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Spirituals and Ragtime to celebrate African-American History month

February 15-16, 2020

Join Classicopia as we celebrate African-American History month with a powerful and fun program featuring Spirituals and Ragtime.  Mezzo-soprano Laura Compton joins pianist/Artistic Director Daniel Weiser in this thrilling concert that will include exciting arrangements of such favorites as “Amazing Grace,” “Wade in the Water,” “Deep River,” “My Lord, What a Morning” and many more.  Dr. Weiser will also play some wonderful Ragtime by Scott Joplin, James Scott, James Lamb and more and talk about how both of these musical traditions came together in the early part of the 20th century to produce some of the first truly American music that would spread around the world and lead to the rise of the Blues and Jazz as our American idiom.

Check out a video of Dan playing George Gershwin’s first published instrumental work, a Rag called Rialto Ripples (1917):

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Feb

15

Saturday, Feb 15, 2020 @ 2:00pm

Old South Church
146 Main Street, Windsor, VT 05089

We return to this historic and beautiful Church in the heart of Windsor,  which has become one of Classicopia’s home bases.  Laura Compton is Music Director here and is happy to share this program with her Congregation.   Admission at the door is $15 for Church members and $20 for general admission.  Children 18 and under are always free.  Or you can buy discounted seats in advance with any major credit card below.  You do not need to have a PayPal account.  To buy multiple seats, click on the yellow “Add to Cart” and you can add as many seats as you want on the next page.  To get the Church member price, click on the arrow next to the price below.

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Feb

15

Saturday, Feb 15, 2020 @ 7:30pm

First Congregational Church of Lebanon
10 South Park St, Lebanon NH 03766

Our Home Church in Lebanon with a wonderful Steinway and a very welcoming atmosphere.  Admission at the door is $15 for Church members and $20 for general admission.  Children 18 and under are always free.  Or you can buy discounted seats in advance with any major credit card below.  You do not need to have a PayPal account.  To buy multiple seats, click on the yellow “Add to Cart” and you can add as many seats as you want on the next page.  To get the Church member price, click on the arrow next to the price below.

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Feb

16

Sunday, Feb 16, 2020 @ 2:00pm

Fairlee Town Hall
75 Town Common Rd, Fairlee, VT 05045

A new venue for Classicopia in the beautifully renovated Fairlee Town Hall with wonderful acoustics and a very intimate atmosphere.  Fairlee Community Arts is partnering with Classicopia to set up our new chamber music series in Fairlee.  All seats are $20 and children 18 and under are free.  To buy seats in advance for this venue, please visit: https://fca.yapsody.com/event/index/511861