Jim and Maggi Dalton, will perform "A Celebration of American Music," Boston Conservatory, 2/5/10

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DATE OF THIS RELEASE: Saturday, January 30, 2010






Contact: Jim or Maggi Dalton

978-744-4833 ssm@singingstring.org




Or contact :

The Boston Conservatory Box Office
(617) 912-9222
Meghan McGill, Audience Services Manager, at (617) 912-9142


Calendar Listing Editors:


Calendar listing format at the end of this press release




EDITORS please note:


1) Jim and Maggi are available for interviews


2) Please note there is no "e" in "Maggi"



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Salem-based musicians and historians, Jim and Maggi Dalton, will perform "A Celebration of American Music," Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at 8 p.m. in Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway Boston, MA 02215. FREE and open to the public

Directions:
bostonconservatory.edu





BOSTON, Mass. -- Boston Conservatory faculty member Jim Dalton, with soprano Maggi Smith-Dalton, will perform in concert on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at The Boston Conservatory's Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway, Boston, Mass., at 8 p.m.


"A Celebration of American Music," will feature perfomance on voice, guitar, mandolin and banjo.



From 18th-century ballads to 20th-century blues, take a musical journey through the American past with Jim and Maggi. Sometimes haunting, often amusing, the Daltons' selections will have you enjoying the heritage music of America in whole new ways.



The concert is FREE and open to the public.


Directions:
bostonconservatory.edu





Previous audiences found the couple to be "engaging, scholarly, delightful, warm, intelligent, flexible, humorous, talented, versatile, enthusiastic, personable, joyful." The couple specializes in 19th- and 20th-century music, history, and culture from parlor and stage, focusing largely on American, Celtic and British Isles traditions.


The Calvin Coolidge Historical Site/Plymouth Folk & Blues Concerts stated, "Simply put, Jim and Maggi Dalton are a national treasure."



The Daltons have toured nationwide and have been featured often on commercial and NPR public radio, on television and in major-market newspapers and magazines. More information may be found on their Website: singingstring.org.



Praised as "extraordinarily versatile," their performances feature repertoire drawn from the Middle Ages to contemporary music; and popular traditions including blues, jazz and TPA/Great American Songbook programs.


They specialize in 19th- and 20th-century American and Celtic music, history and culture from parlor and stage.



The Daltons have released two recordings and compose and perform original material. They have designed a full spectrum of programs which they have performed throughout the United States, appearing at nationally-known historic sites such as Colonial Williamsburg; at colleges, in concert series, at festivals, at historical societies, for organizations of every description.



Performances feature voices and instruments, appropriate to the program, that may include piano, guitar, mandolin, banjo, lute, and bouzouki. Jim Dalton endorses and plays The Phoenix Neoclassical mandolin, which is made in Maine, and is the author of "Mandolin for Beginners," published by Alfred/Workshop Arts.



As artists-in-residence at various community and educational centers, they have presented series which address American history and various other topics in the humanities, using music as the core of each session.



Massachusetts Cultural Council Creative Teaching Partners artists, and members of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) New England States Touring program, the Daltons are also owners of Singing String Music (singingstring.org).



The Daltons are founders of the scholarly nonprofit Institute for Music, History, and Cultural Traditions, Inc. (imhct.org) and founders/artistic directors of the American History and Music Project ™ (americanhistoryandmusicproject.org)



They are also authors of "The Measure of the Year: Singing Through the Seasons."












CALENDAR LISTING FORMAT:


BOSTON, Mass -- Salem-based musicians and historians, Jim and Maggi Dalton, will perform "A Celebration of American Music," Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at 8 p.m. in Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway Boston, MA 02215.

The concert is FREE and open to the public.




Boston Conservatory faculty member Jim Dalton, with soprano Maggi Smith-Dalton, will perform in concert on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at The Boston Conservatory's Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway, Boston, Mass., at 8 p.m. "A Celebration of American Music," will feature perfomance on voice, guitar, mandolin and banjo.


From 18th-century ballads to 20th-century blues, take a musical journey through the American past with Jim and Maggi. Sometimes haunting, often amusing, the Daltons' selections will have you enjoying the heritage music of America in whole new ways.



Directions:
bostonconservatory.edu




More information:



Jim or Maggi Dalton ssm@singingstring.org


or



The Boston Conservatory Box Office


(617) 912-9222


Meghan McGill, Audience Services Manager, at (617) 912-9142














Singing String Music

Performance/Production
Publishing/Studio



Concerts, Workshops & Residencies


Understanding History Thru Music ™



Specialists in 19th- & Early 20th-Century Music
From Parlor and Stage



American & Celtic Traditions


Period & Period-appropriate Instruments

Historically-Informed Performance



Singing String Music

singingstring.org

203 Washington St. #263, Salem MA 01970












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Contact: Jim or Maggi Dalton

978-744-4833 ssm@singingstring.org



Photo Credits: Kevin Sparks

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Jim and Maggi Dalton
Singing String Music
Concerts/Workshops/Residencies

Perf./Pub./Prod./Studio

Understanding History Thru Music ™

19th- & Early 20th-Century Music
From Parlor and Stage

American/Celtic
Historically-Informed Performance