2022 AGAR SPECIAL PROGRAMS
"Beyond the Russian Pale: Jewish Films, Live Klezmer Music, and Eyewitness Accounts"
featuring "THE ANCIENT LAW" (1923) with live original music composed and performed by klezmer violinst ALICIA SVIGALS and silent film pianist DONALD SOSIN Sunday, March 27, 2022, 1:00-9:00 pm at the Historic Academy of Music Theatre, Lynchburg THIS EVENT IS BEING PRESENTED BY AMHERST GLEBE ARTS RESPONSE |
2021-2022 Music Series Archive
“Cosmic Ecstasy in 20th- and 21st-Century Song”
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Eclectic jazz trio, The Quantum Mechanics, Ed Mikenas (center, on console steel guitar), Worth Proffitt (left on drums) and Andy Aeschbacher (right, on bass) bring you the premiere of their “Con Espressione: Solace of the Heart.”
In their unique musical style, The Quantum Mechanics will play originals by Ed Mikenas and standards played by the band. Ed will also have coffehouse trivia and stories to share. Tickets: (Includes one free cup of coffee, water, or soda, with food for purchase from Baine’s Books & Coffee)
Presented by AGAR with Second Stage | Amherst and Baine’s Books & Coffee Series Curated by Ernest Deane McGustavus (Gus) Miller is a native of Lynchburg, Va. His linear sequence of rich melodic, timeless and refined music is a poet’s voice as he sings the music we have come to know as, “The American Song Book.” Though it may be his favorite genre, it does not preclude him form singing others. A local favorite in the tri state area, Gus has performed at numerous venues for a variety of occasions with a many talented musicians including Royce Campbell, Flip Shoemaker, Vince Lewis, Hod O’Brien, Charlie Perkinson, Lew Taylor, Larry Scott, Karl Kimmel, Tom Artwick, Bob Bowen, Glenn Buck, Bob Peckman, and Dwight Spencer, to name a few.
Band members include Tom Floyd, keyboard; Bob Peckman, drums; and Lew Morrison, bass. Tickets: (Includes one free cup of coffee, water, or soda, with food for purchase from
Baine’s Books & Coffee)
Or Advance tickets can be purchased online through Eventbrite (click on the button below) . THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 26
6 pm Sat., March 26, 2022
Second Stage | Amherst “Dedicated to You” with music composed by artists such as Clifford Brown, Josef Zwavinul, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie. Ed Mikenas, Tadd Dameron, Benny Golson and Juan Carlos Jobim. The QUINTANA ALL-STARS: Glen Buck - keyboards Ed Mikenas - bass Tyler Coleman - drums Albert Mallet - saxaphone(s) Ernest Deane - Flugel Tickets: (Includes one free cup of coffee, water, or soda, with food for purchase from Baine’s Books & Coffee)
AGAR AMHERST JAVA & JAZZ
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