ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT RESOURCES LINKS

Dan Newton, Accordioniste and owner of Daddy Squeeze Music, brings the charm and elegance of the French "Musette" to life. He also offers bands of all sizes, as well as solo performances for dances, receptions, concerts, parties and recording sessions. Music styles include elegant French and continental sounds, rockin' blues and Zydeco, swingin' hillbilly jazz, plus ethnic music such as Celtic, British, Latin rhythms, Square and Contra-dance, Cajun, Jugband, Americana and even some old-time Polka sounds.

Pete Sutherland of Epact Music is the on-line kiosk for folk-roots compositions, recordings, performance and workshop schedules and production resources offered by composer and multi-instrumentalist Pete Sutherland and friends in Vermont's Champlain Valley. Raised on a diet of Broadway show tunes, operatic arias and British invasion melodies, Pete Sutherland discovered both traditional music and songwriting in college and like Huck Finn "lit out for the territories". A warm-voiced singer and multi-instrumentalist known equally for his potent originals and intense recreations and ago old ballads and fiddle tunes, his performances "cover the map" and ... "shine with a pure spirit, which infuses every bit of his music and cannot fail to move all who hear him." - The American Festival of Fiddle Tunes.

Lise Brown, tenor sax and flute musician, formed Big Bandemonium. This band features top New England musicians and a horn section that puts Latin, swing, and jazz into reels, jigs, and waltzes. Lise writes most of the arrangements for the band, and her arrangements are striking in their originality, and rhythm. Additional arrangements by Keith Murphy and other band members also leave audiences screaming for more!

David Cantieni, a member of the a five-person band Wild Asparagus, from Western Massachusetts, is a a woodwind wizard, pours forth lively melodies and liquid harmonies on his flutes, tin-whistle, oboe, saxophone and bombard. Drawing upon music from New England, the British Isles, and Canada, as well as classical sources, Wild Asparagus takes an original approach to the traditional dance music of our folk heritage. Using their unique blend of instruments, creativity, and skills, they offer a sensitive and powerful performance. Since 1984, Wild Asparagus has been highly successful in bringing their music to dances and concerts throughout the United States.

Patti Casey, premier singer-songwriter, is a member of the Bluegrass Gospel Project. When you bring together seven of the best traditional acoustic musicians and vocalists in the Northeast, focus their repertoire on the free improvisation and sublime vocal harmonies of the spiritual side of Appalachian string band music, and deliver their performances to live audiences, it seems you get a piece of heaven. The BGP's repertoire draws from a sub-genre of bluegrass, the body of music developed in the mountains of the southeastern U.S. during the twentieth century. Bluegrass restyled all types of traditional Appalachian music in the southeast.

Jeremiah McLane, accordionist and pianist, was born and raised in Hanover, New Hampshire. He studied piano at The Oberlin Conservatory Of Music, The University Of Massachusetts, The University Of New Hampshire, and accordion at The New England Conservatory Of Music, where he completed his master's in Contemporary Improvisation. From his home in Sharon, Vermont, he has taught and performed throughout North America and Europe. He is a founding member of Nightingale, The Clayfoot Strutters, and Big Table, three pivotal and popular bands with traditional roots.

O'Neill Puppetry Conference: Hands down, the best venue in which to collaborate, experiment, explore and develop your ideas and talents relating to puppet theatre. Open to puppeteers, theatre designers, actors, musicians, directors, artists, producers, playwrights and students.

American Composers Forum: The American Composers Forum links communities with composers and performers, in the making, playing and enjoyment of new music. The American Composers Forum is committed to supporting composers and developing new markets for their music. Through granting, commissioning, and performance programs, the Forum provides composers at all stages of their careers with valuable resources for professional and artistic development. By linking communities with composers and performers, the Forum fosters a demand for new music, enriches communities, and helps develop the next generation of composers, musicians, and music patrons.

New Hampshire State Council on the Arts: the state Arts Council is a publicly funded agency within New Hampshire's Department of Cultural Resources. It began in 1965 with the passage of a law designed "to insure that the role of the arts in the life of our communities will continue to grow and play an ever more significant part in the education and welfare of our citizens." Funding comes from state appropriations and from the National Endowment for the Arts. By law, the Arts Council can also accept private, tax-deductible donations and bequests.