A walk around Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge with
Walks & Rambles meetup group in Middletown, RI.
The refuge is a peninsula between the Sakonnet River and Rhode Island sound and was once a dump site for NewPort’s trash.
Music on the video clip is by Aidan Baker & Ben Fleury Steiner. The track is called: Wednesday and may be found on freeMusicArchive.org
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Pictures from Yo-Yo Ma’s performance with Boston Symphony Orchestra on August 13th 2011 at Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed. Lenox, MA.
The set played included the following pieces:
Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1
Schumann, Cello Concerto
Brahms, Symphony No. 1
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Hosted by Worcester Photo Studios, this was a day at the new studio of New England’s Great Model Shoot where more than a dozen shooting sets, hot wheels and a great crew head often to do what they do best: Shoot pictures.
The following album features photos of the following models:
Kyla Ose
Spikey Soria
Sarah Russi
Michelle Bono (Michelle Tina)
Ann Marie Johnson
Kristy Wallace
Maria Sevastopolskaya
Tiffany Scully
Jenn Rykowski
Amanda Nelson
Fernanda Alves Pereira
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July’s uncertainty music series featured Ben Shilrley(guitar) and the Scrimshaw Ensemble:
Nathan Bontrager on cello,
Adam Matlock on accordion,
Anne Rhodes voice,
& Carl Testa on bass.
The group performed a set of Ben’s original music followed by improvisational sets for duets. The group concluded the night by a piece for quintet written by Ben.
The Uncertainty music series is a regular event that takes place in Never Ending Books store on State Street in New Haven, CT.
For more information, please check their Facebook page or website.
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This was an outing with New England Oddities meetup group to walk the freedom trail in Boston, MA.
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Satan’s Kingdom is a state park in the Northern part of Connecticut(New Hartford). This was a hike with Connecticut Active Singles meetup group where we walked the trails in the state park for a couple hours. Towards the end you will see the trail following the edge of Farmington river which had a couple challenging spots.
All the music on this video clip was obtained from FreeMusicArchive.org and features the following pieces:
schizophrenic birth, by the. e n.d
brahmans son, by the. e n.d
god rest ye merry gentlemen, by chance’s end
meteoric ice pie menace, by Nick Didkovsky
dance of the kicius, by Zeelab
and
cancan, by the. e n.d
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Even though scientists can’t agree on the exact date or the details of what happened on the original big bang, we know one fact:
A big bang has been observed every year in New York City since 1987 where a marathon of continuous musical performances takes place and attracts musicians, composers & music lovers from all over the world.
According to Bang On A Can’s website, the marathon , just like the big bang, is “a collision of musical styles and ideas”.
In the pictures, you’ll see moments from the following performances:
Signal performing Cruel Sister by Julia Wolfe.
Toby Twining performing excerpts from his own work Eurydice.
Bang on a Can All-Stars and Philip Glass performing Glass’ Music in Similar Motion and Closing.
Sun Ra Arkestra performing their own work.
Clarinetists Evan Ziporyn, Carol McGonnell, Joshua Rubin, and Michael Lowenstern performing Hive by Evan Ziporyn.
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This was a visit to Edith Wharton’s house in Lenox, MA with New England Oddities to explore the architecture & the beauty of the place.
Edith Wharton was an influential American writer in the early 1900s.
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This was a meetup with New England Oddities in Chickopee, MA.
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Broadcloth trio performed at John Slade Ely House in New Haven, CT last Friday with a set of their improvised music.
Broadcloth trio is:
Anne Rhodes, vocals
Nathan Bontrager, Cello &
Adam Matlock, accordion
They played 4 pieces of their music
Folk Song
The entire performance may be watched on YouTube:
While the following video shows the set performed by Brooklyn based harsh improv group: Prehistoric Horse.
Prehistoric Horse is:
David Grollman, percussion
Valerie Kuehne, cello &
Lucio Menegon, guitar
Finally, the two groups performed an encore piece for the crowd at Ely house:
The following picture, taken during the intermission, shows the instruments of Broadcloth
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