Friday, September 17, 2010

Late Night Live & Listening Room Updates

Hope everyone is having a great September so far...I know we are over here at the EMF offices.  We've started some "Fall"-Cleaning projects and completed a few of them.  When I clean, I always manage to make my office messier, but somehow it works!  Pardon me, I haven't even told you who I am yet - while I represent the entire office when blogging, I am specifically Carrie Miller, EMF's Director of Marketing.  I joined EMF this past June and jumped right into the Festival craziness...and I loved every minute of it!  I am new to the classical music world, so you'll have to forgive me when I mispronounce the names of composers or the titles of pieces...eventually I'll get it right! And also if you can forgive me for the lack of updates on the official EMF website...it's been harder to learn the web program than I thought...but I made a few changes today so next week we should be up to date!

Martha Bassett Band
I have a few updates for everyone about our monthly Late Night Live series with Print Works Bistro as well as The Listening Room with Triad Stage.  If you received last week's constant contact email you'll have to forgive me - I listed Wally West as performing in October but in reality it's The Martha Bassett Band!  Check out the Print Works Bistro website for all the extra details.  They'll take the stage around 10:30pm on October 1 (First Friday) - and best of all, there's no cover.  Just grab a drink or a late night bite and enjoy some amazing jazz by an amazing local band! 

As I previous mentioned, Laurelyn Dossett will be performing at the first ever Listening Room: A Series of Intimate Concerts concert on October 23 at 8:00 pm at the Upstage Cabaret at Triad Stage.  Joining Laurelyn will be Anne and Pete Sibley.  Definitely head to their website and check them out - they performed at the 2010 Merlefest and have traveled all over the country sharing their music.  (I just gave you three links...I'll give you a fourth to our website once I get that updated early next week!)  The artists for the remaining five Listening Room dates should be announced soon...we'll let you know as soon as it's finalized!

Anne and Pete Sibley


It's almost quitting time - and it's shaping up to be a great weekend (some of us are ready for autumn already)!  Hope ya'll have a great one, and be sure to get out and about in Greensboro.  There's always so much amazing stuff going on!


Thursday, September 2, 2010

EMF & Triad Stage - A New Collaboration!



The Listening Room: A Series of Intimate Concerts was announced via press release today by both Triad Stage and Eastern Music Festival.  The six-date evening concert series will start on October 23 with local singer/songwriter and Triad Stage collaborator Laurelyn DossettThe Listening Room is part of the 2010-2011 UpStage Cabaret at Triad Stage season, and EMF is excited to be a partner in this project.

Dates for The Listening Room are:
  • October 23 and 30, 2010
  • February 19 and 26, 2011
  • April 16 and April 23, 2011
All performances begin at 8:00 pm; artists for the upcoming five concerts will be announced at a later date.  Ticket go on sale soon, so be sure to check with Triad Stage (www.TriadStage.org).

In other EMF news, tomorrow is First Friday!  Every First Friday, EMFjazz&blues sponsors a free performance at Print Works Bistro - this Friday come out and hear the Wally West Trio from 10:00pm-12:30am.  There's no cover - and best of all - Print Works is still fully open!  So if you want to grab a late dinner and/or drink, this is the place to be!  What better way to kick off Labor Day Weekend than with free jazz?!