Of Reclamation and Joy: A Celebration of Womanhood
Saturday March 15th 2025 at 5pm - Followed by a reception
Museum of Modern Renaissance, 115 College Ave, Somerville MA
Our program is a celebration of the healing power of female creativity as artists, mothers, and gods. An emotional journey of strength, joy, resilience, lifelong passion and deepest tenderness, our program reasserts the role of creativity, nurturing and compassion as essential forces for good in a time of deep fractiousness in our world. The centerpiece of our program is an extraordinary setting of the Stabat Mater by Alessandro Scarlatti, whose 300th anniversary of death we commemorate this year, and who sets a nuanced portrait of Mary and her emotional journey as a mother witnessing the crucifixion of her son. Surrounding the Scarlatti is a wide-ranging illustration of female creativity in song, ranging from masterful Baroque works by Barbara Strozzi, Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and Chiara Margarita Cozzolani to the more contemporary works of Rebecca Nelson, and Adam Simon with his “Song for Saint Cecilia’s Day” celebrating the patron musicians, as well as songs made famous by Sarah Vaughan and Edith Piaf.
Music by: Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Barbara Strozzi, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Rebecca Nelson, Alessandro Scarlatti, Adam Simon
Musicians:
Michele Kennedy, soprano
Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano
Sarah Darling and Rebecca Nelson, violins
Dani Zanuttini-Frank, theorbo
Benjamin Katz, harpsichord
Adam Simon, bass, mandolin, guitar, voice
General admission $20, Student/Senior/as needed $10
Saturday March 15th 2025 at 5pm - Followed by a reception
Museum of Modern Renaissance, 115 College Ave, Somerville MA
Our program is a celebration of the healing power of female creativity as artists, mothers, and gods. An emotional journey of strength, joy, resilience, lifelong passion and deepest tenderness, our program reasserts the role of creativity, nurturing and compassion as essential forces for good in a time of deep fractiousness in our world. The centerpiece of our program is an extraordinary setting of the Stabat Mater by Alessandro Scarlatti, whose 300th anniversary of death we commemorate this year, and who sets a nuanced portrait of Mary and her emotional journey as a mother witnessing the crucifixion of her son. Surrounding the Scarlatti is a wide-ranging illustration of female creativity in song, ranging from masterful Baroque works by Barbara Strozzi, Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and Chiara Margarita Cozzolani to the more contemporary works of Rebecca Nelson, and Adam Simon with his “Song for Saint Cecilia’s Day” celebrating the patron musicians, as well as songs made famous by Sarah Vaughan and Edith Piaf.
Music by: Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Barbara Strozzi, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Rebecca Nelson, Alessandro Scarlatti, Adam Simon
Musicians:
Michele Kennedy, soprano
Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano
Sarah Darling and Rebecca Nelson, violins
Dani Zanuttini-Frank, theorbo
Benjamin Katz, harpsichord
Adam Simon, bass, mandolin, guitar, voice
General admission $20, Student/Senior/as needed $10
The Rose & Briar: A Storytelling Concert of the Ballad of Barbara Allen
Celtic & Appalachian Folk & Early Music with The Chivalrous Crickets and friends
Saturday, March 22nd 2025 at Edwards Church in Northampton MA
Folk Sing/Country Dancing workshop: 5-6.30pm
Show: 7:30pm
From ancient Britain, where mystical songs blended with court compositions, to the hollows of Appalachia where immigrants arrived with their tales and tunes in tow, new instruments picked up old melodies and folktales took on the strange lonesome flavor of their new mountain home. Centered on the famous ballad, Barbara Allen, join "Celtic-Classical" band THE CHIVALROUS CRICKETS for a voyage of passion, betrayal and redemption through the musical voices of the enchanting Elizabethan court composers, haunting Scottish Child ballads, and rollicking olde time tunes crafted by generations of fiddlers and pipers.
Musicians:
The Chivalrous Crickets
Carla Sciaky, guitar
Caitlin Hedge, violin
Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello
Opening set by Sophie et Adam
Concert OR workshop: General admission $20, Student/As needed $10
Concert AND workshop combo: General admission $30, Student/As needed $15
Celtic & Appalachian Folk & Early Music with The Chivalrous Crickets and friends
Saturday, March 22nd 2025 at Edwards Church in Northampton MA
Folk Sing/Country Dancing workshop: 5-6.30pm
Show: 7:30pm
From ancient Britain, where mystical songs blended with court compositions, to the hollows of Appalachia where immigrants arrived with their tales and tunes in tow, new instruments picked up old melodies and folktales took on the strange lonesome flavor of their new mountain home. Centered on the famous ballad, Barbara Allen, join "Celtic-Classical" band THE CHIVALROUS CRICKETS for a voyage of passion, betrayal and redemption through the musical voices of the enchanting Elizabethan court composers, haunting Scottish Child ballads, and rollicking olde time tunes crafted by generations of fiddlers and pipers.
Musicians:
The Chivalrous Crickets
Carla Sciaky, guitar
Caitlin Hedge, violin
Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello
Opening set by Sophie et Adam
Concert OR workshop: General admission $20, Student/As needed $10
Concert AND workshop combo: General admission $30, Student/As needed $15
On and Ever Onward
Friday April 11th 2025 at 7pm, The Burren, Somerville MA (doors at 6pm)
Saturday April 12th 2025 at 8pm, Epsilon Spires, Brattleboro VT
Sunday April 13th 2025 at 4pm, Northampton Centre for the Arts at 33 Hawley, Northampton MA - Tickets here
with Sophie Michaux, Erin Hogan, Kimaya Diggs, Lexi Ugelow, Maisie Dolan, Rosa Tu, Emma Rothman, Mia Bertelli, Sarah Gibson, Nathalie Michaux, Hannah Levy, Sam Arthen-Long, Isobel Arthen-Long, voices, banjos, fiddles, drums, guitars,
Adam Jacob Simon, Bass, guitar, voice, organ
Tiny Glass Tavern covers Mount Wittenberg Orca, the Dirty Projectors and Björk EP, as well as offering an eclectic selection of vocal music for women+high voices including works by Bach, Björk, Rosa Tu, Bulgarian and American Folk, early music and more.
Friday April 11th 2025 at 7pm, The Burren, Somerville MA (doors at 6pm)
Saturday April 12th 2025 at 8pm, Epsilon Spires, Brattleboro VT
Sunday April 13th 2025 at 4pm, Northampton Centre for the Arts at 33 Hawley, Northampton MA - Tickets here
with Sophie Michaux, Erin Hogan, Kimaya Diggs, Lexi Ugelow, Maisie Dolan, Rosa Tu, Emma Rothman, Mia Bertelli, Sarah Gibson, Nathalie Michaux, Hannah Levy, Sam Arthen-Long, Isobel Arthen-Long, voices, banjos, fiddles, drums, guitars,
Adam Jacob Simon, Bass, guitar, voice, organ
Tiny Glass Tavern covers Mount Wittenberg Orca, the Dirty Projectors and Björk EP, as well as offering an eclectic selection of vocal music for women+high voices including works by Bach, Björk, Rosa Tu, Bulgarian and American Folk, early music and more.
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This event is made possible thanks to the support of the Massachusetts and Conway Cultural Councils.
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