This year’s concert schedule:
Concerts are on Fridays at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
May 24: Farewell Reunion
The 22nd Farewell Reunion featuring Becky Tracy and Keith Murphy is scheduled for Friday May 24, 2024 at Grace Church in Sheldon, Vermont. Proceeds from the concert benefit the Tom Sustic Fund, supporting families with children with life-threatening/life-altering conditions including hospitalization and transplantation.
Becky Tracy (fiddle) and Keith Murphy (guitar, mandolin, piano and foot percussion) are dynamic performers of traditional music from Newfoundland, Quebec, Ireland, France and beyond. Tracy’s fiddling pulses through tasteful arrangements of dance tunes and resonates with beauty on traditional slow airs. Keith’s gentle and expressive singing in English and French is balanced by the drive and power of his guitar playing and foot percussion. Combined, they produce a range and richness of sound that is striking. Their playing is seamless, the result of years of playing together and touring across the US, Canada and in Europe. Their repertoire includes Keith’s original compositions. He is a prolific tunesmith with a writing style strongly based on traditional dance music. This music is elegantly represented in their duo recording, Golden.
The concert is presented by Grace Church as part of the Summer Music at Grace Series and is supported by a variety of friends, families, businesses and organizations including the Black Lantern Inn, Ruth Dennis, Nancy & Rit Divenere, Michael & Patricia Freed-Thall, Lars Larsen, Pam & Jack McCarthy, People’s Trust Company, Stone’s Throw Pizza, Deborah Travis & Mark Sustic, Vermont Family Network & several anonymous contributors.
Friday, July 5, 7 p.m.: Josh Worman returns with his “Support Band” playing a fabulous blend of rock, blues, country, folk, and Josh music. If you missed his performance last year, here’s another chance to catch a concertful of infectious music offered with a downright viral dollop of Josh’s good humor. Members of the support band are: Adrian Benoit, Marc Chusid, John Cote, Juli Davidson, Mandi Gates, Jen Raynak, and Dan Sartwell.
Friday, August 9, 7 p.m.: POSTPONED (Because of Hurricane Debby) – We will announce a new date shortly. Long-time Summer Music favorites Mary Ann Samuels and Susan Reit de Salas (of full Circle Recorders and the Champlain Consort) will be joined by Beth London. Mary Ann, Susan, and Beth have performed at Grace over the years with their ensemble Full Circle Recorders and with the Champlain Consort. Susan plays harp and recorders and sings. She teaches private harp and recorder lessons, music and movement classes for kids, and co-teaches Allegro, a children’s chorus. Susan also sings with the women’s vocal ensemble, Encanto. Mary Ann sings and plays hammered dulcimer, Irish whistles and recorders. She was an elementary school music teacher for more than 20 years, at the same time performing in various folk and early music groups. She now teaches private lessons on piano and recorder and sings with the hospice group Noyana. Beth plays recorders and guitar with Full Circle. Since retiring from 34 years of running a preschool, Beth and her husband David share music and stories with young children and their families in libraries and classroom
Friday, August 16, 7 p.m.: Perennial favorite Frevo returns, featuring classical quartet Peter Matthews on classical guitar, Wendy Matthews on flute, Bonnie Thurber Klimowski, cello, and Steve Klimowski, clarinet and oboe, playing an eclectic program from Bach to the Beatles and beyond.
More to come! We are working on additional concerts to close out the “summer” in September and October. Please stay tuned.
Your donation at the door supports our wonderful musicians!
Grace Church is wheelchair accessible. Contact Beth Crane at 802-326-4603 for more information about Summer Music at Grace.
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Grace Episcopal Church (Sheldon, VT) 