FEBRUARY 2, 2019 TONIGHT’S SCHEDULE February 2, 2019
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FEBRUARY 2, 2019 TONIGHT’S SCHEDULE February 2, 2019 Sing Along “ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK” Queen City Juvenile Pipes & Drums — Bagpipe band Kelsey Sciacca — Classical pianist Savannah Kasay — Singer-songwriter Celebrating 30 years of TMP! Mercury Carter — Vocalist Chatham Rabbits — Acoustic duo Now in our 30th Season, Tosco Music Parties were born from intmate living room jam sessions in the 1980’s. Toso Music is in Sing Along “FOR ME AND MY GAL” our 20th year as a nonprofit organization helping people of all ages in Charlotte explore, develop, and share their passion for “MY BLUE HEAVEN” music in all its forms. The Don Juans — Acoustic duo While we’ve expanded to larger venues over the years and Chelsea Locklear — Singer-songwriter added new outreach programs like our open mic, youth music Ellis Paul — Singer-songwriter scholarships and senior sing along parties, our core value has never changed — it’s still all about the music! Sing Along “YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE” At each Tosco Music Party, nationally recognized acts share the stage with undiscovered artists and our audience INTERMISSION — Refreshments and artists’ CDs are available in the lobby. members enthusiastically sing along. We strive to keep ticket prices low and offer discounts and ticket scholarships so that Sing Along “CRAZY LITTE THING CALLED LOVE” the music parties remain accessible to everyone. Julie Dean — Vocalist All of the performers are volunteering their talent tonight. Please support them by buying their CDs, hiring them for your Airstream — Jazz/rock fusion band own special event, and going to their shows. Persona Bell — Vocalist Please connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube Jake Haldenvang — Blues guitarist and Twitter. Visit ToscoMusic.org to join our mailing list, Maddie Shuler — Singer-songwriter become a Tosco Music member, volunteer, or give feedback. Austin Piazzolla Quintet — Nuevo Tango ensemble We hope you’ll join us in our effort to share the joy of live music and enrich Charlotte’s community for years to come! Sing Along “TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS” ToscoMusic.org Program and artists are subject to change. Use of cellular phones is prohibited. Use of recording devices and/or cameras without permission is prohibited. ELLIS PAUL This troubadour songwriter, storyteller, illustrator, educator and author is PERFORMER BIOS also a chief architect of Boston’s urbane, literate, folk-pop style of song- writing. Ellis’ decades of nonstop touring helped ignite the folk revival of Queen City Juvenile Pipes & Drums the 1990s. He has won numerous prestigious awards, including 15 Boston Dedicated to the study and performance of the Scottish Great Highland Music Awards for Folk Musician of the Year. His songs are featured in the Bagpipe and its percussion accompaniment, QCJPD competes at the Farrelly brothers’ movies Me, Myself & Irene; Shallow Hal; and Hall Pass. Grade 5 level in the Eastern US Pipe Band Association. queencityjpd.com His CD’s include The Day After Everything Changed (2009), The Hero in You (2012), Chasing Beauty (2014). He is currently working on his 20th KELSEY SCIACCA studio album, The Storyteller’s Suitcase (2019). ellispaul.com This Charlotte Prep 5th grader has been playing the piano since age 5, JULIE DEAN primarily under the direction of Keiko Aloe and Randy Jones. She is a past winner of the Charlotte Piano Teachers’ Forum Solo (2018) and A member of the TMP Singalong Choir since 2014, Julie also performs Concerto (2017) Auditions. [email protected] with folk/country trio Sweetgrass Serenade, and the duo Beauty and the Blues. A versatile performer who has taught voice lessons for almost 20 years, she runs a successful voice studio training singers of all levels. She SAVANNAH KASAY specializes in habilitating recovering injured voices, working with voice With musical roots in country pop, Savannah wrote her first song at age therapists and a local laryngologist. juliedeanvoicestudio.com 13 and now studies songwriting at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. Her influences include rock, folk, jazz and West Coast Grunge. In 2018 AIRSTREAM she released her first album Friday Night Lights. Savannahkasay.com Four of Charlotte’s hardest working musicians (Andre Ferreri-Guitar, Mark Stallings-Keys, Dave Vergato-Bass, Al Sergel-Drums) have been MERCURY CARTEr performing every kind of music imaginable in studio and live venues. This native Charlottean began his creative ventures in the fashion world, Airstream has been playing music together for more than a dozen years, and then shifted to music as a new endeavor to help him deal with chronic featuring their instrumental talents, and they released their debut album depression and heal from personal hardships. He poured all of his feelings Relatively Speaking in October 2018. laserrecords.com into his debut project, Mercury (2015), produced on his iPad with all of his own vocals, instrumentation and songwriting. With exceptional pitch, a PERSONA BELL 3.5 octave range, and unique phrasing, he exercises his instrument to be Persona sings and plays piano in her own style of soul music that is able to display the vocal agility heard in the golden ages of jazz, opera and influenced by Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole and Chaka Khan. She has soul. Last summer, he was invited and performed with only 16 others in the two singles available on iTunes and Spotify titled, “No Less” and “Get it Montreux Jazz Festival’s Jazz Talent Awards. mercurycarter.com Right”. She has performed in China and Norway and across the U.S. from CHATHAM RABBITS Carnegie Hall to The Ritz Theater. personabell.com With palpable chemistry and warmth, Sarah Osborne McCombie (vocals, jake haldenvang banjo) and Austin McCombie (vocals, guitar, fiddle) fill each space they en- Jake was chosen at age 13 to represent Charlotte in the Youth Showcase ter with brightness and sincerity. This duo hails from Bynum, NC, just like at the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, TN. Now at age the original Chatham Rabbits string band of the early 20th century. They 23, he was a semi-finalist at IBC in the soloist category. A multi-award abandoned corporate careers to take Chatham Rabbits full-time and now winning artist, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he fronts his travel the country sharing the music they love. Their 2019 album All I Want own band “HaldenVang” and is also included in Robert Knight’s “Brother- From You (Robust Records) has been highly praised. chathamrabbits.com hood of the Guitar”. reverbnation.com/HaldenVang THE DON JUANS MADDIE SHULER As a duo, Don Henry and Jon Vezner wrote Kathy Mattea’s classic hit An Asheville-based guitarist, vocalist and singer-songwriter, Maddie’s “Where’ve You Been”, which garnered them Grammy’s for Song Of The influences include guitarist Mark Leittieri and indie-soul artist Lianne La Year. Their songs have been recorded by many artists including Janis Ian, Havas. As a performer, Maddie’s style delivers the depth of a full band Ray Charles, John Mellencamp, and Miranda Lambert. Currently, they’re arrangement. An active member of many Asheville bands (KISMET, Jack touring with folk legend Tom Paxton. Their first single and animated video Victor, Pink Mercury, Southern Pine and more), Maddie seeks to create “Snow, Snow, Snow” came out in December 2018 and their debut album visibility for fellow LGBT & non-binary musicians. facebook.com/mjshuler The DonJuans Revue was released in 2019. thedonjuans.com CHELSEA LOCKLEAR AUSTIN PIAZZOLLA QUINTET Stunning audiences around the US since 2009, APQ was founded by Chelsea’s jazzy pop and hip hop blended lyrics draw in listeners and her violinist James Anderson and specializes in the intense and passionate soulful voice catches and keeps your attention. In 2018, she performed at Nuevo Tango music of the late Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla. Fea- the Hollywood Music in Media Awards where she was nominated for her turing Ben Thomas (bandoneon), Jonathan Geer (piano), Tony Rogers debut release From Me To You (2018). Her band includes Brad Clarkson (cello), and Phil Spencer (bass), APQ continues the tango tradition with (keys), Greg Dunston (drums), Jeremy Thomas (bass), and Dylan Souther unique arrangements of Piazzolla’s groundbreaking works, talented im- (electric guitar). chelsealocklearmusic.com provisations, and breathtaking original compositions. apqtango.com TMP SINGALONG CHOIR & HOUSE BAND Matt Carter, Reeve Coobs, Julie Dean, Jason Hackner, Brandon Hen- Sing Along son, Kevin Jones, Alan Kaufman, Charlie Lamprecht, Mark Larson, Scott McLaughlin, Faithful Ngwenah, John Richards, Susan Richey, Jim Ruth, Keith Shamel, Dave Vergato, John Tosco ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK (M. Freedman, J. DeKnight) One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock rock Five, six, seven o’clock, eight o’clock rock Nine, ten, eleven o’clock, twelve o’clock rock Tonight’s Raffles We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight Raffle proceeds support Tosco Music programs in the community. Raffle A Collection of CDs from TMP Performers Put your glad rags on and join me hon’ We’ll have some fun when the clock strikes one Raffle B 2 tickets each: The Taj Mahal Trio Fri, Feb 15, McGlohon Theater The Choir of Man Tue, Mar 5, McGlohon Theater We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight Charlotte Symphony’s Best of Rogers & Hammerstein We’re gonna rock, rock, rock, ‘till the broad daylight Mar 22 or 23 (your choice), Belk Theater We’re gonna rock, gonna rock Around the clock tonight Raffle C 2 tickets each: Tablao Flamenco Tue, Feb 19, Booth Playhouse Justin Hayward Sat, Mar 2,