Electric Earth in the Community

On November 20 violinist Jesse Mills & a large cast of EEC musicians performed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons for our long-time partner community at Plowshare Farm. A large group of residents was able to hear this brilliant baroque masterpiece in its entirety with their community surroundings.

Growing out of our response to COVID in 2021, many of our concerts are broadcast free of charge via an excellent sound system to listeners outside of the venue. This allows families with children and others who choose not to purchase indoor tickets to experience our music in a low-key, outdoor setting that welcomes newcomers to the world of live classical music. The audience is encouraged to bring chairs, blankets, and refreshments.

These concerts are funded in part by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. 

Vocalist Jazimina MacNeil and violinist Marji Gere offered four Cranky Chamber Music! workshops for kids and adults. They took place at the Jaffrey Grade School (November 15), the Keene Community Kitchen (November 15); the Monadnock Academy of Movement Arts (November 16), and the Keene Public Library (November 16).

Cranky Chamber Music! is designed:

• To provide participants with multiple, creative ways to enter musical listening.
• To provide a chance for participants to connect with each other (and learn from one another) via a shared music-listening and art-making experience.
• To help participants generate, notice, and appreciate connections between the art forms of poetry, music, and visual art.

In addition to their exhilarating concert at the UUC in Peterborough, on June 8 the trio graced Electric Earth’s “Open Doors” series with a memorable family concert at the Monadnock Center for History & Culture in Peterborough; that evening they performed again for our old friends at Plowshare Farm in Greenfield.

The Catalyst brought their creative approach to music-making to the Public Library in our first “Open Doors” program of the season. After an hors d’oeuvre by violinis-composer Jesse Montgomery, they presented several movements by South American composers Heitor Villa Lobos & Astor Piazzola,