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The Staff and Board of Directors of Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) remember fondly and with greatest respect our Board of Directors member Lillian Sawyer Burks, who passed from this life on November 7, 2019. ”Lil“ made many strong contributions to our work, from funding orchestral musicians’ fees for one of our earliest concerts, ”The Biber Project“ featuring violinists Robert and Richard Maxham in 2011, to her faithful role as a greeter at venue doors until spring 2019, when she was 85. Lil, a registered nurse, also advised us on matters of accessibility and arts and health. We extend our sympathy to her family, whom she loved so much. We will miss her
Catherine Bost, Melodie Fletcher, Lynn A. Hanson, Edward E. Kable, Lynn Kable, Donna Meeks, Julia Paris, Linda Zabloski. 
Amherst favorites David R. McCormick, baroque violinist, and Brian Kay, vocalist and lutenist, of Early Music Access Project present seasonal music for
the Twelfth Night of Christmas.
Brian Kay is a modern-day troubadour. He has performed throughout the world at venues such as the National Concert Hall of Dublin, Belfast Castle (Ireland), Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center. His live radio appearances include NPR, Baltimore's WYPR, Baltimore's 98ROCK, Boston's WGBH, and Cleveland's WCLV. He has recorded with record labels Avie and Sono Luminus and has appeared on more than 10 album releases at the age of 33. He is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, traditional and historical music specialist, poet, painter, and avid proponent of meditation. Amherst Audiences will remember his two performances here for AGAR at Second Stage with Ayreheart. Mr. Kay’s recent projects include his latest album release “Meditations” original songs with acoustic accompaniment in a modern style with a nostalgic flare, "Play, Music!" a one-man Shakespeare show which combines traditional music and theater (performed live at the Folger Theater in DC), and the co-direction of Cleveland’s Baroque Orchestra Apollo’s Fire. He has recently returned to the US after touring the UK and Ireland. He is a core member of Apollo's Fire and Twa Corbies, and regularly performs with Hesperus, The Folger Consort, Three Notch'd Road, Eya, Early Music Access Project, Trio Sefardi and is a founding member of the early music improvisation group Divisio.As a professor, Brian teaches at Cleveland Institute of Music and Case Western Reserve University.
David R. McCormick performs regularly on both violin and vielle (medieval fiddle) and is in demand as an educator and arts leader. He was founding Artistic Director of Charlottesville-based baroque ensemble Three Notch’d Road (and played four times with that group in Clifford concerts for AGAR) and is a founding member of Alkemie, a medieval ensemble now based in New York City (with whom he has also played in Amherst for AGAR). He is the founding Artistic Director of Early Music Access Project, a rotating group of musicians bringing a wide range of early music to Charlottesville and surrounding communities. David is also Executive Director of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, where he recently appeared as featured violin soloist for the opening concert of the 25th Anniversary Season. David has also recently performed with Washington Bach Consort, Opera Lafayette, and as featured guest artist for the Bach-Handel Festival at Shenandoah University. He was a 2017 recipient of Shenandoah Conservatory’s Rising Stars Alumni Award. He was recently named to the Board of Early Music America. TICKETSAGAR Chamber Music Series:
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THE QUANTUM MECHANICS — JAZZ AND MORE
With Worth Proffitt, Ed Mikenas, and Andy Aeschbacher. The Quantum Mechanics will explore the far reaches of the musical universe that will include the very beginning of sonic engagement with an original piece by Ed Mikenas titled Nada Brahma: an Homage. They will pass through some Western Swing, Be-Bop, Jazz Standards, and will premiere Ed Mikenas’ original piece, The Quantum Suite: Rejected, Low-Down, and Blue; I Want Nothing More (than Peace of Mind); Living Out on The Street; FREE; and Handpan Jam (featuring the TACTA Handpan). 
l-r, Worth Proffitt, Ed Mikenas, and Andy Aeschbacher.
Ed Miikenas (console steel guitar) is a multi-instrumentalist who has been the organist and choir director for Amherst Presbyterian Church since 2007. He taught bass at Radford University for 19 years. He is the jazz ensemble coach for Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg and is adjunct bass professor at the University of Lynchburg. He graduated from SUNY Potsdam with a BS in music education, and has a Master’s degree in Music Performance from the Manhattan School of Music, NYC. In New York, Ed played venues that include Saturday Night Live, Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, and the Apollo. He played in the pit for Grease, Pippin, Godspell, and the Magic Show on Broadway and was a musician and actor off Broadway with the La Mama Experimental Theatre. Worth Proffit (drums) is another multi-isntrumentalist well known in the area playing blues with Dennis Johnson in Jump Street and currently as part of Proffitt & Sandige, both powerful acoustic blues duos. Worth studied blues with Mississippi blues heavyweight Lonnie Pitchford and North Carolina jazz legend, Brother Jusef Salim. Worth's blues projects have received numerous awards, including: 1997 International Blues Challenge, Charlotte, NC (Jump Street) and 2004 International Blues Challenge, Sedalia, VA. Worth branches out into electric guitar territory as well, playing rock 'n' roll and electric blues with Bill Hudson, Jack Sutherland, Malcolm Dentler, Roy Slaughter. Larry Scott and others. He has been playing gospel guitar for two Lynchburg area churches since 1996: Saint Mark in Amherst and Saint Mary in Lowesville. Andy Aeschbacher (bass) is a native of Buffalo, NY and a lifelong musician proficient on electric bass. Andy is well known on the local music scene as a solid, reliable player able to handle many different musical situations. Currently he plays in several local music groups such as The Quantum Mechanics, Quintana, Feng Sway, The MP3 Trio, Code Blue, Hill City Jazz, Laurabella Trio, The Introverts, Deanie Blues Band, The Dog Boys and Jimmy Rushing & the Prematures. He is also a full-time piano tuner/technician offering quality piano tuning to owners of fine pianos. TICKETSAGAR Amherst Java & Jazz:
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Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) | PO Box 117, Clifford, VA 24533 | (434) 989-3215
Email: AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com | Facebook: AmherstGlebeArtsResponse
Email: AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com | Facebook: AmherstGlebeArtsResponse
