Saturday, August 20: Hungrytown–Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson return to Grace to celebrate the release of their new album, Any Forgotten Thing.
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Hungrytown is back! August 20, 2011
Posted on June 10, 2011 by Beth Crane
Coming Full Circle at Grace, September 9, 2011
Posted on June 10, 2011 by Beth Crane
For more than a decade, Full Circle has been a staple of the Summer Music at Grace Series. The women of Full Circle make music with recorders, hammered dulcimer, harp, guitar, percussion and voices.
Full Circle’s extensive repertoire includes Celtic songs and dances, folk music from North and South America, music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a large collection of songs, dances and carols for the winter holidays. Learn more about Full Circle at http://www.fullcirclerecorders.com/
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Welcome to Summer Music at Grace
Posted on May 8, 2010 by Beth Crane
Join us for inspired music in the acoustically dazzling, aesthetically pleasing performance space of Grace Church. Our season runs from approximately the end of May through September. Concerts start at 7:30 PM unless otherwise noted.
Please call Beth Crane 802 326-4603 if you would like further information about the series.
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Mark Sustic & Friends Annual Farewell Reunion – May 28, 2010
Posted on April 7, 2010 by Beth Crane
Mark Sustic and a host of musicians return to Grace for the 8th annual farewell reunion concert on Friday, May 28th, 2010. A potluck meal at 6 is followed by the concert starts at 7. This year we’ll have more musicians than we can fit in the house! Suggested donation of $15 benefits the Tom Sustic Fund. Stay tuned for details.
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Aurora Ancient Music – June 18, 2010
Posted on March 31, 2010 by Beth Crane
“The Wild and the Sacred”
Aurora Ancient Music is Liz Thompson. Amity Baker, and Susan Comen – three of Vermont’s finest singers. On June 18, they will perform a concert of medieval and new songs for the earth. Music will include chants of the medieval mystic Hildegard von Bingen; the complex harmonies of the English late medieval composer John Dunstable; processional songs from 13th century France; and new works by Vermont’s Don Jamison and Aurora’s Liz Thompson. A donation of $15 is suggested. For information about Aurora Ancient Music, contact Liz Thompson, 802-453-4353.
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Shamrocks & Thistles – Music from Ireland and Scotland – July 23, 2010
Posted on March 20, 2010 by Beth Crane
New to Summer Music at Grace this year, Melissa Ewell and Gianna Izzo Messier perform Scottish and Irish music in a program called “Shamrocks and Thistles – Music from Ireland and Scotland” on Friday, July 23rd, 2010.
Gianna Izzo Messier is a native of Williston, Vermont. She holds a Masters Degree in Music Education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Bachelors Degrees in Violin Performance and Music Education from the University of Vermont. Gianna teaches instrumental music at Swanton Elementary School. She has performed with the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, Champlain Valley Oratorio Society, the Burlington Choral Society, the Hanover Chamber Orchestra, and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Gianna lives in Swanton with her husband Armand and their daughter Madeleine.
Melissa Ewell grew up in New Britain, Connecticut but has deep family roots in Vermont going back to the early 1800’s. She earned a Masters Degree in Arts in Education from St. Michael’s College and a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Johnson State College. Melissa has taught music in public schools in Vermont for 32 years, most of them in Swanton. Choosing early in her piano career to be an accompanist, she has played for dozens of concerts, recitals, musicals, operas, and operettas and performed from 1983 to 1993 at Master Classes taught by the eminent vocal coach and accompanist John Wustman. Melissa lives in St. Albans with her husband Michael and their canine child, Trailor, the Bernese Mountain Dog.
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Full Circle – Friday, August 13, 2010
Posted on March 17, 2010 by Beth Crane
Grace welcomes back Full Circle on August 13. This summer, Full Circle is performing a program of Celtic Music. From lively reels and jigs to meditative airs, the music of Scotland, Ireland and
Wales will be presented with voices, recorders, dulcimer, harp, guitar,
whistles and percussion. Members of the group are Maeve Kim, Beth London,
Susan Reit, Linda Rodd and Mary Ann Samuels.
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Tom Akstens and Neil Rossi – August 27, 2010
Posted on February 12, 2010 by Beth Crane
Tom and Neil make their first appearance at Grace on August 27, 2010. Visit their website at http://tomandneil.com/default.asp to learn more.
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Information for Performers
Posted on May 18, 2009 by Beth Crane
The Summer Music at Grace series is a program of Grace Episcopal Church, Sheldon. We are open to hosting a wide array of musical genres and begin programming for the summer months in January.
The music series is an unsponsored program, so we cannot guarantee income from the performances. We typically ask for a $10 admission fee for adults. Proceeds from the gate are the property of the artists. In return, we are grateful for a gratuity to help defray our expenses, but it is not required.
The Grace space is also available at other times of the year for use by performers. If you are interested in performing at Grace Church as part of Summer Music at Grace or at another time of the year, please contact Beth Crane at (802) 326-4603 or via email at beth@gracechurchsheldon.org. If we are able to host you, please send us publicity photos and a sample press release at least one month prior to the date so that we can publicize the performance locally well in advance of the event.
To reach Grace Church from VT 105:
North Sheldon: Take the Kane Road to East Sheldon Road (T); turn right and proceed about 2 miles to the village of Sheldon (known as Sheldon Creek). East Sheldon Road becomes Pleasant Street. Grace Church is the brick church on the right just after the intersection of Central Street.
Sheldon Junction. Turn onto Main Street at the mileage sign showing 2 miles to Sheldon, 6 miles to Fairfield. (Main is on the left heading West and on the right heading East. Follow Main Street to the village of Sheldon (known as Sheldon Creek). Turn left onto Bridge Street at the 3-way stop. Follow Bridge across the bridge and old railroad crossing; continue until Bridge and Pleasant diverge. Bear left onto Pleasant and follow around the big turn. Grace Church will be on the left.
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Grace Episcopal Church (Sheldon, VT) 
