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The Bean Blossom Music Series features 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 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, Indiana.
The Bean Blossom Music Series is sponsored by SAINT
DAVID'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
DIRECTIONS to Saint David's
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Next concert of the 2009 season - JONATHAN & DEBORAH HUTCHISON, November 8
The Bean Blossom Music Series concludes its 2009 season with a performance by singer-songwriters and recording artists Deborah & Jonathan Hutchison, on Sunday, November 8 at 7 pm.
"Strong, exciting and moving," their music is a unique mix, from folk to rock, classical to jazz, R&B to gospel, featuring trademark vocal harmonies accompanied on guitar, flute and piano. Their songs of hope and celebration encourage listeners to join in.
Admission is free, but donations are welcome.
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First Concert of the 2009 Season - Tom Shinness
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On Sunday, June 28 at 7 pm, composer/recording artist/session musician Tom Shinness opened our 2009 season with music that's been described as ...genre-bending works for solo harpguitar and unconventional instruments...a warm fusion of new age, contemporary jazz, and folk...passion and inspiration..conviction and comfort. Tom's music has been featured on NPR and PBS. He comes to us from Big Nashville - the one in Tennessee.
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Second Concert of the 2009 Season - The Chicago Reed Quartet
On August 23,Bean Blossom heard the Indiana premier performance of this brand-new ensemble. Masahito "Mas" Sugihara, Saxophone, arranges most of the music and teaches saxophone and chamber music at Northwestern University and Roosevelt University.
Cory Tiffin, Clarinet, is a founding member of the Anaphora Ensemble and newly named Principal Clarinet for Green Bay Symphony Orchestra. Tim Sawier, Oboe, is a Curtis Institute of Music alumni and a former member of the CYSO (Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra). Jason Carlson, Bassoon, is also staff accompanist at Northwestern University.
Visit Mas Sugihara's site to hear some of his transcriptions.
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On Sunday, October 19 at 7 pm, the Bean Blossom Music Series presented dulcimer virtuoso and Brown County performing artist Jon Kay in a hauntingly lovely evening of music and storytelling.
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On Sunday, September 28, 2008 the Bean Blossom Music Series presented The Steve Allee Trio, featuring Grammy nominee, pianist and jazz composer Steve Allee, with bassist Frank Smith and Kenny Phelps on drums.
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On Sunday, May 18, 2008 Moira Smiley and VOCO
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!
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Previous Artists in the Series
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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.
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In August '07, pianist George Cullinan and Miss Loretta Gooden
gave a concert of R&B flavored gospel.
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Sunday, July 15, 2007
- Kara Barnard... |
...with Laura Connallon
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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 |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |
Singing in Baghdad presented Middle
Eastern music. | 
Gordon Bonham and Stuart Norton
played acoustic blues. |
Rounder/Philo
recording artist Carrie
Newcomer is a repeat performer in the series.
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Malcolm Dalglish led singing... |
...the Oolites performed original choral music
by
Dalglish & others. |
Voces Novae perform an eclectic range of
choral music. |
Other performers have included: Lynne
Arriale --
internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Sara
and Rachel Caswell Quartet
-- jazz vocals & violin Diane
Schneider -- healing
harp music Sharon Bedel, Jane
Goodman, and
Michelle Merrill -- The Three Sopranos
Larry & Hildy Bonhaus
-- violin and cello Fran McKendree
--
singer/songwriter John Dillon
& Vivian Nesbitt
-- Southwestern songs Tomfoolery
-- Tom &
Julie Townsend, old-time music |
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Saint David's Episcopal Church, PO Box
1798, Nashville, IN 47448
Office Phone: 1.812.988.1038 -- Office email: stdavids@stdavidsbb.org
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