Host musician and erstwhile audio technician Steve Blais will set you up with a mic or two (or a D.I. box) and you can break through those stage jitters, flash back to the glory days, or just porch pick for your fellow performers and a few civilians who might wander in off the street

Open mic times are third Wednesdays: NEXT OPEN MIC: May 21 from 7:00 PM until 9:30 PM.  Sign ups start at the cafe at 6:30!

NEW DATE ADDED: WED, JUNE 18TH AT 7:00PM

An Evening with A Joyful Noise ~ Choral

The Earlville Opera House Children's Chorus and Soloists in Concert!

The evening features a beautiful selection of classical treble repertoire under the direction of Alyssa Volker.  Alyssa Volker’s experience includes work with the Ithaca Children's Choir, Asst. Conductor of the Children's Choirs at the First Congregational Church of Ithaca and seven years on the faculty of the Treble Chorus of New England.  She is currently a faculty member of the Young Opera Company of New England. 

From Highland reels and mountain ballads to old time waltzes and fiery banjo breakdowns, Chestnut Grove plays the finest in traditional bluegrass music. These versatile singers and award-winning multi-instrumentalists always delivers a high-energy show that is fun for the entire family! 

EOH is pleased to present this Eclectic Singer-Songwriter - Dan Bern...

“Bern’s…a folky troubadour with a rock-and roll heart and the all-too-rare skill of combining humor and intelligence. Sometimes he rocks with a Tom Petty-like heartland rumble, at others he delivers his lyrical musings with quiet acoustic backing.” — Baltimore Sun 

Adult Audience Suggested

Ice Cream Opus & Instrument Petting Zoo- Classical

This is a fine introduction to classical music with the Chenango Players under the direction of Laura Klugherz for the whole family.  Meet the instruments at the Instrument Petting Zoo immediately following the performance!

FREE FAMILY SERIES EVENT! - Call to reserve your ticket to make sure you have a seat at 315-691-3550.

Country Rock Legends

Some may remember Hillman and Pedersen their days in the Desert Rose Band.  However, Rock & Roll ‘Hall of Famer’ Chris Hillman is most often remembered for co-founding the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers. The two country rock pioneers explore the back road of American folk reflecting the depth and vitality of their skills. Hillman’s excellent guitar and mandolin stylings blend beautifully with the hillbilly flavors provided by Pedersen’s fiery banjo picking.

Gifted, Humorous Songstress

For some 20 years, Cheryl Wheeler remains one of the bright lights on the contemporary singer-songwriter scene. She looks like your mother-in-law, tells stories like a comedienne, and sings like an angel. She has written country-western chart toppers for Dan Seals and Suzy Boguss. Bette Midler, Juice Newton, and Linda Thompson have recorded Wheeler’s music.  “Cheryl Wheeler has to be seen to be appreciated. Nothing you read and nothing you hear from her album prepares you for how good a performer she is.”  The Music Box

Storytelling Duo Extraordinaire

Quiet Riot is a team of two zany and hilarious brothers — Bill Mettler, Executive Storyteller, and David Mettler, Person in Charge of Noises and Opportunities.  The brothers’ collection of life experiences has inspired their repertoire. This dramatic duo will be doing a free program that uses their dramatic arts to tackle the issues of conflict resolution – something that we all could use more of! 

FREE FAMILY SERIES EVENT! - Please reserve a ticket so that you know you will have a seat: 315-691-3550

Bluegrass Greats, with Farewell Drifters opening the show

If bluegrass has a guitar god, it’s Tony Rice, who has left a generation of aspiring guitarists trying to duplicate his clean, speedy, otherworldly sound. He spans the range of acoustic music, from straight-ahead bluegrass to jazz-influenced new acoustic music, to songwriter-oriented folk. He is perhaps the greatest innovator in acoustic flatpicked guitar since Clarence White. Peter Rowan, is a master of high lonesome who came of age in Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys.  Rowan was one of the major cult bluegrass artists of the '80s, winning a devoted, international fan base through his independent records and constant touring.

African Music & Dance

Afro-Caribbean Music Performance & 2:30 pm “Connections” Workshop The 1pm performance is an exciting exhibition through music and dance of rhythms, songs and historical folklore primarily based in West Africa.  In the following workshop at 2:30pm, the dance and rhythm ensemble will perform and examine the links between Africa and the countries of the Caribbean and South America and how they connect back to Africa.

EOH at Hamilton Music Mix, Hamilton, NY -FREE FAMILY SERIES EVENT! (Free outdoor festival)

Acoustic Blues

“With a finger-picking guitar style that is equal parts Lightnin’ Hopkins and Django Reinhart, and a baritone voice borne of Jack Daniels and Leonard Cohen, Smither transcends categorization… Singer-songwriter Chris Smither is … always on the go between lapsed commitment and redemptive truce. On Drive You Home Again, his eighth album, Smither's stoic reflection and foxy wit are bathed in the flickering glow of passing headlights and neon bar signs. And Smither's roots are as blue as they come.”  David Fricke, Rolling Stone

EOH Circus!

Children learn cooperation and circus performance skills in a two-week long workshop.  They design & star in their own circus production.  Performance will be at the Sherburne-Earlville Central School, 13 School St., Sherburne

Folk, Blues, Gospel

Odetta is famous around the world. She began studying classical voice until her first exposure to folk songs. The music resonated with her soul and changed her life. “I learned about the United States and the people of the United States through this music, through the songs I sing.” Some songs are able to reach deep down inside the listener. She mines slave songs, work songs and spirituals for their emotion, reminiscence and transcendence.  A sorceress, she evokes the power of her music to unite hearts and minds. Her performances are interspersed with stories and memories. Her career exploring folk, blues and gospel won her the NEA Medal of the Arts.

“The Pirates of Penzance”

Rob Kolb directs Gilbert & Sullivan favorite!  There's a reason The Pirates of Penzance has been performed virtually non-stop since 1879: it's so much darned fun.  Let's face it, no matter how serious-minded we like to present ourselves as being, we can't help but giggle at a clever spoof.

Rob will have more information about upcoming auditions soon!

An EOH Benefit!

Comedic, Kinetic Modern Dance

Combining stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, physical comedy and inventive choreography, Galumpha brings to life a world of imagination, beauty, muscle and merriment incorporating the ridiculous to the sublime, drawn together into a seamless whole.  Galumpha is a triumphant mix of art and entertainment, offering world-class, and award winning choreography (Edinburgh Festival Critics’ Choice Award).  FREE FAMILY SERIES EVENT! - Please call to reserve your tickets so you know that you'll have a seat!  315-691-3550.

Traditional Cajun & Creole

The Pine Leaf Boys have made a name for presenting their own inimitable brand of traditional Cajun and Creole music with youthful exuberance. Being described as, "... the link that connects the young and the old generations," and, "the best new, energetic, and fun Cajun band in a very long time," the Pine Leaf Boys play the old fashion dance hall standards while making a point to bring many of the more obscure songs of past masters into their repertoire and play them with gusto.

Irish Celtic

Recently featured on the cover of Irish Music Magazine, this band keeps traditional fans happy while appealing to younger audiences with their contemporary, hard driving tunes…

"they can sing, they can write, they can dance across fingerboards and piano keys, buttons and bows, and by crikey can they play"

Roots Rock

"Barefoot Truth is one of the more promising young roots rock bands on the indie circuit these days" - ThisIsModern.net 

Capturing the true essence of 'Organic Rock', Barefoot Truth puts on an energetic show, full of good vibes and mixing rootsy acoustic sounds, with meaningful storytelling lyrics,

Cuban

Singer-songwriter Jose Conde is formulating a kind of Afro-Cuban music with an enlarged framework. His band Ola Fresca brings together son, guajira, guaracha with New Orleans funk, Nigerian Afrobeat, South American cumbia, James Brown rhythms, Haitian compas, Brazilian afoxe, New York City boogaloo and even jam-band stuff predicated on electric guitars as much as hand drums. That’s a lot of dance rhythm in one band, but there’s a folkish element too: Mr. Conde’s vocal understatement — unusual for the singer of a Latin dance band — and his emphasis on songs with characters, wordplay and some mild social ideas make this band as interesting as they are fun!

A Capella Pop/R& B

Ball in the House is a tour de force of vocal sound that defies all expectations. This five-man, pop/R and B "mouth band" hails from Boston, Massachusetts.  Their unusual a cappella sound is due in large part to the vocal rhythm techniques of band member Jon J.  He developed a complex series of vocal percussive beatbox sounds, becoming a "human drum machine" that continues to dumbfound audiences today.  Ball in the House has toured from Boston to L.A., Singapore to New York, and everywhere in between!

Note: EOH at the Palace Theater, Hamilton

YOUTH SHOWCASE OF SINGER-SONGWRITERS

Sponsored by the Earlville Opera House

At the Palace Theater,

22 Utica St., Hamilton on

Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008 at 8pm

Are you a performing songwriter under 25?

Bands or solo performers should send EOH a demo CD or tape with at least two original songs by October 18 to be considered.

Send Submissions to

Earlville Opera House Programming

PO Box 111

Earlville, NY 13332