Community Calendar

The Joni Project - Celebrating the Music of Joni Mitchell
featuring Katie Pearlman and her band.
Happy Birthday Joni!

The Joni Project formed as a tribute in sound and spirit to Joni Mitchell, one of music’s greatest and most innovative artists. The band is fronted by Long Island's remarkable multi-instrumentalist and singer Katie Pearlman, who impressively plays Joni's songs in their original open guitar tunings; and includes jazz and jam band mainstays Dave Berg (guitar), Dan Ehrlich (bass), Alan Lerner (drums), Mark Mancini (keyboards), Steve Finkelstein (percussion), Premik Russell Tubbs (saxophone and flute), and Victoria Faiella (backing vocals).

Collectively, they've performed with members of the Grateful Dead, The Band, The Doors, the Neville Brothers, and so many others. Together, they bring fresh interpretation to Joni's legendary tunes from their many eras and genres - particularly from the time of her stunning and dynamic collaboration with Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny and Michael Brecker. But The Joni Project celebrates it all - from Both Sides Now, Big Yellow Taxi, Chelsea Morning and Help Me, to Raised on Robbery and Free Man in Paris!

"The Joni Project is quite simply the finest and most musically sophisticated tribute to Joni on the scene today!" - Jim Faith, concert promoter and producer of The Great South Bay Music Festival

With a career spanning decades and a dozen albums with Lowen & Navarro, Dan Navarro is currently on tour in support of his new album, "Horizon Line" released in August was produced by multiple Grammy®-winner Jim Scott (Tom Petty, Wilco, Dixie Chicks, & the first five Lowen&Navarro albums) in a dozen sessions in mid-2021 and a dozen more in spring 2022. “Horizon Line” is an album Dan has worked his entire career to make. Rich in sound, deft in its execution, deep in emotions worth singing about, Dan is focused on where he is going – to the next connection, the next stage, the next town, the next feeling, just beyond the “Horizon Line.”
West Virginia-born and Houston-raised, Jesse Lynn Madera is celebrated for crafting musical tales with profound and relatable lyrics while effortlessly blending diverse genres. American Songwriter praised her saying, “Madera’s lyrical and piano-driven songs are passionate and alluring, with a dramatic, ethereal, and almost otherworldly tone. Evoking comparisons to the shapeshifting brilliance of Kate Bush and the confessional pop sensibilities of Tori Amos.”

On Sun 11/9 - Songwriters Workshop
Songwriting and the Creative Muse. A three hour workshop with Dan Navarro, covering the foundations of creativity through songwriting, including song structures, storytelling and thematic arc, complexity vs simplicity and other useful concepts to hone and enhance your creativity. Critiques provided upon request. For all levels.

The Lee Cultural Council will present Sundays in the Park July 6 - August 10 in the park in front of the First Congregational Church in downtown Lee. Each week, there will be one to two musical performances taking place from 12:30 to 2:30P and will be held sprinkle or shine. The audience is encouraged to bring their own chairs and to bring a picnic or order takeout from any of Lee’s fine restaurants. If final concert cancelled, rain date will be Sunday, August 17.

This esteemed British artist and Tanglewood favorite returns to our stage after his triumphant Schubert cycle. A specialist of the German canon, Lewis plays such masterworks framing a work written for him by Austrian composer Thomas Larcher.

Beethoven: C-minor Sonata, Op. 10, No.1
Larcher: Sonata
Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op. 117
Beethoven: C-minor Sonata, Op. 111

Sound Canvases:
Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee & Pictures at an Exhibition
Sunday, November 9, 2025, 4 pm

South Glens Falls Senior High School

American composer Gunther Schuller (1925-2015) drew inspiration from the Swiss artist Paul Klee (1879-1940) for his 1959 orchestral work, Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee. This performance will also feature Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Maurice Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition. Ravel's orchestral imagination melds magically with Mussorgsky’s responses to his friend Victor Hartmann’s images in a performance you will not want to miss!

Happening November 14th at Spruce Peak Arts
VSO’s string orchestra is joined by The Moth Radio Hour guests from Vermont for a concert with storytelling at its heart. Learn more and preview the program on our website!

The Rick McLaughlin trio returns for another innovative evening of jazz, starting out with a discussion/demonstration focusing on the inner language and creative process of jazz, followed by a set of standards and new music with his trio featuring Sheryl Bailey on guitar, Yoron Israel on drums, and Rick on bass. Joining Rick will be special guest and local trumpet phenom Richard Stanmeyer.

The Lee Cultural Council will present Sundays in the Park July 6 - August 10 in the park in front of the First Congregational Church in downtown Lee. Each week, there will be one to two musical performances taking place from 12:30 to 2:30P and will be held sprinkle or shine. The audience is encouraged to bring their own chairs and to bring a picnic or order takeout from any of Lee’s fine restaurants. If final concert cancelled, rain date will be Sunday, August 17.

Come experience a Spruce Unplugged performance at Spruce Peak Arts!
Livingston Taylor’s career as a professional musician has spanned over 50 years, encompassing performance, songwriting, and teaching.
Described as "equal parts Mark Twain, college professor, and musical icon, Livingston maintains performance schedule of more than a hundred shows a year, delighting audiences with his charm and vast repertoire of his 22 albums and popular classics. Livingston has written top-40 hits recorded by his brother James Taylor and has appeared with Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, and Jimmy Buffet. He is equally at home with a range of musical genres - folk, pop, gospel, jazz - and from upbeat storytelling and touching ballads to full orchestra performances.
In addition to his performance schedule, Livingston has taught stage performance for over 30 years, beginning at Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1989, passing on the extensive knowledge gained from his long career on the road to the next generation of musicians. Liv is an airplane-flying, motorcycle-riding, singing storyteller, delighting audiences with his charm for over 50 years.

The Lee Cultural Council will present Sundays in the Park July 6 - August 10 in the park in front of the First Congregational Church in downtown Lee. Each week, there will be one to two musical performances taking place from 12:30 to 2:30P and will be held sprinkle or shine. The audience is encouraged to bring their own chairs and to bring a picnic or order takeout from any of Lee’s fine restaurants. If final concert cancelled, rain date will be Sunday, August 17.