 In June we'll be headed back to the Lone Star State as featured artists in Open Classical's Artist Series. Open Classical is a wonderful organization that seeks to provide a welcoming opportunity and platform for established and aspiring classical musicians to hone their skills while simultaneously reformulating the classical genre into an experience that is novel and accessible for all fans and performers. With a comfortable and fun-loving spirit, Open Classical puts classical music into the heart of everyday popular culture.
We will be sharing our performances with the exquisite, classical guitar-duo, the Kithara Duo, to ensure a unique and captivating musical experience for all listeners. If you find yourself in Dallas/Fort Worth the weekend of June 17th, join us at any one of the following Open Classical Artist Series performances. Tickets can be bought at http://openclassical.org/events/Intimate-Sounds-Nightingale-Trio-Kithara-Duo Friday, 6/17 - Arts 5th Avenue @ 8:00pm 1628 5th Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104 $15 per ticket Saturday, 6/18 - House Concert @ 8:00pm 623 Valencia St, Dallas, TX 75223 $15 per ticket Sunday, 6/19 - House Concert @ 2:00pm 6029 Connely Dr, Frisco, TX 75034 $15 per ticket For more information about Open Classical - DFW's website at www.openclassical.org/events/Artist-Series We'll be bringing Texas the old word melodies of the Balkans, but we'll also be sure to take time to sit back and enjoy some good ol' southern hospitality; pick some lovely bluebonnets, drink a nice cold, Texas Shiner. They say Dallas is the Dubrovnik of Texas. We'll see if that's true.
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Thank you all for another great tour in Minnesota! While we were in the Midwest, we laid down 14 tracks for a NEW ALBUM. The fabulous Jim May recorded us in the picturesque town of Amery, WI, where there were early spring swans on the still-frozen lake, and snow drips melting off of the birch trees.
We'll keep you updated on development of the album -- the takes are sounding good, and we're excited to show you more. For now, here's a free download of a low-budget recording of one of our rehearsals in preparation for the album. We'll sparkle more on the real thing, but we just want to get the anticipation building! We had a great visit in New York City - thank you to so many of you for welcoming us so warmly. Special thanks to that goat at the Red Hook Bait and Tackle. So glad to share the stage. Here's some nice coverage from new friend Zlatko Filipović: https://zlatkofilipovic.wordpress.com/
Hey, New York! We're coming your way!
We're returning "home" to Connecticut this month! One is at one of our favorite spots in all of sweet New England: Out on a Whim Farm, home of contra dance caller Bill Fischer. We spent many ecstatic Friday nights dancing to live music in his barn, and we're thrilled to return there to play. Here's the Facebook event, so you can RSVP. Other shows are listed on our Shows page. See you there!
We shot a little home video in Minneapolis - and it's our first Romanian song! This gorgeous arrangement comes from Ayanna Woods, based on a song that we learned from Irina Ivorciuc in Gura Humorului, Romania. Enjoy!
We've got shows in Minneapolis coming up, the weekend of September 18-20! One collaboration with a local women's choir, a gorgeous cathedral show, and two fun pop-ups. Check our Shows page for details.
Friday, September 18 2:30 pm Pop-up concert and Q&A Dunwoody College of Technology, Holden Center 818 Dunwoody Blvd, Minneapolis www.dunwoody.edu free, with suggested donation Saturday, September 19 12:00 pm American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis MN 55407 www.asimn.org free with museum admission Saturday, September 19 with the Prairie Fire Lady Choir Doors at 6, Music at 7:00 pm The Woman's Club of Minneapolis 410 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis tickets: http://www.etix.com/ticket/p/2462187/prairie-fire-lady-choir-the-nightingale-trio-minneapolis-womans-club-assembly Sunday, September 20 3:00 pm St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral 519 Oak Grove St. Minneapolis, MN 55403 www.ourcathedral.org free, with suggested donation We'll be landing soon in Washington, DC for the first shows of our weekend tour. Thanks to the Georgetown Patch for this mention of our tour - glad to know folks will be looking for us on I-95 as we cruise between our "tripleheader" of shows on Saturday! http://patch.com/district-columbia/georgetown/nightingale-trio-performs-rare-tripleheader-july-18th-0 If you can't catch us in DC or Baltimore this weekend, here are some pictures of what it feels like to be interviewed by Garrison Keillor. Just to tide you over. We will be singing in more festivals than ever before this summer, with a full weekend of performances in Washington, DC and Baltimore. Come check us out in some of these amazing venues!
Friday, July 17 Capital Fringe Festival 9:30 pm Logan Fringe Arts Space, under the tent 1358 Florida Ave NE/Washington, DC capitalfringe.org Saturday, July 18 Historic Brookland Farmers Market 10:00 am - 12:00 pm On the Arts Walk 716 Monroe St. NE/Washington, DC 20017 http://www.community-foodworks.org/ Saturday, July 18 "Worlds in Collusion" stage at ArtScape 3:00 pm University of Baltimore Student Center 21 Mt Royal Ave, 5th floor/ Baltimore, MD 51202 artscape.org/performing-arts/performance-arts-detail/16 Saturday, July 18 Doors at 7pm, Music at 8pm Casa Phoenix 1307 Corcoran St NW/Washington, DC 20009 $10, Dinner included! tickets at: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1745896 It's just a few days out from our next performances! We've headed into tech rehearsals with Ethnic Dance Theater for "Mountain Memories," and wanted to take the chance to share what an exciting collaboration this is going to be. Ethnic Dance Theater (EDT) has been a fixture on the landscape of international folklore in the United States for many years, and many of our musical predecessors have been involved in the company.  Photo courtesy of L'etoile Magazine In addition to their dancing, Ethnic Dance Theater is known for their incredible costuming work. They perform dances from all over the world, and clothe all their dancers in complete, historical, beautiful folk costumes from the appropriate culture. That means not just a Bulgarian dance in Bulgarian costume, but regionally-specific folk dresses from Rhodope region for a Rhodopian dance, Shoppe regional costumes for Shopska tunes, Thracian for Thrace, and so on. Eric Ray, who dances and plays accordion with EDT, says that EDT has something like 5,500 costumes in their collection, with 65 countries represented. When we were in Croatia with the Yale Slavic Chorus (minus Rachel) we visited Ensemble LADO, which is Croatia's premier folk dance ensemble. LADO is famous for being a "dancing museum", with a collection of thousands of historic costumes. And they are a national ensemble for the entire country of Croatia. It is awesome to have Ethnic Dance Theatre right here in the Twin Cities doing the same thing. Female singing mentors of ours who have been involved in EDT include Natalie Nowytski, the singers of Mila Vocal Ensemble, Karen Sandness, Mary Sherhart, and others... are we forgetting anyone? In addition Tim O'Keefe, the rockstar percussionist who is playing in the band for Mountain Memories, is one of Sarah's percussion teachers. Some of our other favorite Twin Cities musicians are also playing in the orchestra: Colleen Bertsch, Katrina Mundinger, Jim Parker, Matt Miller, and Jenny Schultz. EDT has studied with some of the most prestigious folk dance ensembles in the world, and they've hosted workshops in all manner of dance traditions. In 2013, they hosted a workshop with the Georgian group Zedashe, from whose work we in the Nightingale Trio learned the song "Ase Chonguri." Anyways, EDT is awesome. Our performances this weekend are part of their 41st season of performing, and that longevity speaks to both their caliber and the strength of the folk music scene that also supports us. It's great to be connected to all of you! P.S. Thanks to Marianne Combs for covering our tour on 89.3 The Current! http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2015/05/14/weekend-arts-roundup-an-artistic-whirlwind |
