Enjoy live music on Wednesday nights at True West. The brewpub hosts musicians including Chris Fitz, Pete and Steve, as well as musical guests.
WEST ACTON VILLAGE MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION EVENT
TRUE WEST BREWING CO EVENT
AGENDA
4-8pm - SNACKSGIVING EVE
Come by and reconnect with your friends over a fresh-brewed beer, and dive into some incredible snacks: 25% of all menu appetizers AND a special deal on a cheese plate collaboration between True West and Eve and Murrays. Grab a quick light bite the day before the feast, connect with friends, and stock up on growlers for the holiday!
Then….
8pm-Midnight - 1st ANNUAL THANKSGIVING EVE BEER PONG INVITATIONAL
Beer Pong in the Speakeasy, play to win the BIG prize!!! Official Beer Pong Trophy + $100 True West gift card prize to the winners!! Specialty cocktails and shots.
Visit Eventbrite to register your team, or register day of
8:30pm -Midnight - DJ TAPROOM TAKEOVER
Late night bites featuring TENDIES AND TOTS: Buffalo tenders, Nashville Hot, Honey Mustard, General Tso
SPA Yoga® lead by Lia Romani & Sound Bath with Lightwork Orchestra
Friday, Dec. 20th @ 7 – 8:30pm in the Mass. Ave. Level Studio at RCY
$40 Early Bird registration by Dec. 17th, 2024 • $50 after Dec. 17th, 2024
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Join Lia Romani for an incredible night of SPA Yoga® Bliss while being enveloped in a bath of soul-stirring sound created by Lightwork Orchestra! SPA Yoga® is a slow-flow, floor-based, whole-body sensory experience based on Fluid Yoga sequencing. Lia will guide you through a mindful practice engaging all of the senses. All levels welcome!
Lightwork Orchestra is a collaborative duo of Mitch Rosenberg on didgeridoo, jaw harp, shruti box, and overtone singing with John McKusick playing gongs, hand pans, Indian Slide Guitar, throat singing, and a goodie bag of sacred world instruments. A Lightwork Orchestra performance is one-part sound bath, one-part live band, and one-part psychedelic projection art light show. Our sound journey begins with nature sounds that will put your mind at ease as you begin to travel alongside the didgeridoo through sonic realms of peace and tranquility and burst in and out of more focused rhythmic jams with shakers, hand pans, flutes, drums, and singing. Just then they’ll blast off into outer space with looping delays, gongs, and chimes. Gently returning you to your body in restorative bliss. https://www.instagram.com/lightworkorchestra/
Save the date for West Acton Village Association’s Oktoberfest 2024 held on Gardner Field!
More info to come.
This Monday — MUSICAL BINGO!
Fun for all ages with tunes everyone will know! The fun starts at 6pm. See you soon!
Special Father’s Day Yoga!
Slow Flow Yoga set to Yacht Rock ~ All Dads Get a FREE RCY Water Bottle!
Sunday, June 16th • 2 – 3:30pm • $25 • Ages 13+
w/ Julie McKay @ Revolution Community Yoga in the Upper Studio located at 525 Massachusetts Avenue, Acton, MA at West Acton Villageworks
Register at https://yogaacton.com/fathers-day-yoga-set-to-yacht-rock.../
WELCOME ABOARD!
Cruise on in and celebrate Father’s Day with a yoga class that is sure to delight all kinds of Dads! Designed to be beginner-friendly, this light-hearted slow flow practice will provide interesting insights about the water element and will offer just the right amount of adventure. Move along to the soothing sounds of “yacht rock” (soft rock classics from the 70’s and 80’s). All Dads who attend will receive a FREE RCY water bottle!
Join the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Art Department for the opening reception of its Senior Art Exhibit. Showcasing multimedia artwork by ABRHS graduating seniors, the exhibit is interactive with QR codes leading to students’ artist statements. The opening event includes light snacks, and a violin performance by Kseniya Lisysyan.
A New Year’s Day Slow Flow w/ Live Music! RESCHEDULED for Saturday, March 16th at 4pm
w/ Julie McKay @ RCY in The Upper Studio
$40 Pre-registration / $50 day of event
https://yogaacton.com/renewal-a-new-years-day-slow-flow.../
Reach, twist, and breathe with intention: A Slow Flow Practice led by Julie McKay
Live Music performed by: Hunter McKay, tenor sax, Emily Dunbar, keyboard/tabla
Yoga for Musicians Workshop
w/ Jean Popovich
Monday, Nov. 6th at 7:30 – 8:30pm in the RCY Loft
Pre-registration $20 / $30 day of workshop
Info & Reg: https://yogaacton.com/yoga-for-musicians/
Girish Concert Class
Live Music + Yoga w/ Lia Romani
Friday, Oct. 20th @ 6:30 – 8pm in the Upper Studio at 525 Mass. Ave.
$40 Early Registration by Oct. 18th / $50 registration after Oct. 18th
Info & reg. at https://yogaacton.com/girish-concert-class-live-music-yoga/
Experience the magic of Girish’s live music – powerful Sanskrit chants set to modern melodies – while you practice SPA Yoga® with Lia Romani. This is a truly magical and incredible musical and yoga experience that allows you to go deeper into your practice and your body.
OKTOBERFEST RAIN DELAY
OKTOBERFEST at Gardner Field is postponed due to the rain, but the party goes on with @spicy_condiments playing from
2-6 at the taproom
Plus fun pretzel and German themed specials
OKTOBERFEST
September 23rd from 12-6
-Epic sausage menu (more like OktoberFEAST)
-FRESH Festbier and other TRUE WEST pours
-LIVE MUSIC
-Family focused and designed festival on a farm! INCLUDING an array of farm games and activities
-Curated German wine offerings
It's an Oktoberfest with something for everyone.
Grand opening event and inaugural annual cornhole tournament fundraiser, to be held in West Acton. (The cornhole tournament is the event rescheduled from the rained-out May date.)
Festivities will include:
✂️ 11 am: Ribbon-cutting ceremony to take place in front of Danny’s Place new location at 543 Mass Avenue, open to the public.
🙈 11:15 am - 12:30 pm: Doors open to the new space at 543 Mass Ave, offering the opportunity to walk through the rooms and speak with our staff to learn more about our unique programming. No entrance fee; an Advanced RSVP to anne@dannys-place.org is appreciated.
🛝 12 pm: The community celebration will kick off at the newly renovated Gardner Field, with DJ music sets and kids' outdoor activities. Food and beverages will be available for purchase from sponsors True West and West Side Creamery. No entrance fee but free general admission registration is requested so we can inform our food vendors.
👏 12:30 pm: "Bags fly" for a fun-for-all cornhole tournament, run by Wicked Cornhole. No experience is required! (Player check-in from 12-12:30 PM) Advanced registration is requested on our online form.
Join us for any or all of the exciting activities! We are eagerly looking forward to seeing you there. If you have any inquiries, please contact anne@dannys-place.org 🐧
Relive all the wonderful memories from childhood book fairs…
Join True West and Silver Unicorn Bookstore for a night filled with booze, books, food & live music!
Join True West for live music with Blue Jazz - Thursday June 8th 7pm - 10pm in Conspiracy, True West’s speakeasy bar!
21+ ~ No Reservations, Walk- Ins Only
Join True West on Wednesday for a pre-holiday-weekend night of music and fun!
Girish Concert Class
Live Music + Yoga w/ Lia Romani
Sunday, April 16th @ 2 – 3:30pm in the Upper Studio at 525 Mass. Ave.
$40 Pre-registration / $45 day of workshop
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Experience the magic of Girish’s live music – powerful Sanskrit chants set to modern melodies – while you practice SPA Yoga® with Lia Romani. Let go and let your yoga flow through the beats and rhythms of Girish’s soul stirring tunes. Class ends with a Sanskrit lullaby during savasana followed by one call and response chant. This is a truly magical and incredible musical and yoga experience that allows you to go deeper into your practice and your body.
SPA Yoga® is a slow-flow, floor-based, whole-body sensory experience based on Fluid Yoga sequencing. In this all levels class Lia will guide you through a mindful practice engaging all of the senses. Starting with Pranayama, and then moving through postures that progressively open the body and focus the mind. Gently building heat, and offering gentle assists throughout class, we will prepare for longer holds and deeper stretches on the floor.
True West is kicking off Mass Beer Week with live music 2-5pm on Saturday March 4th.
Driver9 - a cover band where pop meets classic rock. Four pros covering everything from Pat Benatar to The Police, The Eagles to the Bangles, Blondie to Green Day, Elvis Costello to Elvis Presley. Playing all the songs everyone knows by heart!
Reservations are encouraged…give us a call at 978-206-1600 or book through Open Table
True West has a great new chef, a new menu and live music this Wednesday!
Come join True West + Stamm and Black for a night of LIVE Music in West Acton Villageworks! Local musicians, Chris Fitz + Even Goodrow, will be performing a lively acoustic show from 6 - 8:30pm. Make your reservations with True West! Enjoy drinks and/or dinner, and shop your local home decor store until the music is done at 8:30pm!
Come join True West + Stamm and Black for a night of LIVE Music in West Acton Villageworks! Local musician, Chris Fitz, will be performing a lively solo acoustic show from 5:30-8pm. Make your reservations with True West! Social distance and enjoy drinks on the Stamm + Black’s patio! Shop your local home decor store until the music is done at 8pm!
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Come join True West + Stamm and Black for a night of LIVE Music in West Acton Villageworks! Local musician, Chris Fitz, will be performing a lively solo acoustic show from 5:30-8pm. Make your reservations with True West! Social distance and enjoy drinks on the Stamm + Black’s patio! Shop your local home decor store until the music is done at 8pm!
Find the event and share with your friends on social media!! Facebook and Instagram
Come join True West + Stamm and Black for a night of LIVE Music in West Acton Villageworks! Local musician, Chris Fitz, will be performing a lively solo acoustic show from 5:30-8pm. Make your reservations with True West! Social distance and enjoy drinks on the Stamm + Black’s patio! Shop your local home decor store until the music is done at 8pm!
Find the event and share with your friends on social media!! Facebook and Instagram
Calling all lovers and lovers of music!!! Valentine's Day is just a couple weeks away and if you don't have big plans (I mean who does these days?), then we have plans for you!!! :)) On Sunday, February 14th from 8-10pm we are going LIVE on Facebook from our store with two amazing local musicians - Chris Fitz (guitar and vocals) and Ken Clark (piano, squeeze box and vocals)!!
We are so excited to host these two and bring some live music to you in a fun, lively and safe way!! Mark your calendars, and get ready to start a watch party with your friends on Fb LIVE! This event is totally free (we all need a little live music these days don't you agree?). These two guys will be mentioning their virtual (venmo) tip bucket if you love the show, but it is optional not required!
Spread the good word....and help us bring some music into your homes this Valentine's Day!!!
Vox One’s evolution from talented Berklee College of Music students to one of the best vocal jazz a cappella groups in the world (and now Berklee professors, all) is one of rock solid jazz chops, experimentation, and a commitment to the music, the listener, and to each other. Members Jodi Jenkins-Ainsworth (soprano), Yumiko Matsuoka (alto), Paul Stiller (tenor/vocal drums), Paul Pampinella (baritone), and Tom Baskett (bass) have clearly honed their sound and their stage presence through the years, only improving with time.
Vox One has toured the US and internationally, opening along the way for Ray Charles, Chicago, the Persuasions, The Bobs, The Woody Herman Orchestra, and The Count Basie Orchestra. Jazz is in the DNA of all they do, but you’ll also hear elements of blues, funk, gospel, and folk. Beloved classics and sparkling originals are all done a la Vox One. While lush voicings and complex reharmonizations are stock in trade for the group, improv is also a staple of the Vox One show, where the group deftly creates full songs on the fly. Each improv is a one-time performance, something shared in the moment between audience and performers.
The San Francisco Examiner called the group “most adventurous and distinctive,” and Boston Magazine said, “This jazz quintet puts all kinds of throat sounds to such funky good use that listeners break into applause and — better — feel like dancing.”
Tom Baskett
Tom is regarded by colleagues and students for his dynamic and caring promotion of up-and-coming artists. His 30-year professional career includes credits for numerous international performances and productions in Africa, Asia, Europe and the U.S. His singing and speaking voice is heard in national and international TV, radio and web-based advertising, as well as popular artists’ recordings. At Berklee College of Music where he serves on the faculty, he mentors, coaches and directs students in creating performances which move hearts and inspire social change. Tom’s protégés includes vocalists appearing on The Voice, American Idol, and The Sing-Off, as well as major productions of Hamilton, The Color Purple, Motown: The Musical, The Lion King; and more.
Jodi Jenkins Ainsworth
Jodi is the soprano in Vox One. As a studio singer, she has been heard commercially across the US. She has done radio and television spots for TCBY, Sears, Mother’s Cookies and Boston.com and has done international spots for Meiji Confectionary Company, JOMO, Sony and Sharp. Jodi has been teaching private voice for over 20 years and is a professor in the voice department at Berklee. She specializes in Gospel, R&B, and Jazz. Jodi enjoys working as a clinician/adjudicator with various vocal jazz, a cappella groups and worship teams around the country.
Paul Pampinella
Baritone Paul Pampinella grew up singing. As a child, he made his way into New York City on a regular basis as a jingle singer, voicing some of the most popular television and radio ads of 1970’s and 80’s for Oreo, Burger King, Kit Kat, and more. A 1990 graduate of Berklee College of Music, Paul has been an Associate Professor in the Voice Department at Berklee since 2002. Paul toured extensively in the States and Japan with Vox One and Five O’Clock Shadow. Other projects have included recording and touring with Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica, performing the compositions of Mexico’s “king of space age pop” Juan Garcia Esquivel. Paul also lends guitar and vocals to Boston’s Swing era Vintage Vocal Quartet and the contemporary rock duo Stack & Paul.
Paul Stiller
Paul is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. He has been on the Ear Training faculty at Berklee since 1995 and has taught Ear Training, Voice lessons, and a choral ensemble. He has opened for Stevie Ray Vaughn, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Dwight Yoakam, Ray Charles, Chicago, and the Woody Herman and Count Basie Orchestras. Commercial work includes Sears, TCBY Treats, State Farm Insurance, Hood Milk, Pontiac/GMC, Superior Coffee, International Trucks, Sharp, and Dr. Pepper. In 2012, Paul received the “Berklee Distinguished Faculty Award”, and the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire “2013 Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award.”
Yumiko Matsuoka
Yumiko, originally from Tokyo, Japan, is a graduate of Berklee and a professor in the Ear Training department and has also taught vocal writing in the Contemporary Writing and Production department. Matsuoka’s arrangements and compositions can be heard on all of Vox One’s albums, her anthology To Every Thing There Is A Season, and on recordings by other a cappella groups around the globe. Recent works include arrangements of the Beatles songs for Houston Chamber Choir, a composition celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death for Stile Antico (UK) and Folger Consort (Washington, DC), as well as chapters on a cappella arranging for A Cappella Perfect Book Advanced, published in Japan. Matsuoka has also written for Japanese TV commercials including Toyota, Sharp, Meiji Seika, and Japan Energy Corporation.
Doors open at 7pm • Music starts at 7:30pm
$12/online • $15/door • Purchase tickets here.Tickets available online until 4pm on the day of the show.
The Dave Howard Initiative performs high-energy, contemporary groove, jazz, funk, blues, and fusion compositions.
Dave Howard (guitar, composition, arrangements)
Berklee College of Music professor, Dave Howard, is an exciting musician, influenced by many great jazz, blues, and funk artists — from George Benson, Path Metheny, John Scofield, and Bill Frisell to BB King, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, James Brown, and Aretha Franklin. He has performed throughout the US, and has toured and offered clinics in Europe. Some of his European concerts and clinics include: Roccella Jazz Festival/Clinics with the Dave Howard Calabrese 5tet Project; Cortale’ Jazz festival, Calabria, Italy; Umbria Jazz Clinics with Berklee College of Music, Umbria, Italy; and The Pepperoncino Jazz Festival, Calabria, Italy.
Steve Gutherz (keyboards)
Steve’s playing experience covers many genres and many recordings including Latin Jazz with the Steve Gutherz Quartet, featuring four-time grammy winners, Oscar Stagnaro on bass, Mark Walker on drums (Paquito D’Rivera), and Samuel Batista on sax. He has performed Soul Jazz with the band, Soul Custody. He’s played mainstream jazz for decades with the band, “Good Company” featuring the inimitable Dave Clark on bass. He’s played rhythm and blues with Barry Marshall and the “Rockin' Robins” and spiritual/religious music with Kol Libeinu and Shabat Rinah. And to round out his eclectic career, he’s performed with blues bands, including “Deal Me In,” doubling on blues harmonica. Steve has participated in a number of international jazz festivals in Europe including Rocella, Peperoncino, and Armonie D’Arte.
Michael Johnson (bass)
Michael is a bassist, vocalist, guitarist, arranger, and producer/engineer from Denver, Colorado. He earned a Masters and Doctorate degree in Vocal Jazz and Studio Music where he sang in the award winning Jazz Vocal I Ensemble. He has worked with many artists including John Oates, Jon Secada, Lari White, Bob Dorough and Dawn Lewis. His studio work includes soundtracks for the Orange Bowl Half-Time Show, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and album projects at the Record Plant (formerly Criteria Studios) in Miami. He continues to produce numerous projects under his “Fringe Collective” imprint. He is an Associate Professor at Berklee School of Music and an Instructor at the New England Conservatory.
Sammy Biancuzzo (drums)
Sam started his performance career in the early ’60s with his band, the “Henchmen.” He attended Berklee while performing with Billy Squire and Van Morrison then joined the well-known world tour band “Mason Dixon and the Line.” He later performed with the popular Boston band “Breakaway” and recorded with Columbia in NYC. Sam has also performed at the Teluride, Colorado Jazz Festival with Steve Morse and worked with The Brecker Bros. in “Dreams.” Presently Sam plays with local Boston bands and engages in freelance studio work.
Doors open at 7pm • Music starts at 7:30pm
$12/online • $15/door • Purchase tickets here.Tickets available online until 4pm on the day of the show.
Features classic gypsy jazz tunes reimagined and fused with music from around the world. They provide us with warmth and beauty through “a jazz everyone likes.”
“Yo-ki Swing” is a collection of original music inspired by the gypsy jazz tradition of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, and fusing of music styles from around the world. The title tune “Yo-ki Swing” (“Yo-ki” means joy and mirth in Japanese) is a Klezmer-influenced, toe-tapping gypsy jazz tune, while “Bean Town,” is a swing-style song about our very own Boston. “Painted Lady,” a musette-style waltz, is about the white and black dotted orange butterfly, Vanessa Cardui. “Haboob” features percussion and chimes capturing a violent wind blowing in summer. “Lucky Seven” is a mainstream jazz tune written with just seven chords, and “Endless Stream” is a sentimental bossa nova tune. You might notice a little bit of Beethoven in “Moody's Waltz” and imagine a traveling gypsy caravan in “Gypsy Descent.”
Tomoko Iwamoto, a leader of 440, has been in Boston jazz scene for more than 25 years. Being a "jazzy" violinist with a strong classical background, she expanded her repertoire in jazz, rock, pop to world music, toured with Hypnotic Clambake, while studying Jazz Composition and Arranging at Berklee College of Music. During her recent trip to Europe, she jammed with world renown gypsy jazz musicians Tcha Limberger and the members of Les Violins de Bruxelles, and Chris and Julian Brunard. She appeared as a guest soloist with Mood Swings Orchestra and Women In World Jazz, and collaborated with local modern jazz guitarist, Chris Mcdermott.
Mark Chenevert has been playing clarinet and tenor sax in the Boston area for some 40 years now, working with various projects including Limbo Race ( 1982 WBCN Rumble winners ) , Willie Alexander, and Hypnotic Clambake. Currently , in addition to 440 , he works with the Hot Tamale Brass Band , David Champagne , Bertrand Laurence, and others . Learn more at www.markchenevert.com.
Jack Soref, graduate of Berklee College of Music, became captivated by the music of Django Reinhardt after attending the International Django Reinhardt festival in Samois-sur-Seine France. Jack spent half a year living in Paris France, where he jammed with the legendary guitarist Boulou Ferré and violinist Florin Niculescu. Jack can be seen regularly in the greater Boston area playing Django's music, with a myriad of local musicians. Out in the wider world, he has performed as an accompanist for Jazz Manouche luminaries including Joscho Stephan, Tim Kliphius, Gonzalo Bergara, Jason Anick, Olli Soikkeli, Adrien Moignard, Ben Powell, Aurèlien Bouly, and Titi Bamberger.
Sven Larson came to Boston in 1995 and began studying with bass virtuoso Steve Neil. He continued to learn, perform, and record in many genres, while becoming an in-demand bassist on the local jazz and blues scene. He has studied different styles of music including Hindustani Classical music and West African Drumming. Sven has played on many stages across the US, Canada, and Europe including Symphony Hall, Tanglewood Jazz Festival, and King Biscuit Festival. He has performed with Toni Lynn Washington, Charles Neville, Michelle Willson, Roses Pawn Shop, Albert Cummings, Nicole Nelson, among others.
Doors open at 7pm • Music starts at 7:30pm
$12/online • $15/door • Purchase tickets here.
Tickets available online until 4pm on the day of the show.
R.D. King is a Boston-based composer and acoustic guitarist extraordinaire. The winner of the 2017 Canadian Guitar Festival's International Fingerstyle Guitar Competition, King has opened for Andy McKee, Liz Longley, Ari Hest, and many others. His song "Lightness of Being" recently won the Instrumental category at the 2018 Walnut Valley Festival New Song Showcase. Listening to King’s music is an emotional and introspective journey that is difficult to parse into genre or tradition. King’s audiences describe his music as passionate, powerful, and deeply memorable. A graduate of Ithaca College School of Music, King performs at venues in New England and beyond, including TedX Cambridge, Boston Greenfest, the Spire Center, Walnut Valley Festival, Club Passim, and others. His debut album, vs. Self, was described as “energetic and epic” and “transformative journeys of sound” by New York Music Daily and The Deli magazine, respectively. His second album, R.D. King, was recorded with Antoine Dufour and was released in January 2019 under Candyrat Records.
Acoustic guitar & mandolin duo Lindsay Straw & Jordan Santiago create a sound defined by sparse, driving arrangements, adventurous improvisation, and love of tradition. Lindsay comes from a traditional music background, having spent years performing at Celtic festivals and playing in Irish sessions. She brings British ballads and Irish jigs and reels to the table. Jordan taps into his experience as a bluegrass and jazz musician, bringing American fiddle tunes, original material, and unrestrained vocal harmonies into the mix. Together, they seek to combine and express themselves through the best elements of their Celtic, bluegrass, and jazz languages.
Doors open at 6:30pm • Music starts at 7:30pm
$12/online • $15/door • Purchase tickets here.
Tickets available online until 4pm on the day of the show.
Great performers. Great audiences. Great amenities. We present “listening” music — by one to several performers playing jazz, folk, bluegrass, blues, world music — and more. Orange Door owners Meredith and Chris Powell have created a lovely, inviting, and intimate setting in the space — it feels like a comfy living room/kitchen. They serve a few small plates each evening and provide a full bar including some excellent wine offerings. Orange Door is a no-cash, no-tipping venue. Please bring a credit/debit card. Gratuities are included in the menu price.
Lori Zuroff (vocals) is a blues, rock, and jazz singer known for her sultry, smoky, and swinging take on classics from the American songbook. She has been singing with various rock, blues, R&B, and jazz bands for more than 20 years. She has performed with both small jazz combos and large rock bands and has been featured at Chick Singer Night at Johnny D's in Somerville, Thelonius Monkfish in Cambridge, among many other regional venues. Lori studied jazz vocals for several years with Boston's own Rebecca Parris and Dominique Eade and in New York with Sheila Jordan and Jay Clayton. She co-lead a very successful weekly blues jam in two locations in West Acton for several years.
Lori is joined by The Diana Mascari quartet.
Diana Mascari (keyboards) is a jazz pianist, jazz organist, and keyboard player. She has performed with Rebecca Parris, and, early in her career, with Lionel Hampton and jazz organist Jimmy Smith. Diana has been teaching piano for 40 years at the Mascari Piano Studios and is the Music Director at the Hartford Street Presbyterian Church in Natick.
Diane Heffner (sax, clarinet, and chalumeau) is a Boston-based freelance clarinetist and teacher on both modern and historical instruments. She plays period clarinets with Handel & Haydn Society, Arcadia Players, Boston Baroque, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. As a modern clarinetist, Diane performs regularly in ensembles and as soloist with Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Alea III, Solar Winds, and Boston’s only all women big band “The Mood Swings Orchestra.” She is on the applied faculty at Tufts University and the All-Newton Music School.
Tal Shalom-Kobi (upright bass and accordion) is a jazz and world music bass player and music educator. She has a bachelors degree from Berklee College of Music and masters in Jazz Performance from New England Conservatory. Tal performs with many local groups in the Boston area including The Jazz Marauders, Trio Tutta, and The Women in World Jazz, an all women world music quintet
Michelle Hirsch (percussion) has performed for decades driving both big bands and small jazz groups. She has performed with Ed Shaughnessy, Carla Bley, and Steve Swallow, among many others. Michelle is the lead drummer for The Mood Swings Orchestra, Boston’s premier all-female big band.
Doors open at 6:30pm • Music starts at 7:30pm
Tickets are $12/online • $15/door
Great performers. Great audiences. Great amenities. We present “listening” music — by one to several performers playing jazz, folk, bluegrass, blues, world music — and more. Orange Door owners Meredith and Chris Powell have created a lovely, inviting, and intimate setting in the space — it feels like a comfy living room/kitchen. They serve a few small plates each evening and provide a full bar including some excellent wine offerings. Orange Door is a no-cash, no-tipping venue. Please bring a credit/debit card. Gratuities are included in the menu price.
Composer, arranger, and keyboardist Molly Flannery is known for her distinctive touch on the piano, her melodic improvisations, and her ability to groove in jazz, latin, and Brazilian idioms. Singer/Composer Haley Peltz grew up in Lincoln and recently moved back from Brazil where she lived for several years. In 2016, she was awarded first place in the Popular Singing Competition at the São Paulo School of Music. Her Ella Fitzgerald tribute show received critical and public acclaim in São Paulo
Doors open at 6:30pm
Tickets are $12/online • $15/door
