Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) regrets having to cancel all upcoming programs in March and April owing to developments with COVID-19. We would have loved to have been able to present these programs, but restrictions by government, senior citizen organizations, schools, universities, religious organizations, and arts organization on the use of buildings, restrictions of visitors, and numbers of people allowed in a group have made it seem ill advised to try to present any concerts before May. AGAR's Board of Directors will meet Mid-April to see if we can present our May concerts, or if all concerts will have to be postponed until after the end of AGAR's current season on May 30th.
Please check back for new performance dates as they become available.
Please check back for new performance dates as they become available.
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2019-2020 CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES |
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Chris Magee and His
Jazz Quartet: “The Blue Note Years” Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019 at 4 p.m. Second Stage Amherst; 194 Second Street, Amherst Chris Magee, trumpet; Eric Hollandsworth, bass; Lew Taylor, piano; and Larry Scott, drummer. Music by composers Nat Adderly, Clifford Brown, Tadd Dameron, Kenny Dorham, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, and Herbbie Hancock.
“Sounds of Italy”
Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 at 4 p.m. Amherst Presbyterian Church; 163 Second Street, Amherst Come join us for “Sounds of Italy,” a musical tour of Italy that showcases the best Italian music from classical to popular. Husband and wife duo, Adelaide Muir Trombetta, soprano, and Domenico Luca Trombetta, violin and viola, with special guest Tad Hardin, piano, will transport listeners to the sounds of Italy featuring special favorites including “O mio babbino caro,” “Volare,” and music from theAcademy Award-winning film, “Life is Beautiful.” Be sure to bring your voices, too, as we invite you to sing with us on what is sure to be a memorable evening of Italian music! 
Carol Williams,
Virtuoso Organist Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019 at 4 p.m. Emmanuel United Methodist Church; 401 N. Main Street, Amherst British-born Carol Williams brings her special brand of classical, modern and original music to the Bedient Organ Company pipe organ at Emmanuel. Carol is known for her diversity, elegance and humor. She has played worldwide from Notre Dame, Paris; to Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles and Westminster Abbey, London. Program composers include Bach, Sousa, Brubeck and Carol Williams.
“Music for Twelfth Night 2020”
Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 at 4 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church; 670 Patrick Henry Hwy, Amherst Amherst favorites baroque violinist David R. McCormick and vocalist and lutenist Brian Kay of Early Music Access Project present seasonal music for the Twelfth Night of Christmas.
“What the Living do:
A Journey Through Song” Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020 at 3 p.m. Memorial Chapel (free to all); Sweet Briar College French mezzo-soprano Sophie Delphis and pianist Anna Billias in a concert featuring songs by Debussy and Ravel, as well as words of U.S. women poets set to music by composer Ricky Ian Gordon (b.1956). Don’t be surprised if some French Cabaret is heard, too! This concert is in collaboration with the Janet Lowrey Gager Community Concert Series. No ticket is required.
Olivier Messiaen’s
“Quartet for the End of Time” Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 4 p.m. Northminster Ecumenical Church; 106 Clearview Rd., Madison Heights Featuring Yevgeniy Dovgalyuk, violin; David Feldman, cello (permanent members of LIYA String Quartet); with Cassandra Hibbard, clarinet; and Tad Hardin, piano. This notable chamber work was composed and first performed in 1941 at a Nazi detainment camp, while composer Olivier Messiaen was a prisoner. Musicologist and pianist Naomi Amos will give a pre-concert talk about the work. 
l-r Yevgeniy Dovgalyuk, Christi Salisbury, David Feldman, Luca Trombetta
LIYA String Quartet:
Music for Holy Week: Haydn’s “Seven Last Words of Christ” TBD Grace Episcopal Church; 1934 Crabtree Falls Hwy., Massies Mill Performers are Christi Salisbury and Yevgeniy Dovgalyuk, violins; Domenico Luca Trombetta, viola; and David Feldman, cello. Religiously themed music, including “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” Franz Joseph Haydn’s setting of his work for string quartet.
opus87 piano quartet:
“Music of the Americas” Reschedule for next season Emmanuel United Methodist Church; 401 N. Main Street, Amherst Dudley Raine IV, viola; Brian Daurelle, piano; Issei Herr, Cello; and Hattie Ahn, violin; lead a program of music by 20th- and 21st-century composers from Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay.  Photo: June Collmer
 Elliot Cole.
ALKEMIE: “Diana’s Hunt: Songs of the Bestiary”
Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 4 p.m. Amherst Presbyterian Church 163 Second Street, Amherst Tracy Cowart (mezzo-soprano and harp), Elena Mullins (soprano and percussion), Sian Ricketts (soprano and recorders), David McCormick (vielle), and Niccolo Seligmann (vielle and percussion). Guest composer and keyboard: Elliot Cole. Alkemie joins forces with composer/performer Elliot Cole in performances of new arrangements of stunning music from 14th-century Italy and newly-composed repertoire inspired by the medieval bestiary. Vielle, harp, recorders, percussion and voices evoke soaring birds, slithering reptiles, wondrous creatures, and the goddesses Diana and Venus. Serving as both mythology and Christian allegory, these fantastic visions of the animal kingdom continue to provoke the modern as well as the medieval imagination. |
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In 2019-2020 AGAR inaugurates a monthly jazz series featuring local professional
musicians with help from Second Stage Amherst and Baine’s Books & Coffee. All events 6:30-8:30 p.m. Admission Fee $10* Second Stage Amherst, 194 Second Street, Amherst *Admission fee of $10 includes one cup of coffee, with food for purchase from Baine’s Books & Coffee, Amherst. FALL 2019 Flat Five Jazz: A Modern Interpretation of Old Ideas Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 Josh Barling, trumpet; Justin Berkley, tenor sax; Graham Harris, alto sax; Matthew Billings, piano; Eric Hollandsworth, bass, and Andrew Wert, drums. Quintana Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 Albert Mallet, alto & soprano sax; Ernest Deane, trumpet & flugel; Glenn Buck, piano; Ed Mikenas, bass; and Malcolm Dentler, percussion. The Joseph Henson Jazz Project Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 Joseph Henson, saxophone; Michael Kramer, guitar; Neal Perrine, bass; and Daniel Kelly II, drums. The Quantum Mechanics Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 Ed Mikenas, console steel guitar; Worth Proffitt, drums; and Andy Aeschbacher, bass. SPRING 2020 Justin Schroder “Conversations” Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 Straight-ahead jazz by Justin Schroder, guitar, and Josh Brinkman, sax. Adam Larrabee and Ross Martin "Roots and Jazz" Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 Adam Larrabee, guitar and banjo and Ross Martin, acoustic and electric Guitar. Ross plays guitar onstage three times a week in Broadway’s Tony-Award winning Best Musical 2019 “Hadestown,” and last season played guitar onstage at the Public Theatre in “Girl from the North Country” featuring Bob Dylan’s music. Adam Larrabee teaches jazz and improv guitar at JMU, jazz and classical guitar at VCU and banjo and mandolin at UVA, and plays locally and nationally with numerous ensembles. Flat Five Jazz: A Modern Interpretation of Old Ideas TBD Josh Barling, trumpet; Justin Berkley, tenor sax; Graham Harris, alto sax; Matthew Billings, piano; Eric Hollandsworth, bass, and Andrew Wert, drums. Gus Miller and Musicians TBD Well-known Lynchburg jazz vocalist and “crooner” Gus Miller. Quintana TBD Albert Mallet, alto & soprano sax; Ernest Deane, trumpet & flugel; Glenn Buck, piano, Ed Mikenas, bass; and Malcolm Dentler, percussion. The AGAR Amherst Java & Jazz Series was curated by Ernest Deane. Events are subject to change. 
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ADULTS/SENIORS: Series of nine concerts:, one of which is free to all:
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The AGAR Amherst Music Series is presented by Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) in part with support from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, Centra Foundation, and the Piepho Charitable Fund, and donations from corporations and individuals. Lynn Kable is producer of the series, and Anthony Harvey is program development director. Marketing in 2019-2020 is by Catherine Bost and Heidi Reynolds. The AGAR Board of directors includes Lillian Burks, Melodie Fletcher, Lynn Andrew Hanson, Edward Kable, Lynn Kable, Donna Meeks, Julia Paris, and Linda Zabloski. AGAR’s Board of Advisors members are Janice Augustine, Sandra Esposito, Jean Higginbotham, Beverly Jones, and Amelia Moody, PhD.
