Music
Read and Explore: Fur, Feathers, Fluff: Keeping Warm in Winter
Terhune Orchards 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, NJ, United StatesTerhune Orchards Read and Explore Program is our winter education series, following the popular seasonal Read and Pick Program. For our third Read and Explore program learn about how animals keep themselves warm in winter. We will read two stories about animals; explore the sense of touch with wool, feathers, etc. Each child will make...
Chris Smither at Princeton Folk Music Society – live and live-streamed
Christ Congregation Church 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, United StatesFebruary 21 – Chris Smither - The Princeton Folk Music Society presents singer, guitarist, and songwriter Chris Smither, a “towering figure in American acoustic blues.” Smither can take pride in the fact that he's been there since the beginning. He has been a mainstay of the festival, coffeehouse, and club circuits around the U.S., Canada, and...
Westminster Community Orchestra Presents Winterlude
Hillman Performance Hall at Westminster Choir College on the campus of Westminster Choir College, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, United StatesTake a break from winter, and join Dr. Ruth Ochs and the Westminster Community Orchestra on Sunday, February 23rd at 3:00 p.m. for Winterlude, a program of beautiful pieces that will lift your spirits and warm your heart. The performance will take place in Hillman Hall, in the Cullen Center, on the Westminster campus, Walnut...
Poor Man’s Gambit at Princeton Folk Music Society – live and live-streamed
Christ Congregation Church 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, United StatesMarch 21 - Poor Man's Gambit - The Princeton Folk Music Society presents Poor Man's Gambit, a Philadelphia-based Irish music band. The multi-instrumentalist group comprises Deirdre Lockman (fiddle and vocals), Corey Purcell (button accordion, cittern, bodhran, vocals, and dance), and Federico Betti (guitar and fiddle). Deidre and Corey are steeped in the traditional Irish culture of...
Let’s Just Sing! Choral Reading of Mendelssohn Elijah
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton 50 Cherry Hill Rd., PrincetonConductor: Christopher Loeffler The Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs celebrates 90 years of love for choral music, and you’re invited to sing. Vocal scores provided. Members of the community gather together for the common and joyful enterprise of making music for their own pleasure, singing through the great works in choral literature with chorus, orchestra,...
John McCutcheon at Princeton Folk Music Society – live and live-streamed
Christ Congregation Church 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, United StatesApril 25 – John McCutcheon - The Princeton Folk Music Society presents singer, song writer and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon. The Washington Post has called John McCutcheon “Folk Music’s Rustic Renaissance Man.” He is a master of the hammered dulcimer and is proficient on other instruments, including guitar, autoharp, and fiddle. His song writing is inspired by...
Ensemble Sangineto at Princeton Folk Music Society – live and live-streamed
Christ Congregation Church 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, United StatesMay 16 - Ensemble Sangineto - The Princeton Folk Music Society presents an exciting mix of the old and the new with Ensemble Sangineto, an eclectic trio from northern Italy that skillfully blends ancient harmonies and sonorities with modern rhythms. The wide-ranging musical experiences of the individual members converge to create fresh and sparkling arrangements of...
Wind and Wood: Music for Flute, Strings, Piano and Percussion
1867 Sanctuary at Ewing 101 Scotch Road, EwingMusicians' Choice Chamber Concert Series Led by flutist, Lish Lindsay, this concert will present a variety of music in this uniquely mixed ensemble featuring a piece by former CPNJ Music Director, Dan Spalding. Wind and Wood: Music for Flute, Strings, Piano and Percussion A. Lish Lindsey, Flute/Alto flute Artem Tenkeli, Piano Elina Lang, Cello Randy...
The Ebony Hillbillies at Princeton Folk Music Society – live and live-streamed
Christ Congregation Church 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, United StatesSeptember 19 – The Ebony Hillbillies - The Princeton Folk Music Society presents The Ebony Hillbillies. Sometimes called “the last African-American String Band in America,” The Ebony Hillbillies are known for their mix of pop, country, bluegrass, folk and jazz. Classically trained violinist and vocalist Henrique Prince and banjo, mountain dulcimer, guitar and vocal ace Norris...
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer at Princeton Folk Music Society – live and live-streamed
Christ Congregation Church 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, United StatesOctober 17 - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer - The Princeton Folk Music Society presents two-time Grammy® award winners Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, a duo of master musicians with a career spanning over 35 years. Cathy & Marcy’s superb harmonies are backed by instrumental virtuosity on the guitar, five-string banjo, ukulele, mandolin, cello-banjo, and more....
Phil Ochs Song Night at Princeton Folk Music Society – live and live-streamed
Christ Congregation Church 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, United StatesNovember 21 - Phil Ochs Song Night - The Princeton Folk Music Society presents Phil Ochs Song Night. Phil Ochs was at the core of the early 1960’s Greenwich Village folk music movement, and was known for his civil rights and protest songs such as “I Ain't Marching Anymore.” He died in 1976. Starting in 1983,...
Michael Gabriele & Spook Handy at Princeton Folk Music Society – live and live-streamed
Christ Congregation Church 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, United StatesThe Princeton Folk Music Society, celebrating its 60th anniversary, presents a double feature on folk music history, with an emphasis on New Jersey. The program opens with a presentation by Michael Gabriele, the author of New Jersey Folk Revival Music: History & Tradition (Arcadia Publishing, 2016). Michael documents the Garden State’s vast contributions to Folk...