| | Common Ground on the Hill presents | | | | | March is a hot month for music at Common Ground on the Hill with not two, but THREE fantastic concerts: jazz with the Eric Byrd Trio, old-time with Bruce Molsky & Molsky's Mountain Drifters, and a special concert featuring the bluegrass/classical/Americana fusion of the Kruger Brothers! | | | | | Baltimore Jazz Ambassadors
Eric Byrd Trio
Friday, March 3 at 8 PM Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church
6200 N Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21212 map
The Eric Byrd Trio (pianist/vocalist Eric Byrd, bassist Bhagwan Khalsa, and drummer Alphonso Young, Jr.) was named Kennedy Center/U.S. State Department Jazz Ambassadors, bringing American jazz around the world. They have played with musicians including Charlie Byrd, Wynton Marsalis, Jon Secada and more. Rooted in swing and be-bop, The Trio also embraces gospel and the blues as core elements of their expansive performance style. | | | | | | Westminster Old-Time Masters
Bruce Molsky & Molsky's Mountain Drifters
Saturday, March 4 at 8 PM
Carroll Arts Center
91 W Main St.
Westminster, MD 21157 map
Bruce Molsky, "one of America's premier fiddling talents" (Mother Jones) and Grammy-nominated artist presents his new group! Clawhammer banjo player Allison de Groot combines wide ranging virtuosity and passion for old-time music. Stash Wyslouch is one of bluegrass' great young genre-bending pioneers.
Check out the band's old-time workshop!
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| | Tickets $25/$22 Seniors, Students with valid ID | | | | | SPECIAL CONCERT EVENT The Kruger Brothers Saturday, March 18 at 8 PM
WMC Alumni Hall McDaniel College Hersh Ave. and W. Main Street map
The Kruger Brothers (Jens Kruger on banjo, Uwe Kruger on guitar and vocals, and Joel Landsberg on bass) personify the spirit of innovation at the core of American musical tradition, arising from bluegrass but building on jazz or classical themes and techniques. The Kruger Brothers regularly perform with symphony orchestras and string quartets around the world.
Jens Kruger is a member of the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame, and is a recipient of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music, named 2014 Banjo Instrumentalist of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association, and is a 2016 nominee for the same award. | | | | | Old-Time Workshop with Bruce Molsky's Mountain Drifters Saturday, March 4 from 1-3 PM at McDaniel College, Westminster, MD Participants will have the opportunity to play with America's premier old-time fiddler, Bruce Molsky, as well as clawhammer banjo player Allison de Groot and guitarist Stash Wyslouch. Participants will be divided into small groups to learn some tunes, and then join back together to play as a group. | | | | | FROM OUR ADVERTISING PARTNERS | | | | Woodbrook Players Fundraising Gala: A Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein on Saturday-Sunday, March 11-12. Includes a dessert buffet. At Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, MD Tickets and Info | | | | World Folk Music Association Showcase featuring Lilt, Jim Sharkey, and Craig Donovan on Sunday, March 12 at 7 PM, at Positano Ristorante Italiano, Bethesda, MD Tickets and Info | | | | Mid-Maryland Celtic Festival A celebration of all things Celtic on Saturday, May 13 in Mt. Airy, MD Tickets and Info | | | | 2 College Hill | Westminster | Maryland | 21157 Common Ground on the Hill is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. | | | |
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