of drummers that
director, Susan West, taught and
they have been drumming together
since 2003 with a few members
changing over the years.
Bese Saka
takes its name from an Adinkra
Symbol from the Ashanti Tribe.
In the Twi language, Bese Saka's
literal translation is "sack of
cola nuts". Bese Saka is a
symbol of affluence, power,
abundance, plenty, togetherness
and unity. Bese Saka's members
are: Susan West, Gail
Goodness, Doug Wittmer, Steve
Sherman, Amy Bedard, Anna
Godfrey, and Jennifer
McCullough.Visit us
online at
www.graftondrum.com/besesaka/index.php
The Southeast Asian Coalition
Fusion Dance Trio, Vietnamese
contemporary dance
Participants
from the
Southeast Asian
Coalition Youth
Effect are
Eika Kuwahara,
Juliana Velagas
and Linda Nguyen.
Youth Effect,
a program for middle
and high school
youth strives
to promote cultural
awareness, community
activism, social and
academic
embetterment through
volunterism, sports,
workshops, homework
tutoring, and
cultural
activities. The
Southeast Asian
Coalition
also serves the fast
growing Southeast
Asian community
in Worcester and
Central
Massachusetts
through direct
services,
including translation
services, and ESL
classes. More
information can be
found at
http://seacma.org/.
Dance
It Up!
Performance
Kaoruko,
jazz vocalist
Kaoruko Pilkington grew up in Japan, listening and singing American music.
In Japan. she worked as a singer-piano player in Tokyo nightclubs for 10
years. Her love for American music eventually brought her to the US.
She came to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music in 1990.
She majored in Vocal performance/Jazz composition, and graduated in 1996.
While at Berklee, Kaoruko studied with: Charlie Sorrento, Jan Shapiro, Bob
Stoloph, Mili Bermejo (voice)Herb Pomeroy, Greg Hopkins (jazz composition),
others. Her studies with her mentor, jazz legend Hal Crook started at
Berklee and continued more than 10 years. She learned jazz improvisation,
jazz theory and arranging from him.
She is actively performing as a jazz singer and band leader of the
kaorukojazz ensemble at various jazz venues such as Acton Jazz Cafe, Amazing
Things Arts Center, WICN, and others. She released her self produced CD, Joy
Spring in 2000.
Kaoruko has been teaching voice since the late 1990s. She is a member of
NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing). In addition to teaching
at her studio in Ashland, she is on the faculty at Boston Conservatory,
voice instructor at Wellesley High School, Charles River School, and
ensemble & voice instructor of the popular Dayjams rock music camp. She also
gives lessons and clinics in Japan. She is on the assistant faculty of the
Somatic VoiceworkT certificate course at the University of Massachusettes,
Dartmouth.
In recent years, Kaoruko has been studying vocal technique and pedagogy with
Ms. Jeannette LoVetri, highly acclaimed international voice specialist based
in NYC and the founder of the Somatic Voicework(tm) method.
She has completed Ms. LoVetri's pedagogy classes at the Contemporary
Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah Conservatory in
Virginia and is a certified instructor of the Somatic Voicework(tm).
She assists Ms. LoVetri at the U Mass Dartmouth certificate course every
year. She also organized the Somatic Voicework(tm) workshop at Wellesley
College, inviting Ms. LoVetri.
www.kaorukojazz.com
The performance
schedule may be subject to change.
We look forward to
welcoming you to our fine event.
