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SVAN WINTER COFFEE HOUSE SERIES This is a very well received and appreciated series. We are featuring unique and high level artists all top in the fields and yet very different from each other. Each performer has a captivating presence and we are excited to have them. As in the past we will have dinner type fare available for purchase one hour before the concert. Concerts are held the second Sunday of the month January February and March. The April concert will be held at the Town of Day at the Community Hall. Tickets are $10, $7 for SVAN members, youth are free. Doors open at 4:45pm for a “Light fare Supper” February 13th 5:30-7:30 Northville Methodist Church Scott has been creating music professionally for over 20 years. For the last 12 years he has been working with Eric Aceto and Doug Robinson together known as the Scott B Adams Acoustic Ensemble. They perform a hybrid of acoustic styles which incorporate elements of folk, jazz, pop, and world music. Scott performs on acoustic guitar and banjo with Doug Robinson on bass and Eric Aceto on violin and mandolin. The group is known for a sound much bigger than the three instruments that comprise it. Scott's use of alternate tunings, hammer-on, harmonics and percussive techniques are augmented by Aceto's often mesmerizing and interweaving melody and Robinson's expressive bass playing. The intuitive interaction of the trio comes from many years of playing together. Concerts contain a mix of instrumental compositions as well as original songs, many of which are inspired by the Adirondack Mountains. March 13th 5:30-7:30 Northville Methodist Church Acoustic guitarist and vocalist, Helen Avakian was voted Number One Favorite Acoustic Guitar Act by Rhythm and News Magazine four times in a row and has won the Walnut Valley Festival NewSongs contest for the past three years. Her guitar work utilizes a blend of classical, flamenco and folk woven together with beautiful lyrics. Her Albums “Vanishing Point” and “I love the Moon” have gotten rave reviews! She will be accompanied at this concert with her husband Terry Champlin a talented guitarist who has recently released his album Musikos Peripatos: a Musical Stroll Mistblues@aol.com April 10th 5:00-7:00pm Town of Day Community Hall Nancy Walker is first and foremost a performing songwriter with a message that is compelling and inviting. She possesses a strong, distinctive alto voice that peals “like a bell” (Dirty Linen) through any musical arrangement; a voice that has been described by MusicHound folk – The Essential Album Guide, in its 1998 issue as “memorable”. As a former member of the Chicago-based trio “Sons of the Never Wrong,” Nancy has shared stages with the likes of John Gorka and Livingston Taylor, and appeared on the big folk festival main stages: Kerrville in San Antonio and the North American Folk Alliance in Toronto. She will be accompanied by Jazz musician and drummer Sam Zucchini and the talented and well known blues and folk musician Larry Clyman This is the first of two concerts that will be held at the Town of Day Community Hall, (the second will be in August and feature The Tequila Mockingbirds first performing and then giving a workshop “Creating your own sound”). The series is titled, “Listen for the Art of It”. Talented artists perform a concert on Sunday afternoon and give a workshop the following Saturday.Nancy Walker is well known for her song writing ability as well as her teaching expertise. Her song writing workshop will be held on April 16th from 10am-2pm at the Town of Day Community Hall. You can get more info if you go to the “Listen for the Art of It” program page.
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These concerts are made possible in part with public funds from Tri County Arts Council funding, part of the Decentralization program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts administered by the Tri-County Arts Council.
