Thu Mar 7 House Concert: Countercurrent
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Santa Cruz House Concerts
Feb 24, 2024, 4:20:04 PM2/24/24
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Our Downtown Soundz house concert series continues with a powerhouse acoustic duo:
Thursday, Mar 7 7:30pm
Countercurrent: contradance fiddle music
Details below. The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.
Countercurrent: contradance fiddle music
Details below. The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.
Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.
Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale.
To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.
Be sure to include the total in your party.
Upcoming shows in our series:
Fri, Apr 12: Genticorum: Québecois fiddle music & song
Thu, May 2: Alum Ridge Boys: Traditional Country music
Fri, May 17: Berkeley Choro Ensemble: Brazilian choro quartet
Fri, May 24: Larry & Joe: Venezuelan / Appalachian fusion
Other musical events of interest:
Fri, Mar 1, 7pm: Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell Donation: $25
American Acoustic Music: fiddle, banjo, bass
220 Spring St, Santa Cruz Reservations: email <herr...@ucsc.edu>
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Thursday, Mar 7 7:30pm
Countercurrent: contradance fiddle musicfeaturing fiddle, guitar, harmony vocals, and foot percussion. Though perhaps best known
in the Bay Area from playing for contra dances, they have played concerts at such storied
venues as Club Passim in Cambridge, MA, and the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley.
Their high-energy style draws on deep traditional roots from Ireland and North America
Their high-energy style draws on deep traditional roots from Ireland and North America
while incorporating new influences to create a sound that is at once unique and timeless.
Alex’s driving guitar and gifted songwriting, Brian’s lyrical fiddle and rock-solid foot percussion,
and the duo’s lively interplay, tight vocal harmonies, and unstoppable groove make a
Countercurrent performance an event unlike any other. Wherever they go, the question
remains the same: “How does that much sound come out of just two people?”
"I’ve seen them electrify a hall of 600 dancers, just the two of them.”
- Doug Plummer (contra dancer; concert organizer)
Brian Lindsay: fiddle
Surrounded by both contra dance and Irish music and dance throughout his childhood,
Brian spent much of his youth going to sessions in the NY area and studying with respected
Irish fiddle player Brian Conway. An accomplished performer and Mid-Atlantic Irish Fiddle
champion by the age of 17, the influences of many other musical styles and traditions have
found their way into Brian's playing.
Alex Stirbaum: guitar
Born into a musical household and growing up in Cincinnati OH on the banks of the Ohio
River, Alex soon fell in love with the jigs and reels of Irish and Scottish music, the sea songs
of the Canadian Maritimes, the fiddle tunes and ballads of Appalachia, and more.
Santa Cruz House Concerts
Mar 1, 2024, 10:49:17 AM3/1/24
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There is still lots of room at this Thursday's concert. Come out and support live music!
Thursday, Mar 7 7:30pm
Countercurrent: contradance fiddle music
Details below. The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.
Countercurrent: contradance fiddle music
Details below. The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.
Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.
Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale.
To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.
Be sure to include the total in your party.
Upcoming shows in our series:
Fri, Apr 12: Genticorum: Québecois fiddle music & song
Thu, May 2: Alum Ridge Boys: Traditional Country music
Fri, May 17: Berkeley Choro Ensemble: Brazilian choro quartet
Fri, May 24: Larry & Joe: Venezuelan / Appalachian fusion
Other musical events of interest:
Fri, Mar 1, 7pm: Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell Donation: $25
American Acoustic Music: fiddle, banjo, bass
220 Spring St, Santa Cruz Reservations: email <herr...@ucsc.edu>
*** moved to: 220 Spring St, Santa Cruz
Reservations: email <herr...@ucsc.edu>
Santa Cruz House Concerts
Apr 18, 2024, 12:48:12 AM4/18/24
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Next weekend i will be joining Ted Falcon, Brazilian violinist extraordinaire, to play a dance in San Francisco and a house concert here in Santa Cruz:
Saturday, Apr 27 7:30pm
Ted Falcon group: Brazilian choro and forró
Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.
Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale.
To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.
Be sure to include the total in your party.
Or come see us in SF:
Friday, Apr 26, 9:30pm - midnight
Forró Dance at Bissap Baobab : 2243 Mission St, San Francisco
Upcoming shows in our series:
Fri, May 17: Berkeley Choro Ensemble: Brazilian choro quartet
Sun, May 26: Larry & Joe: Venezuelan / Appalachian fusion
Other musical events of interest:
Sat Apr 20: 7-10pm Alameda Contra Dance
featuring: Leah Wollenberg & Daniel Steinberg
Beau Davis calling | 1707 Alameda Ave, near Grand St
The World Harmony Chorus will sing around 1pm.
Civic Center Plaza, Castro St, Mountain View
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Saturday, Apr 27 7:30pm
Ted Falcon group: Brazilian choro and forróLos Angeles native Ted Falcon is a bi-lingual (English/Portuguese) violinist, mandolinist,
and music educator with over 25 years of experience instructing a wide range of students.
Ted made his primary residence in Brazil from 2008-2016, where he studied Brazilian music
extensively, writing several choro books, teaching workshops and performing throughout the
country. He has released 11 recordings in his own name and has recorded on hundreds of
other projects over the past 25 years.
In 2016, Ted returned to Los Angeles and worked as an Adjunct Professor of Music at
Whittier College, teaching World Music, Latin Music and the Music of the Caribbean. He is
currently a music teacher at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a non-profit school that
provides needy children with free lessons, formed by Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Falcon has performed with some of the most renowned names in Brazilian instrumental
music, including Hermeto Pascoal, Gilberto Gil, Armandinho Macedo, Dominguinhos and
Hamilton de Holanda. His most recent album, Tô Chegando - Almost There, was released
in 2023 to critical acclaim with shows in Brazil and Los Angeles.
Brian Moran began his study of the guitar in 1987, beginning with rock guitar, and later
focused exclusively on jazz for 10 years. Since 2001, Brian has dedicated much of his time
to the study of 7-string jazz guitar, Spanish and Brazilian guitar, Brazilian cavaquinho and
bandolim; and includes classical, Brazilian music, and flamenco in his diverse repertoire.
He was nominated as a "Latin Jazz Guitarist of the Year" in 2011 by Latin Jazz Corner.
He is a founding member of the Bay Area's "Grupo Falso Baiano", a project dedicated to
Brazilian choro and samba music.
For this special concert in Santa Cruz, the band will be playing choros and some of Ted's
original compositions in the first set and then opening the dance floor for a forró dance party
in the second set. Come dance with us!
Ted Falcon: violin, mandolin
Brian Moran: 7-string guitar guitar
Daniel Steinberg: pífanos, flute, melodica
Johnny Graves: percussion
Maria Padilha: percussion
Santa Cruz House Concerts
Apr 23, 2024, 2:50:53 AM4/23/24
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Following on the heels of this Saturday's concert with Ted Falcon (seats still available!),
we're presenting a band that is a throwback to the powerful roots of country music:
Thursday, May 2 7:30pm
Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee: Traditional Country music
Details below. The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.
Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.
Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale.
To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.
Be sure to include the total in your party.
Upcoming shows in our series:
Sun, May 26: Larry & Joe: Venezuelan / Appalachian fusion
Other musical events of interest:
Sat Apr 27: 11am-2pm Mountain View Multicultural Festival
Sat May 5: 10:30am-3:30pm Scotts Valley Multicultural Festival
The World Harmony Chorus will sing at 11:30am.
Civic Center Plaza, Castro St, Mountain View
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Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee: Traditional Country music
Thursday, May 2 7:30pm
Mining the fertile common ground between bluegrass, early country music,
and traditional mountain music, The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee are torch-
bearers for dynamic, deeply grounded old time music. Their powerful harmony
singing and energetic instrumentals have captivated audiences around the
country and helped the band to win many awards including blue ribbons in
the old time band contest at the 85th Annual Old Fiddlers’ Convention in Galax,
Virginia and the bluegrass band contest at the 51st Mount Airy Fiddlers’
Convention in North Carolina.
Deep appreciation for traditional music enables the band to craft tasteful
original songs and instrumentals that blend seamlessly alongside the classics.
The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee cut no corners when it comes to real, hard hitting,
old time country music – an approach that is gaining them loyal followers far
beyond the reaches of their Virginia mountain home.
Ashlee Watkins - guitar
Andrew Small - mandolin/fiddle
Trevor Holder - banjo
Rina Rossi - bass
AJ Srubas - fiddle
Santa Cruz House Concerts
Apr 23, 2024, 3:21:51 AM4/23/24
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Slight correction:
Sat May 4: 10:30am-3:30pm Scotts Valley Multicultural Festival
The World Harmony Chorus will sing at 11:30am.
Skypark, 361 Kings Village Rd, Scotts Valley
Santa Cruz House Concerts
May 4, 2024, 9:56:24 PM5/4/24
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The next show in our Downtown Soundz house concert series features two legendary artists from Brazil:
Friday, May 17 7:30pm
Nailor Proveta, Alessandro Penezzi, and the
Berkeley Choro Ensemble: Brazilian choro extravaganza
Details below. The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.
Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.
Suggested donation: $30/person sliding scale.
To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.
Be sure to include the total in your party.
Upcoming shows in our series:
Other musical events of interest:
Sat, May 11 10:00am - noon: Mr. Bidu's Circus (rabeca forró band)
Scotts Valley Farmers Market *free*
Sat, May 11 7:00 - 10:00pm: Contradance with Rodney Miller & Daniel Steinberg
Caller: Susan Petrick 1st United Methodist Church, Palo Alto
Sun, May 12 4:00 - 7:00pm: Contradance w/ Mike Lewinski & Daniel Steinberg
Caller: Charlie Fenton Hill & Valley Club, Hayward
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Friday, May 17 7:30pm
Nailor Proveta, Alessandro Penezzi, and the
Berkeley Choro Ensemble: Brazilian choro extravaganza
Clarinetist/saxophonist Nailor Proveta is venerated as one of Brazil’s greatest
musicians today. Proveta is the director of the acclaimed big band Banda Mantiqueira,
which features a roster of São Paulo’s most outstanding players, and has received two
Grammy nominations. Proveta has been a guest performer with such greats
as Hermeto Pascoal, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
musicians today. Proveta is the director of the acclaimed big band Banda Mantiqueira,
which features a roster of São Paulo’s most outstanding players, and has received two
Grammy nominations. Proveta has been a guest performer with such greats
as Hermeto Pascoal, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
Alessandro Penezzi specializes in the 7-string guitar, but can also be heard playing
tenor guitar, cavaquinho, mandolin, soprano guitar, flute and percussion. Penezzi
began playing at the age of 7 and has recorded over 20 CDs of his music with artists
such as Yamandu Costa and Alexandre Ribeiro.
Regarded as choro music royalty, Proveta and Penezzi are guaranteed to take your
breath away. Both are prolific composers. The release of their acclaimed
recording Velha Amizade ("Old Friendship" in English) was a celebration of the
friendship between these two musicians. The result is a marvelous album of virtuosic
interplay expressing the beauty of both traditional and contemporary choro.
The Berkeley Choro Ensemble is a quartet of world-class musicians from the SF Bay
Area that made its debut in January, 2010. The group celebrates the music, culture and
history of Brazil, with a special emphasis on the Choro genre, a style of music which
emerged in the 1800's in Brazil, fusing the music of Brazil's European immigrants and
the native music of Brazil's indigenous and African-Brazilian population. In particular,
the choro sound is somewhat akin to a combination of European classical music, ragtime,
and blues. Visit their website at: <http://berkeleychoroensemble.com>
Jane Lenoir: flute
From a family of professional musicians, flutist Jane Lenoir grew up in Tampa, Florida,
and left home at 15 to attend the Interlochen Arts Academy and Oberlin Conservatory of
Music. A performer comfortable in many diverse styles, Jane appears regularly as a soloist,
chamber player, orchestral musician, and jazz performer. She first began her study of
Brazilian music in 2006, and has since studied and performed with Marcos Silva, Jovino
Santos Neto, Hermeto Pascoal, and recorded with Carlos Oliveira and Ceilia Medeiros,
and the Brazilian Choro Ensemble. She is principal flutist with the Music in the Mountains
Festival Orchestra in Grass Valley, and also performs with Sexteto Matiz, an Afro-Cuban
ensemble, and numerous jazz, new music, and chamber ensembles in styles ranging from
early music (baroque flute) to free improvisation.
Harvey Wainapel: saxophone, clarinet
Saxophonist/clarinetist Harvey Wainapel (pronounced "wine-apple") has performed with
the likes of McCoy Tyner, Joe Lovano, Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, and Joe Henderson.
Besides working with these and numerous other leaders, Wainapel has toured extensively
under his own name, and has performed in 22 countries. His heavy involvement with the
music of Brazil has led to performances with top-level musicians such as Airto Moreira,
Flora Purim, Dori Caymmi, Guinga, and Jovino Santos Neto. Wainapel was a featured
soloist on two CDs that were final nominees for Latin Grammy Awards™ "Best Latin
Jazz Recording" (with Jovino Santos Neto in 2004 and with Mark Levine in 2003).
Harvey has been called "one of the most promising and versatile players of his
generation." (All Music Guide to Jazz 1998)
Ricardo Peixoto: guitar
Originally from Rio de Janeiro and based in the Bay Area, guitarist/composer Ricardo
Peixoto is among the top representatives of Brazilian guitar in the US, with a fluid melodic
style and a keen compositional sense. His performances explore Brazil's rich and diverse
traditions, both in his original work as well as in arrangements of Brazilian classics. His
approach is grounded both in the jazz and Brazilian music traditions, but always ventures
well beyond their borders, combining rich melodies, sophisticated harmonies, and the
unmistakable rhythms of Brazil. Ricardo came to the US on a scholarship to the Berklee
College of Music in Boston, and later continued his studies in classical guitar at the San
Francisco Conservatory. He has recorded, performed, and collaborated with, Claudia Villela,
Flora Purim and Airto, saxophonist Bud Shank, percussionist Dom Um Romão, Toots
Thielemans, Dori Caymmi, Guinga, and many others, throughout the US, Europe, Canada,
Japan and Brazil.
Brian Rice: percussion
Percussionist Brian Rice graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy and Oberlin
Conservatory of Music with a B.M. in Percussion Performance and Ethnomusicology.
A well-rounded musician, Brian is a highly acclaimed performer, educator and recording
artist adept at numerous musical styles ranging from classical and jazz, to Latin, Afro-Cuban,
and Brazilian, to contemporary and experimental music. Brian's study of the Brazilian
pandeiro began in 1986 when the Sao Paulo State University percussion ensemble visited
Oberlin and since then his obsession with the pandeiro has led him to study with Guello,
Marcos Suzano, Airto, Claudio Bueno and Clarice Magalhaes. His prowess on the
instrument has led him to perform with numerous Brazilian artists including, Jovino Santos
Neto, Paulo Sergio Santos, Danilo Brito, Dudu Maia and Jorge Alabe. It was studies with
Marcos Suzano that inspired Brian to expand his use of the pandeiro outside the Brazilian
music world and apply it to Balkan, Celtic, Middle Eastern, Spanish, and Cuban music with
great effect (eg, with Mexican/Cuban band Cascada de Flores, Celtic/Grateful Dead band
Wake the Dead, and flamenco/Latin band Potaje).
Santa Cruz House Concerts
May 14, 2024, 3:06:00 PM5/14/24
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There are still spaces for this Friday's concert, please reserve soon!
** Also, if you are interested a king-size bed (frame/mattress/topper/bedding), please let me know asap.
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Friday, May 17 7:30pm
Nailor Proveta, Alessandro Penezzi, and the
Berkeley Choro Ensemble: Brazilian choro extravaganza
Details below. The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.
Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.
Suggested donation: $30/person sliding scale.
To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.
Be sure to include the total in your party.
Upcoming shows in our series:
_____________________________________________________________________
Santa Cruz House Concerts
May 18, 2024, 10:16:51 PM5/18/24
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The next show in our Downtown Soundz house concert series features a duo that was featured recently on NPR:
Sunday, May 26 7:00pm
Larry & Joe: Venezuelan / Appalachian fusion
Details below. The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.
Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.
Suggested donation: $30/person sliding scale.
To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.
Be sure to include the total in your party.
Upcoming shows in our series:
Sun, Jul 21: Randal Bays & Kyle Alden: Traditional Irish fiddle music
Other musical events of interest:
Thu, May 23 6:00-8:00pm Chestnut St. Trio: Italian mandolin music
Gabriella Cafe, 910 Cedar St, Santa Cruz
Sat, May 25 7:00 - 10:00pm: Palo Alto Contradance
with Mike Lewinski, Daniel & Ezra Steinberg
Caller: Alan Winston 1st United Methodist Church, Palo Alto
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Larry & Joe: Venezuelan / Appalachian fusion
Sunday, May 26 7:00pm
"Their virtuosity is jaw dropping live...they both take great, transcendent joy
in making this music together, and that kind of joy is contagious."
- Devon Léger, Folk Alley
Larry Bellorín hails from Monagas, Venezuela and is a legend of Llanera music,
often taking top honors at Venezuela’s El Silbon international music festival.
Joe Troop is from North Carolina and is a GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and
old-time musician. Larry was forced into exile and is an asylum seeker in North
Carolina. Joe, after a decadence in South America, got stranded back in his
stomping grounds in the pandemic. Larry worked construction to make ends meet.
Joe's acclaimed "latingrass" band Che Apalache was forced into hiatus, and he
shifted into action working with asylum seeking migrants. Then Larry met Joe.
Currently based in the Triangle of North Carolina, both men are versatile multi-
Currently based in the Triangle of North Carolina, both men are versatile multi-
instrumentalists and singer-songwriters on a mission to show that music has no
borders. As a duo they perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music
on harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, maracas, guitar, upright bass, and whatever else
they decide to throw in the van. The program they offer features a distinct blend
of their musical heritages and traditions as well as storytelling about the ways that
music and social movements coalesce.
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