"Bean Blossom Music Series at Saint David's Episcopal Church in Bean Blossom, Indiana"

Bean Blossom Music Series

Music to touch the spirit!

The Bean Blossom Music Series features spiritually uplifting performances by regional and nationally known artists in a wide variety of traditions, from classical sacred music to folk, jazz and contemporary choral works. Children are welcome. Admission is free - donations to the Music Series are will be gratefully accepted.

St. David’s is located at the intersection of State Road 135 and State Road 45, five miles north of Nashville in Bean Blossom, IN. DIRECTIONS Children are welcome and admission is always free, but donations in support of the Bean Blossom Music Series will be gratefully received.

The Bean Blossom Music Series is a ministry of SAINT DAVID'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. To receive email notification of upcoming events, please call Joe Ridenour at 597-0135.

2008 Concerts...
On Sunday, May 18 Moira Smiley presented a concert of original street singing, vocal improvisation, Shape Note singing and Southern Hymnody. Moira was in town for the Bloomington Early Music Festival, and it was a joy to welcome her to Bean Blossom!
"A truly phenomenal act" - Folkworks Magazine "Fascinating " - LA Times

Previous Artists in the Series

Songwriter and lap-steel guitarist Pat Wictor closed out our 2007 season. In 2006, Pat was nominated for the International Folk Alliance’s Emerging Artist of the Year award and the Independent Music Awards’ Best Gospel Song.

In August '07, pianist George Cullinan and Miss Loretta Gooden gave a concert of R&B flavored gospel.

Sunday, July 15, 2007 - Kara Barnard...

...with Laura Connallon

Sunday, May 6, 2007 - Krista DeTor
"Krista Detor is one of the finest singer/songwriters I've run across in years...with a voice that could sing the telephone book and make it sound beautiful and compelling!" -Carrie Newcomer

	On Friday, November 10, 2006 the Bean Blossom Music Series presented ENSEMBLE HERMITAGE, a professional vocal ensemble from St. Petersburg, Russia, performing Russian folk tunes and the sacred music of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Our August 2006 concert, A Tribute to Women in Jazz, featured an outstanding ensemble including vocalist Janiece Jaffe, Carolyn Dutton on violin, pianist Monika Herzig, and Jennifer Kirk on bass, with drummer Lawrence Clark III.
	The Bean Blossom Music Series finished its outstanding 2005 season with classical saxophonist extraordinaire and I.U. doctoral candidate Adam McCord, who gave the final concert of the current season on Saturday, November 19, featuring compositions by Debussy, Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Ravel and others. Mr. McCord was accompanied on piano by Haruko Murphy of the IU music faculty.

Other 2005 artists were The Hot Club of Naptown (on left below), who played 1930’s swing jazz, jump blues standards and original tunes in September, and Heartsounds (on right below), our pastors, who offered a summer concert of their original folk-rock-jazz music.