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Date: March 30, 2015 at 12:06:30 PM EDT
From: Common Ground on the Hill <wmichael@mcdaniel.edu>
Subject: April News from Common Ground on the Hill

April 2015
NEWS & NOTES
Concerts - Final Concerts of 2015-16 Season!
Jay & Molly Mason Family Band
Pierre Bensusan
BALTIMORE ~ APRIL 10
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason are one of the most celebrated duos in American acoustic music, achieving international acclaim in 1990 when their performance of Jay's composition "Ashokan Farewell" became the musical hallmark of Ken Burns' The Civil War on PBS. Jay and Molly are joined by daughter Ruth Ungar (fiddle, ukulele, guitar, bass, and vocals) and her husband Michael Merenda (banjo, guitar, percussion, bass, vocals) for an intergenerational extravaganza!


Location:
Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church
6200 N Charles Street
Baltimore, MD  21212    map

WESTMINSTER ~ APRIL 11
Pierre Bensusan

Winner of the Independent Music Award for Best Live Performance Album (2014), Pierre Bensusan has been described by the L.A. Times as "one of the most unique and brilliant acoustic guitar veterans in the world music scene today." Bensusan's music defies classification - crossing world, classical, jazz, traditional, folk and more, fusing cultures together for an unforgettable experience.

 

Location:
Carroll Arts Center
91 W Main Street
Westminster, MD  21157    map
Traditions Weeks Catalog coming soon!
Are you ready? The Common Ground on the Hill Traditions Weeks Catalog is coming to your mailbox & inbox soon! 

Mark your calendars now!

Traditions Week 1: June 28-July 3
Traditions Week 2: July 5-July 10

We have some extraordinary classes coming your way, including...

Bluegrass Banjo with Tony Trischka (Week 1)



Scandinavian Music with
Peter 'Puma' Hedlund (Week 2)




Nova Scotia Music
(guitar, fiddle, dancing and piano)
with Cassie & Maggie MacDonald (Week 1)



Paper kiln with Cavey & Tulimiero
Decorative Ceramics and Sculptural Forms
with Italian artists
Daviel Cavey and Angelica Tulimiero
with a Paper Kiln Firing on Friday
(Week 2)




and much, MUCH MORE! Additional highlights to come....
Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County
Looking to satisfy the classical music lover in you? Add the Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County's spring concert to your calendar! 

Sunday, May 17 at 7 PM
Baker Memorial Chapel
McDaniel College

Featuring Sanctus from J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor and related works by Haydn and Praetorius

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