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AGAR’s 2020-2021 Season Highlights
(Owing to Covid-19, AGAR worked hard to bring virtual or social-distancing programs to you.)
Amherst County Museum Exhibit
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Amherst Women Interviewed video
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Women Voting Panel Discussion video
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AGAR Humanities Programing: “Women Making a Positive Difference In Amherst County 1920-2020”
AGAR curated an Amherst County Museum exhibit, conducted a lecture/panel discussion, and produced a video.
(To read the full story, CLICK HERE.)
AGAR curated an Amherst County Museum exhibit, conducted a lecture/panel discussion, and produced a video.
(To read the full story, CLICK HERE.)
Chamber Music Concerts
Of the eight Chamber music concerts proposed, six took place virtually online, sometimes with changed dates or personnel. Two COVID-19 cancellations were: “Sisters” and “Jewish History in Film and Music” AGAR presented Dudley Raine IV in a virtual viola recital of female composers on July 25, 2020. Aaron Garber played an organ recital on 12/11/2020 which AGAR streamed. Remaining season: “Sounds of the Seasons”/Billias and Parker 9/27/2020; ALKEMIE: “Mirroring the Other” (Medieval, Jewish) virtual performance 12/7/2020; “In Fortune's Hands“/Brian Kay & David McCormick on 1/26/2021; LIYA String Quartet, Haydn ”Seven Last Words of Christ“ 2/13/2021; Duo Silvio/Richard Stone and Cameron Welke April/18/2021; “A Perfect Relationship”/Scott Williamson, Asherah Capellaro, CW Markham, May 2, 2021. (To read more information about these concerts, CLICK HERE.)
Of the eight Chamber music concerts proposed, six took place virtually online, sometimes with changed dates or personnel. Two COVID-19 cancellations were: “Sisters” and “Jewish History in Film and Music” AGAR presented Dudley Raine IV in a virtual viola recital of female composers on July 25, 2020. Aaron Garber played an organ recital on 12/11/2020 which AGAR streamed. Remaining season: “Sounds of the Seasons”/Billias and Parker 9/27/2020; ALKEMIE: “Mirroring the Other” (Medieval, Jewish) virtual performance 12/7/2020; “In Fortune's Hands“/Brian Kay & David McCormick on 1/26/2021; LIYA String Quartet, Haydn ”Seven Last Words of Christ“ 2/13/2021; Duo Silvio/Richard Stone and Cameron Welke April/18/2021; “A Perfect Relationship”/Scott Williamson, Asherah Capellaro, CW Markham, May 2, 2021. (To read more information about these concerts, CLICK HERE.)
AGAR Amherst Java & Jazz
AGAR and 2nd Stage Amherst presented 10 Amherst Java & Jazz shows. Two scheduled performers withdrew, and were replaced, Lenaux Haley and Justin Schroder. Virtual shows: Flat FIve 8/1/2020; Quantum Mechanics 11/21/2020; Quintana 1/30/2021; Henson Jazz (livestream failed, cancelled, 2/29/2021); Cecilia Smith & Lafayette Harris,Jr. 5/29/2021. Live shows at SSA were: Joseph Henson 8/29/2020; Kenneth Matthews outdoors 9/19/2020; Quintana, outdoors live 10/24/2020; Laissez Foure 3/27/2021; Henson Jazz 4/16/2021; Gus Miller & Friends, 4/24/2021. (To read more information about these shows, CLICK HERE.)
AGAR and 2nd Stage Amherst presented 10 Amherst Java & Jazz shows. Two scheduled performers withdrew, and were replaced, Lenaux Haley and Justin Schroder. Virtual shows: Flat FIve 8/1/2020; Quantum Mechanics 11/21/2020; Quintana 1/30/2021; Henson Jazz (livestream failed, cancelled, 2/29/2021); Cecilia Smith & Lafayette Harris,Jr. 5/29/2021. Live shows at SSA were: Joseph Henson 8/29/2020; Kenneth Matthews outdoors 9/19/2020; Quintana, outdoors live 10/24/2020; Laissez Foure 3/27/2021; Henson Jazz 4/16/2021; Gus Miller & Friends, 4/24/2021. (To read more information about these shows, CLICK HERE.)
AGAR Community Projects
- Seniors: AGAR expanded delivering poems with meals to homebound seniors (live Virginia poets in 2020-2021) averaging 650 pages of poems delivered twice a month. In May, AGAR began a program using Grand Pads to teach arts to homebound seniors. (To read more, CLICK HERE.)
- Schools: AGAR supported music history programs in Bedford Co. Schools. (To read the full story, CLICK HERE.)
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) arts and Humanities Projects in 2021-2022 are made possible as follows:
AGAR’s concerts are made possible through the National Endowment for the Arts / Art Works, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and the Greater Lynchburg Community Trust with marketing assistance from SHARE Greater Lynchburg. AGAR’s arts programs for individuals receiving meals delivered at home are funded in part by CENTRA and Amherst Woman’s Club.
The Digital Residency by Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc., organized in partnership with Cecilia Smith and Lafayette Harris, Jr., has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America through its Residency Endowment Fund. These concerts are delivered online as a “thank you” during the COVID-19 times to medical and non-medical staff and to patients at Centra Health and CVACL, Lynchburg; Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond; and to Gifts of Art, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
The NEA BIG READ is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
AGAR’s Virginia History Programs are supported by National Endowment for the Humanities and Virginia Humanities.
AGAR’s concerts are made possible through the National Endowment for the Arts / Art Works, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and the Greater Lynchburg Community Trust with marketing assistance from SHARE Greater Lynchburg. AGAR’s arts programs for individuals receiving meals delivered at home are funded in part by CENTRA and Amherst Woman’s Club.
The Digital Residency by Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc., organized in partnership with Cecilia Smith and Lafayette Harris, Jr., has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America through its Residency Endowment Fund. These concerts are delivered online as a “thank you” during the COVID-19 times to medical and non-medical staff and to patients at Centra Health and CVACL, Lynchburg; Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond; and to Gifts of Art, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
The NEA BIG READ is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
AGAR’s Virginia History Programs are supported by National Endowment for the Humanities and Virginia Humanities.
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Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) | 156 Patrick Henry Highway, Amherst, VA 24521
US Mail: PO Box 117, Clifford, VA 24533 | (434) 989-3215
Email: AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com | Facebook: AmherstGlebeArtsResponse
US Mail: PO Box 117, Clifford, VA 24533 | (434) 989-3215
Email: AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com | Facebook: AmherstGlebeArtsResponse
