Friday, February 10 at 7:30 pm "SWEETHEARTS' NIGHT OUT" - DAROL ANGER & EMY PHELPS, BRITTANY HAAS & KAI WELCH and LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER & COREY DIMARIO Tickets: $18 General / $16 Students and Seniors Ticket reservations and info: 802-254-9276 Venue: Next Stage at 15 Kimball Hill in downtown Putney, VT

Twilight Music presents “Sweethearts’ Night Out” – roots music couples Darol Anger and Emy Phelps, Lissa Schneckenberger and Corey DiMario, and Brittany Haas and Kai Welch performing (mostly) songs of love for Valentines Day.  These celebrated musicians will focus on both the sweet and the scary side of romance, from their perspective as couples, with original songs and old favorites from every musical genre. Fiddler, composer, producer and educator Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres, some of which he helped to invent.  Exceptional among modern fiddlers for his versatility and depth, Anger has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through his involvement with numerous groundbreaking ensembles such as his Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, Montreux, his Duo with Mike Marshall and others.  He has performed and taught all over the world with musicians such as Dr. Billy Taylor, Bela Fleck, Bill Evans, Edgar Meyer, Bill Frisell, Marin Alsop and the Cabrillo Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, Mark O’Connor, Vassar Clements and Stephane Grappelli.  Darol can be heard on NPR's Car Talk theme every week, along with Earl Scruggs, David Grisman and Tony Rice.  He was also the violinist on the phenomenally popular Sim City computer games, has been a featured soloist on dozens of popular recordings and motion picture soundtracks and is an Associate Professor at the prestigious Berklee School of Music.  He recently began an ambitious online Fiddle School at ArtistWorks.com.   Emy Phelps, the “Golden Voice of the Pacific Northwest,” has been charming fans all around the Pacific Northwest for 20 years with her phenomenal voice and marvelous songs. Trained in theater arts, she participated in Ashland, Oregon's world-reknowned Shakespeare Festival programs and danced for 3 years in The Green Show, an ongoing Festival program.  She was a founding member of Brian Ransom's The Ceramic Ensemble, touring internationally and researching indigenous music in Peru with the group.  She has released one recording, and performed at the New Music America Festival, North By Northwest, the Moab Folk Festival, Wintergrass, The Britt Festival and Northwest Folk Life Festival. A founding member of Darol Anger's Republic of Strings, Brittany Haas is currently a member of the nu-alt-bluegrass band Crooked Still.  Her meteoric rise to the top of the folk music world as one of today’s most dynamic fiddle players stems from her uncanny rhythmic prowess and soulful melodic focus.  Her first CD was released in 2004, and includes guest musicians Scott Nygaard, Bruce Molsky, Darol Anger, Todd Sickafoose, Mike Marshall and her sister - cellist Natalie Haas.  Her repertoire centers around Appalachian mountain music played on the 5-string fiddle.  She has studied with Bruce Molsky, Darol Anger and Alasdair Fraser, appeared on Conan O'Brien, Ellen DeGeneres and David Letterman with banjo-playing comedian Steve Martin and has performed all over the world. Kai Welch is a young American original with more varied experience of the world than most people get in an entire lifetime.  A phenomenally talented musician, he basically plays everything, and is in constant demand in his adopted home town of Nashville.  Besides touring, writing and recording with artists such as Abigail Washburn, City Of Refuge, Bela Fleck, Bobby Bare, Jr., Tommy & The Whale and many others, Kai has released own phantamagorical solo album “Send it Down.”   Lissa Schenckenburger's remarkable fiddling complements her phenomenal voice and strong identity as a Northeasterner.  In 2001, she graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music with a degree in contemporary improvisation, and since then has been performing around the US and internationally for a growing audience of enthusiastic listeners.  Having recorded eight CDs of her own, Lissa has been closely studying the Downeast traditional music that she first heard as a young girl. Her latest project is a pair of CDs dedicated to forgotten songs and tunes from New England, uncovered through her own archival research.  “Song” contains ballads that go back as far as the 1700s set to modern arrangements, while “Dance” features fiddle tunes.   Double-bassist Corey DiMario is one of the most sought after accompanists in the acoustic music scene, adding rock solid, low-end accompaniment and driving rhythm to any musical situation.  A founding member of the string band sensation Crooked Still, Corey brings a diverse musical palette and energetic approach to an ensemble.  He has performed extensively with New England fiddler and singer Lissa Schneckenburger, as well as being a part of the Brittany Haas/Dan Trueman Band, performing original music in Old-Time and Scandinavian styles.  Since receiving his undergraduate degree in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory in 2001, Corey has performed at major festivals and concert venues across North America, Europe and Australia. This concert is presented in conjunction with Next Stage Arts Project.  For more information, visit www.darolanger.com, www.lissafiddle.com, and www.myspace.com/brittanyhaas.

COMING SOON:: 2/19  JULIA J. SLONE, CHARITY HOUGHTON, LIBBY GAROFALO, DAN HOUGHTON and IAIN MACHARG -  Dazzling 3-part harmonies, bagpipes and more in traditional and original music to lift the midwinter spirits at Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery 2/25 CARAVAN OF THIEVES - Acoustic swing and alt gypsy jazz quartet with a theatrical high energy stage show, Beatlesque vocal harmonizing and driving rhythms - an overall circus of sound – at Next Stage

 

Twilight Music Info: stobro@svcable.net, 802-254-9276 Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery 139 Main Street Brattleboro, VT Next Stage  15 Kimball Hill Putney, VT Greenhoe Theatre Landmark College River Road South Putney, VT New England Youth Theatre 100 Flat Street Brattleboro, VT