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"Karitas" is a nine-member women's vocal ensemble from the Concord Community Music School. It is directed by Peggo Horstmann Hodes who is chair of the Voice Department. "Karitas" sings an eclectic repertoire including jazz, folk, classical and popular songs. Singing to fill their souls with inspiration and joy, they seek to share that joy with their audiences. Karitas in Latin means love or charity. Peggo Horstmann Hodes, soprano and composer, holds masters degrees in Elementary Education from Lesley College and in Vocal Pedagogy from New England Conservatory. Peggo has been the soloist with the New Hampshire Symphony, the Granite State Symphony, the Concord Chorale and the Musicians of Wall Street. She has sung the soprano role of Messiah for many chorales in New England. Most recently, with the Boston Civic Symphony, Peggo premiered Symphony No. 4 — War and Peace for soprano and orchestra, written by Thomas Oboe Lee. In recital, Peggo has premiered works written for her by William Fletcher, and two song cycles by Thomas Oboe Lee. In addition to her classical work, Peggo also performs jazz love songs and has recorded nine CD's, two of which won Parents' Choice Awards. Peggo created and leads Vibrant Voice workshops in Hawaii, New York, New Hampshire and Maine.
Eve Kodiak, M.M., is a licensed Brain Gym® Consultant. She has also taught, performed, and composed music for most of her life. Trained in Dalcroze, Orff, Music Together, and Suzuki, Ms. Kodiak came to the practice of kinesiology with the understanding of how the combination of music and movement can increase the effectiveness of both. Rappin' on the Reflexes is the first of her collections. The next, Moving With the Masters, combines developmental movement narration with the piano music of Bach, Beethoven, Bartok, Byrd, and Schumann, and will be available before the end of 2004. She is also working on a new piano method for children. Rappin' on the Reflexes has been created for easy use by teachers, parents, practioners, and anyone else who works with children, says Kodiak. It can be used informally at home, as part of an office visit, or as school curriculum for increasing academic performance and enhancing social interaction. Written for all ages, some songs will appeal mostly to young children; others, especially the raps, can move right on into high school and beyond. Eve Kodiak, from Temple, NH, gives workshops and lectures internationally on music and kinesiology. You can reach her on the web at www.evekodiak.com.
With soaring vocals and haunting flute playing, Nancy Knowles sings the incomparable unaccompanied solo repertoire of the three cultures (Moslem, Jewish, and Christian) of medieval Spain. Long an expert in medieval music, Knowles' evocative program harks back to an age when feminine virtues were passionately extolled in song and verse. Knowles sings songs of Holy Mary and Mary Magdalene, of Moorish babies and Sephardic brides, of mourning, and of pilgrimage. For more information visit www.nancyknowles.com. "The eloquence could not have been improved upon…the soprano Nancy Knowles gave a vocal image of the "heavenly queen" in Royne Celestre -sturdy, compassionate, serene." —The New York Times
Merrill Kohlhofer has had a lifelong passion for history that led him to be both a freelance storyteller and a supervisor for staff training at The Stephen Phillips Trust House in Salem, Massachusetts. Kohlhofer also performs historical programs about abolitionists. Voices of Freedom: Memories of Anti-Slavery Days is a program about abolitionists and fugitive slaves in Massachusetts and I Will Be Heard: A Meeting with William Lloyd Garrison is a first person appearance as the fiery abolitionist. He also has a number of Celtic Mystery stories that he can perform for all different ages. Kohlhofer has performed at Mystic Seaport, Old Sturbridge Village, the House of the Seven Gables and the Peabody Essex Museums in Salem, MA, and in schools, libraries, museums and festivals throughout New England. His CD, The Promise, includes four moving, dramatic stories of Gloucester fishermen. Please visit: www.merrillstories.com
Lachrimae is a select group of singers and players in period costume, who perform the music and dance of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Students, faculty and staff are invited to sing or play any number of early instruments including recorder, cornamuse, sackbut, cornetto, harpsichord, Renaissance flute, rebec and harp. The group performs regularly on campus and throughout the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire. Lachrimae has been delighting area audiences with its unique blend of early music, dance and humor since 1979. For more information, please contact the director Paul Scharfenburger at scharfpe@fpc.edu
Fiddler extraordinaire, Andrea Larson performs ballads, mouth-music and fiddle tunes from Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia. Prior to moving to New Hampshire in 2001, Andrea toured nationally as a soprano in the Waverly Consort's "American Journey" program and appears on their latest recording, "The Christmas Story." As a collaborative musician, she has worked with director Richard Schechtner, choreographers Martita Goshen and Liz Claire and composers Glen Velez and Wayne Hankin. This past December Andrea Larson appeared as the fiddler in the Cambridge Christmas Revels. Besides playing for English Country and Scandinavian folk dances in Boston and western Massachusetts she has also performed at the Springfield Museum, Rockport FirstNight and the Hilltop Circus at the Pine Hill Waldorf School. Andrea teaches violin at her home in Mason, New Hampshire.
Born in Arizona, Jason says he always approaches his music through a western folk or cowboy ballad style, be it bluegrass, rock or anything else. "I call it flatland, with a bit of Green Chile, you know, Mesquite-smoked folk." Drawing from a rich tradition of country music and cowboy songs, his music features the dobro, a resonator guitar played with a slide and held flat on the lap. An owner of Abracadabra Toy Store in Peterborough, Jason can be reached at 924-3489.
Karyn Levitt is a singer/actress who sings everything from operatic arias to cabaret, swing, jazz, and rock and roll. Drawing on her rich and studied training in theater and music, Karyn designs unique cabarets. Classical sonnets, contemporary monologues, jazz standards, art songs, and original pieces combine in unexpected ways to give you an experience you won't forget. "Lyrics by Shakespeare" is a remarkable celebration of the Bard's poetry and prose. Some of his greatest speeches are interwoven with his most beautiful sonnets in an unforgettable tapestry of words and music. The sonnets enter the 21st century as contemporary songs: from pop to Broadway, from classical to blues, tango, klezmer, and even country western. The music, composed by Leslie Hitelman (pianist), becomes the vehicle for exploring Shakespeare's meditations on time, immortality, love, and other metaphysical themes. CD's of "Words by Shakespeare" are available from her for $15 plus $3.50 p&h. For more information write camino_real@hotmail.com or visit http://royalroad2000.com.
Cuban-born José Manuel Lezcano is Professor of Music at Keene State College, with a Ph.D. (music theory) from Florida State University and BM (guitar) from Peabody Conservatory. His guitar studies were with Aaron Shearer and Christopher Berg, and he performed in masterclasses of Lorimer, Isbin, and Cuban composer/guitarist Leo Brouwer, who called him "un guitarrista magnifico." He has played Carnegie Recital Hall and at festivals in Rio, Lima, Quito, the Czech Republic, Germany, and locally with the Granite State Symphony and Keene Chamber Orchestra in concertos by Rodrigo and Lezcano (his Poemas Concertantes for flute, guitar & small orchestra, and most recently, "Cuban Concerto" for guitar, strings, percussion, and folk instruments). In South America he has been a frequent soloist with the National Symphony of Ecuador; additional appearances include the Philharmonics of Loja (Ecuador) and Lima (Peru). In 1998 he, Bonnie Insull, and Matthew Shubin performed in Chengdu, China for Apple Hill's "Playing for Peace." Their CD, "Passports," was released in 1999 to critical acclaim. He has received additional funding for research from the Whiting Foundation and KSC, and has published his research in Soundboard, Latin American Music Review, and the Latino Encyclopedia. He lectures around the state for the New Hampshire Humanities Council on the mythical traditions of the indigenous guitar in Ecuador. For more information please email jlezcano@keene.edu
Denis Liddy Denis Liddy, one of Clare's finest fiddle players, hails from a family heavily involved in traditional music, singing, and dance. In fact, the Liddy clan is synonymous with traditional music in Clare. His commitment and respect for the tradition is unmistakable and demonstrated in every note he plays. The rhythm and lift Denis has acquired from the years of playing for dancers is ever evident. His music is filled with vigor, energy and the beauty of traditional Clare dance music. He has deep roots in the Céilí tradition from when he was a teen. The Liddy family group known as Shannonside Céilí Band formed in 1985, still play occasionally to this day.Denis loves ceili bands and now plays with the Turloughmore Céilí Band, who recorded "The Bee's Wing" CD in 2001. As well as being an accomplished fiddler, Denis is a renowned teacher of traditional Irish music. Under his guidance, the Barefield Céilí Band has won All-Irelands in '98, 2000 and 2001. Many members of the group have performed on stages around the world. Denis is ensuring a brilliant future for both ceili and traditional music through his teaching and leadership in County Clare. Dermot Lernihan from Ennis in County Clare is an internationally-known accordion player. His box playing on the legendary "Fisherstreet" 1991 recording is outstanding and his repertoire of tunes is second to none, according to fellow player Denis. Ennis traditional musicians are renowned for their virtuosity and prowess in the traditional realm and Dermot has been at the epicenter of this musical clan since he was a youngster growing up in the heartland of "trad". His influences are diverse but the sources of his music are the old musicians of Clare that can trace their music back through the ages. For more information please visit: www.liddy-hynes.com.
Odysseylive is a high energy telling of Homer's Odyssey from Calypso's island to the end. Sebastian Lockwood is a master storyteller specialising in making ancient texts contemporary and essential. Performances are suitable for audiences of all ages. Sebastian has taught Storytelling, Poetry, and Arts and Society for the Creative Arts Curriculum for Lesley and Endicott Colleges and has taught Literature and Anthropology at Lesley for eight years. Sebastian lives with his partner Nanette Perrotte, the jazz singer, under Crotched Mountain in Greenfield where they run Lumen Arts, a non-profit arts organization. Sebastian also performs OdysseyLive as an improvisational telling appropriate for school audiences of all ages; Moldy Forehead, a haida cycle; Monkey, a classic Chinese tale of adventure and many original tales. For information visit www.odysseylive.org.
Viktor Lois' sculpture is not only visually amazing, but it also moves and makes sound. Lois was brought up in Tatabanya, one of the industrial strongholds of Hungarian socialism, amongst waste machines and wreckage. Lois' oeuvre reflects the fast-paced obsolescence of creations of the Industrial Revolution; machines and prototypes are discarded in perfect condition. "Lois' oeuvre is machine. He endows cold machines with passionate artistic life and reincarnate them into sculptural musical instruments. The instruments have three aspects: first they are like motionless sculptures, then they start moving (sometimes giving off light), then they become mobile and finally they make sounds…" (1992 critic by Konkoly Gyula) Lois' work is exhibited and performed frequently in major museums and galleries in the US, Asia and throughout Europe (such as Austria, Germany, USSR, France, Netherland, Serbia). His work is in the permanent collection of the Contemporary Art Museum in Budapest; and a building in the compound of the Mine Museum in Tatabanya is dedicated solely to him, which houses more than 70 pieces of Lois' work. Every year his band TundraVoice which plays soley on his sculptural musical instruments is one of the most unique features of the Budapest Music Festival. In 1993, he represented Hungary in the 45th Venice Biennale.
Glori B. combines her vivacious personality with exciting guitar playing and singing fluently in three languages. Her repertoire of over 450 songs includes Gospel, show tunes, standards, folk, country/western, novelty, oldies but goodies, and pop tunes, ranging from the 1920's to the present. In addition to her performances at area nursing and retirement homes, birthday and other special parties, Glori B. recently retired after 17 years as Theater and Arts Coordinator for the Peterborough Recreation Department. Ms. Luebbermann brings a rich background in musical theater and other stage productions to her varied performances. She has had lead and supporting roles in community theater shows such as The Man Who Came to Dinner, Nunsense, You Can't Take it With You, Harvey, The Fantastics, Fiddler on the Roof, Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, and Annie Get Your Gun, to mention just a few — she says that many fans have told her the role of Annie Oakley must have been written with Glori B. in mind and that they'd never forget her performance! Glori B. — who has three brothers — began her acting and singing career in elementary, high school, and community theater shows in her native Maine. She appeared in numerous musicals with Portland, Maine's Lyric Theater and sang French Canadian songs on a local TV station. For more than ten years, she performed as a vocalist/guitarist with the Boston Circuit and presented solo shows in New England clubs and hotels. Glori B. lives in Peterborough with her husband Tom Luebbermann. They are parents of two grown children and have two grandchildren. For further information and bookings, call Glori B. at 603-924-8887 or email her at SingGloriB@aol.com
Lunatic Fringe perform improvisations on African and American folk tunes and New Orleans rhythms as well as their original compositions. Thier fans are familiar with the sounds created by these four singular personalities, which can be lively and infectious or warm and familiar. Barbara Levy's textured melodies and rhythms on the balafon intermingle with the style of Philip Sherwood on the guitar and combine with Fred Simmons and Karl Wilson's unique interpretations on their respective horns. More... Mariposa has been fortunate with diverse and numerous performers educating and entertaining us. To read about more performers select from the alphabetical listing below. A-E | F-J | K-L | M-P | Q-Z other cultures, the world will know more peace and less war. 
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