Essex, New York Guide and Community Blog
Key Winds Trio August 23, 2012 Performances are held Thursday mornings at 11:30am, and last about 45 minutes. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. “Since its formation in late July 2006, Key Winds Trio has performed in a variety of musical settings and venues, from private functions to benefit concerts and local concert series. [...]
Yale “WhiffAlums” Octet Monday, August 20, 2012 | 7:30pm $10 per person, children admitted free “The Yale “WhiffAlums” return to Essex after a sell out performance last summer. The “WhiffAlums” Octet are alumni of Yale University who as undergraduates were members of the famous Whiffenpoofs. Many former “Whiffs” continue to get together from time to [...]
Pete Sutherland & Rose Diamond August 16, 2012 Performances are held Thursday mornings at 11:30am, and last about 45 minutes. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. “Pete Sutherland and his partner Rose Diamond (aka Karen), Champlain Valley born-and-raised, are twenty-five-year-plus veterans of the New England and national folk scenes. They are known for their [...]
Jazzical Trio: Joel Martin, piano; David Dunaway, bass; Marty Fisher, drums Wednesday, August 8, 2012 | 7:30pm $10 per person, children admitted free “JAZZICAL® is a celebration of creative fusion — it’s the explosive union of classical composition and jazz innovation ignited with a fresh spirit all its own. Created by composer/pianist Joel A. Martin [...]
Andrew Sheranian, organist Wednesday, July 25, 2012 | 7:30pm $10 per person, children admitted free. “In August of 2010, Andrew Sheranian took up the post of Organist and Master of Choristers at the Parish of All Saints, Ashmont in Boston, an Anglo-Catholic church known for its commitment to excellence in liturgy and music. The position [...]
The Wannabes July 19, 2012 Performances are held Thursday mornings at 11:30am, and last about 45 minutes. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. “The Wannabes were drawn together by a love of singing in harmony and a desire to play our own ‘roots music’: songs that speak to struggles for justice, human rights, and [...]
Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival Students July 12, 2012 Performances are held Thursday mornings at 11:30am, and last about 45 minutes. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. “Selected students from the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival at the University of Vermont in Burlington will perform in Essex for the first time. This intensive program [...]
Carol Williams, organist Wednesday, July 4, 2012 | 7:30pm $10 per person, children admitted free. “Carol’s formal training started with five years at the Royal Academy of Music where she specialized in organ performing as a student of David Sanger and obtained the Academy’s prestigious Recital Diploma together with an LRAM (organ) and an LRAM [...]
The Eddy Foundation is a non-profit environmental foundation that purchases and preserves wildlands in the eastern Adirondacks of northern New York State. Founded “in 1996 with a focus on supporting a sustainable interface between humans and the ecosystem” (Lakeside School), the organization also works to integrate “ecologically sustainable small-scale farming with wildlife and wilderness values” (Wiser.org) [...]
With so much happening at Essex Inn on the Adirondack Coast, it’s hard to believe that we have three exciting updates. But we do! Essex Inn Lunch Schedule “The Essex Inn will begin serving lunch, Wednesdays through Saturdays, Noon to 2pm, starting Memorial Day Weekend. After Memorial Day Weekend, dinner service nights will expand to include [...]
