Fall 2024 Music at Clay on Main

Date posted:  9/25/24

 

Clay on Main will host five sets of concerts on Friday evenings between October 4 and December 31. Each event will include a half-hour performance in the "Front Room" followed by a two-hour performance in the "Half Moon Cafe."

This concert series is now about 15 years old, and just keeps getting better.
Save these dates:

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Oct 4: 

7:15 - 7:45, Front Room: Meadowood Showcase Players

THE SHOWCASE PLAYERS are -- in order of appearance:

Madelyn Hix - violin, Madelyn Horner - uke, Anja Oblenski - violin & guitar

Bennett Horner - guitar & vocals, Donna Horner - guitar, Ryan Moll - bass

Adrien Barlup - guitar & vocals, Quorra Barlup  -  guitar & vocals

Rhys Moll - violin, Jakob Wisswesser - banjo, Ian Barlup -  guitar

Andy Moll - violin, (Teacher-accompanists: Margaret Young & Paula Taylor)

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After rave reviews at the Berks Fiddle Fest, this group comes to Clay on Main with a dramatic movie theme song, traditional American fiddle tunes, a pop cover, a Welsh ballad, a Scottish fiddle tune, an Earl Scruggs banjo tune, and an impressive 7-part arrangement of a contemporary Shetland fiddle tune called Sneug Water. (With a title like that, how could you lose?)

Come enjoy the Showcase Players.

 

8:00 - 10:00, Half Moon: Music from Around the World

Keith Brintzenhoff - several instruments & vocals

https://keithbrintzenhoff.com/

 

You may THINK you know Keith Brintzenhoff and his music, but this performance is UNLIKE any you've seen him give. He's assembled tunes from more than 15 cultures in over 10 countries on more than 3 continents, and performs them in more than 6 languages. He weaves it all together with historical and cultural commentary. This is the FIRST act that Half Moon audience members specifically requested.

Take a trip around the world with Keith in this beautifully constructed bit of musical storytelling.

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Nov 1:

7:15 - 7:45, Front Room: Natalie Hertzog

Solo - guitar & voice

 

We met Natalie, now 17, as a young girl, when she and her dad both began studying guitar with

Donna Lang. In the approximately ten years since, she’s played many open mics, and performed

at the Kutztown Fire Company, the Boyers Chili Pepper Festival, and at art shows. Natalie performs

covers of well known pieces taken from several genres, giving each one her own unique acoustic

arrangement. She will give us all the perfect start to a wonderful musical evening. (Photo from 2014)

 

8:00 - 10:00, Half Moon: Mike Holiday & Larry Ahearn

https://www.facebook.com/mike.holliday.14

https://www.facebook.com/larry.ahearn.9 

 

Two wonderful singer/songwriters will share the Half Moon this evening. Mike Holiday has been

playing at the Half Moon Cafe pretty much since it's has existed. He writes and performs thoughtful,

intricate songs. His rich voice, accompanied by tasteful guitar, weaves a whole world, telling stories of

people he's met, places he's travelled, and things you'll be sure came right out of your own life story.

 

Larry Ahearn is an accomplished singer/songwriter and an avid promoter of live music.

He works for Trespass Music with artists like Craig Bickhardt and Michael Braunfeld.

Back in the 60’s and 70’s, Larry worked at the legendary Main Point in Bryn Mawr where he

booked artists like Eric Anderson and Jerry Jeff Walker. At the Half Moon Cafe, Larry will

delight us with some of his own wonderful music.

 

This is going to be a wonderful night!

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Nov 15: 

7:15 - 7:45, Front Room: Thursday Night Jammers

Barron Batchelder - guitar & vocals, Tim Eroh - mandolin,  

Alan Fineman - guitar & vocals, Curt Jack - guitar & vocals, 

Justin Loose - guitar & vocals, Anja Oblenski - guitar & fiddle,

Eric Simms - bass (Mike Andrews & Paula Taylor accompanists)

 

This group of players assembles every Thursday to play a variety of acoustic string music. Diversifying, and playing on a Friday night, they're inviting us to listen to their jam. The music includes traditional fiddle tunes, songs from Tennessee Ernie Ford, John Hartford, the Dead, Stephen Foster - something for everyone. Come to hear the jammers and have a great start to a wonderful musical evening

 

8:00 - 10:00, Half Moon: Mike, Paula, and Rich

Mike Andrews - guitar, mandolin, & vocals, Paula Taylor - guitar, bass, & vocals, Rich Dodson - guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, & vocals. This trio returns to the Half Moon every Fall because they LOVES the place!

www.meadowoodmusic.com

 

Mike and Paula are a husband-wife pair that's played music

together for over twenty years — for the last ten in a trio with

their friend Rich Dodson. They play Scottish, Welsh, and Irish

ballads, early American tunes, covers of Dylan, James

Taylor, John Cougar Mellencamp, Janis Ian, Hoagy Carmichael,

the Grateful Dead… even a rare original.

 

It's always a good time at the Half Moon when these three

hold court. Come share the fun.

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Nov 29:   

7:15 - 7:45, Front Room: Baroque Selections

Margaret Young will open the evening in the Front Room at Clay on Main at 7:15, with Baroque Selections

on Solo Violin. She will play until 7:45. Like Bach? You'll love this performance. 

 

8:00 - 10:00, Half Moon: Sunday Sinfonia Quartet

Judy Terwilliger - violin/viola, Dana Allaband - violin/viola, 

Paul Eppley - violin/viola, John Pankratz - cello

 

Did you see this lovely quartet at the Half Moonlast Fall?

If you did, you already know that you NEED to put this date in pen on your calendar.

If you didn't see them last year,  don't make the same mistake this year.

They are AWESOME! 

 

They will delight us with chamber music by Mozart, Hayden, Beethoven, and more!

Prepare to be wowed, and allow us to brag a little on our own Judy Terwilliger.

Not only is she one of our wonderful teachers, she is also the person who put this

lovely quartet together. Judy is the principal violinist and Concertmaster for Sunday

Sinfonia, the President of the Board for Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, and the

Coordinator of Vermont Music and Arts Center’s Chamber Music Program

https://stringsmagazine.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-adult-chamber-music-camp-experience/.

The other members of the quartet are as spectacular as Judy, but have had a few

changes in their lives since last year, and we are waiting for those details to post

them here for you. This is a MUST-SEE. concert!

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Dec 13: 

7:15 - 7:45, Front Room: Gorge Ferrio

solo - guitar, mandolin, &. vocals

 

George, who has played the front room of Clay on Main before, plays guitar and

mandolin, and sings Blues, Bluegrass, Old-Time songs. While he often plays with

other musicians, he will be solo this evening to kick off an evening of musical fun.

Come share in it.

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8:00 - 10:00, Half Moon: C.E. Longenecker & Friends

Chuck Longenecker -  guitar, harmonica, percussion, & vocals, 

Dave Miller - guitar & vocals

Al Moore - bass

https://www.celongeneckermusic.com/

 

Chuck often performs as "Street Box Strummer," a one-man band in which he

creates the energy and sound of a small combo. When he plays with his friends in

this duo, the energy is even greater. In another place and time, Dave Miller played

in Hank Williams Jr.'s band. Al brings the bottom. Come to this marvelous concert

and hear familiar selections from a repertoire of hundreds of songs that come out

of rock, country, folk, rhythm and blues, and more.

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