Salem-based musicians & historians, Jim & Maggi Dalton, holiday concert "Harmonies for Home and Hear

Jim & Maggi Dalton family-friendly concert "Harmonies for Home and Hearth" 12/12/09 noon &1 Holiday music/period parlor games HNE Phillips House Salem, MA 978-744-0440
By: Singing String Music
 
Dec. 5, 2009 - PRLog -- Salem-based musicians and historians, Jim and Maggi Dalton, will perform a holiday concert: "Harmonies for Home and Hearth" Dec. 12, 2009 HNE Phillips House Salem, MA

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Jim & Maggi Dalton/Singing String Music/IMHCT.ORG
Date:
Sat, 5 Dec 2009 21:51:34 -0500




PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT photos accompany this email

DATE OF THIS RELEASE: Saturday, December 5, 2009

Contact: Jim or Maggi Dalton
978-744-4833
http://singingstring.org
ssm@singingstring.org

Or contact : Julie Arrison
Historic New England Site Manager
Phillips House and Gedney House
34 Chestnut Street
Salem, MA 01970
(p) 978-744-0440 (f) 978-740-1086
(e) jarrison@historicnewengland.org

http://www.historicnewengland.org/phillipsmuseum/


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"


Salem-based musicians and historians, Jim and Maggi Dalton, will perform "Harmonies for Home and Hearth" holiday concert program at HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND'S Phillips House, Salem, Mass. Dec. 12.

SALEM, Mass. -- What kind of music would you have enjoyed, had you been "home for the holidays" in 1920s Salem?

On Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at 12 p.m. and again at 1 p.m., explore the Phillips House on Salem's elegant Chestnut Street. Then join Jim and Maggi Dalton for a family-friendly concert, "Harmonies for Home and Hearth." Come and visit 1920s Salem with holiday music and period parlor games for all ages.

Follow up the performances with a cup of cider and visit one of the stops on the Salem Arts Association's Open Studios tour. The Historic New England Phillips House is located at 34 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA 01970 Phone: 978-744-0440.

The Phillips House will hold an Open House from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Concert show times are 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. Admission: House Tours Free; Entertainment is priced for individuals and families. Individual: $5 Historic New England members, $10 nonmembers; Family: $15.00 Historic New England members, $20 nonmembers.

Please note: Registration is suggested for the Dalton's performances. For directions: http://www.historicnewengland.org/phillipsmuseum For more on Jim and Maggi Dalton, visit singingstring.org

ABOUT JIM AND MAGGI DALTON

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:

Salem-based musicians and historians, Jim and Maggi Dalton, will perform "Harmonies for Home and Hearth" holiday concert program at HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND'S Phillips House, Salem, Mass. Dec. 12.

SALEM, Mass. -- What kind of music would you have enjoyed, had you been "home for the holidays" in 1920s Salem?

On Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at 12 p.m. and again at 1 p.m., explore the Phillips House on Salem's elegant Chestnut Street. Then join Jim and Maggi Dalton for a family-friendly concert, "Harmonies for Home and Hearth." Come and visit 1920s Salem with holiday music and period parlor games for all ages.

Follow up the performances with a cup of cider and visit one of the stops on the Salem Arts Association's Open Studios tour. The Historic New England Phillips House is located at 34 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA 01970 Phone: 978-744-0440.
http://www.historicnewengland.org/phillipsmuseum/

The Phillips House will hold an Open House from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Concert show times are 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. Admission: House Tours Free; Entertainment is priced for individuals and families. Individual: $5 Historic New England members, $10 nonmembers; Family: $15.00 Historic New England members, $20 nonmembers.

Please note: Registration is suggested for the Dalton's performances. For directions: http://www.historicnewengland.org/phillipsmuseum For more on Jim and Maggi Dalton, visit singingstring.org




Singing String Music

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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
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203 Washington St. #263, Salem MA 01970

Press Contact:
 Contact: Jim or Maggi Dalton
978-744-4833
ssm@singingstring.org


Or contact : Julie Arrison
Historic New England Site Manager
Phillips House and Gedney House
34 Chestnut Street
Salem, MA 01970
(p) 978-744-0440 (f) 978-740-1086
(e) jarrison@historicnewengland.org
http://www.historicnewengland.org/phillipsmuseum/
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