Hudson Jazz Faculty/Student Concert
with Armen Donelian and Marc Mommaas
Special Concert Guest, Jim McNeely

Sunday, August 15, 3:00p.m.

A faculty and student concert presented as part of the Hudson Jazz Workshop, produced by Hudson Jazzworks. The workshop attracts a pool of multi-generational talent from local, regional and international areas as far away as Denmark, Japan and Armenia, and includes professionals, amateurs and beginners just embarking on artistic careers. In this concert, they perform their works-in-progress for the public and are joined by their teachers, pianist Armen Donelian and saxophonist Marc Mommaas.

Special Concert Guest is the the Grammy-winning pianist, arranger, bandleader, recording artist, teacher, author and composer-in-residence of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Jim McNeely. For more information contact Armen Donelian at 518-822-1640 or info@armenjazz.com. $10, $8 HOH members. Read more...

moira smiley & VOCO

Friday, August 20, 7:30p.m.

HOH commissioned Song Overheard with poet Joan Murray and composer Robinson McClellan. Performed by Moira Smiley and her ensemble (Emily Eagen, Moira Smiley, April Guthrie, Ariella Forstein) with four-part vocal harmony, cello, accordion and banjo. Named #1 a cappella group in the U.S. and recently featured on NPR's Harmonia.

About the Artists
Moira Smiley has won an international reputation as a soloist, and also for her work with such ensembles as Paul Hillier's Theater of Voices, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and the New World Symphony. VOCO, who've been heard on NPR's Harmonia, were voted best a cappella group in America in 2007. For this concert, they'll accompany themselves with accordion, cello, and body percussion. Robinson McClellan's works have been performed at the Vatican, the Tel Aviv Museum, Windsor Castle, and elsewhere. His many commissions include the Albany Symphony Orchestra. Joan Murray is author of poetry collections from W. W. Norton, Beacon Press and Wesleyan. She's been Poet in Residence at Olana and the NY State Writers Institute and a repeat guest on NPR's Morning Edition.

Performance takes place at St. James Church, 129 Hudson Avenue, Chatham, NY. $15 per person.