$15 Cover @ the Door / Start 5:30pm / Doors 5pm / Seated Show
Ginger Ibex
Sharon Crumrine's influences include Beethoven, the Romantic Classical composers, Impressionistic composers, Middle Eastern modes, Tango & contemporary Rock. Betty Widerski's eclectic background (Classical gone Irish Punk/Rock/Improv) & endless creative & technical ability on a wild variety of stringed instruments, plus percussion added to the mix, give Ginger Ibex a powerful yet lyrical sound. With Natalie Shelton-May on percussion and Melika Fitzhugh on acoustic guitar and violin.
Caralie
Caralie is a newish duo comprised of Caryn and Natalie Shelton-May (who are not sisters!). Caryn has been singing most of her life and is now finding immense joy in learning to accompany herself on the guitar. She considers herself very lucky to have fallen in love with a professional percussionist. Natalie is a classical percussionist turned drummer and remains patient while her wife learns how to play with a steady tempo. Caralie is excited and grateful for any opportunity to share their music, which is currently mostly comprised of crowd-pleasing covers.
Melika Fitzhugh & Friends
A native of Stafford, Virginia, Melika M. Fitzhugh (A.B. Harvard-Radcliffe: Music Theory and Composition, M.M. Longy School of Bard College: Composition) has studied conducting and composition with Thomas G. Everett, Beverly Taylor, James Yannatos and others. Performed internationally, Mel's compositions have been commissioned by John Tyson, Catherine E. Reuben, John and Maria Capello, Laura and Geoffrey Schamu, and the Quilisma Consort, and have been performed by those artists as well as others. Mel's honors include: 2021 Bang on a Can Fellowship; 2020 winner of the PatsyLu Prize for IAWM’s Search for New Music; 2020/2021 Composer-in-Residence of the Women Composers Festival of Hartford; 2014 winner of the Longy orchestral composition competition; and performances with the Radcliffe Choral Society, Coro Allegro, the Harvard Wind Ensemble.