Press and Media Information

 Concerts

• Saturday, March 6:   Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, 7:30pm at the 2nd Presbyterian Church, 6 West 96 St (at Central Park West).   Admission $25; Members, $20;  full-time students 22 and under are $10.   Tickets can be purchased at the door, or soon available on line at www.brownpapertickets.com/event//97127 ($2 service fee).  For information call 718-672-6399   Rress Release: MSWord, 38K ... Release in PDF (117K).   Lots of photos and more info on Jay & Molly's web page: http://www.jayandmolly.com/
   
  
  
  
     
• Friday, April 16: Bill Staines, 8pm, at OSA 220 E. 23rd Street, suite 707 (On-street parking is available after 7pm.).  Admission $20; Members, half price;  full-time students 22 and under are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased at the door, or on line at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/92241 .  For information call 718-672-6399   Press information not yet available. Click on picture for 300dpi high res picture (1.5M jpeg).  Press Release (MSWord, 20K)  ... Bill Staines website:  http://www.acousticmusic.com/staines/
   
  
  
• Friday, April 30:    Brian Peters ,7:30pm; West Side Arts Coalition, 96 St & B’way Center Mall. Admission $15; Members, $12;  full-time students 22 and under and children, $6. Tickets can be purchased at the door, or on line at www.brianpeters.eventbrite.com . For information call 718-672-6399.   Press release (MS Word, 17K) ...  Click on picture to the right to open higher resolution picture.  ... Brian Peters website: http://www.harbourtownrecords.com/peterspromoters.htm
   

• Friday, June 18: Nordet – Music of Brittany - songs of the sea, 8pm at OSA 220 E. 23rd Street, suite 707 (On-street parking is available after 7pm.) .  Admission $20; Members, $10; children and full-time students 22 and under are admitted free.   Nordet Fact Sheet

Special Programs and Workshops

• Saturday, March 13:  New York, NY -- Its Traditions.  A Festival of Traditional Music:
  11AM children's concert (free); 12:30-5:30 workshops and mini-concerts: 7:30pm concert.  At the Renaissance School, 35-59 81 Street, in Jackson Heights, Queens  Tickets at the door or online at:  www.brownpapertickets/event/98896.  The Renaissance Charter School is at the corner of 37^th Avenue and 81^st Street, in Jackson Heights, Queens. It is 2 blocks from the 82^nd Street Station of the #7 Line. Detailed Description Sheet ... Preliminary press Release (MS Word)  
  

House Concerts

These are informal concerts held in various homes throughout the city.  Admission $15 (FMSNY members $12), children and F/T students $6.  Call the indicated number for location information and reservations.  No press releases available unless indicated.

• Friday, April 9:    Martin Wyndham-Read, upper West Side

Weekends

• 5-7 February 2010: 2010 Winter Folk Music Weekend
  at Warwick Conference Center, Warwick, NY (only 50 miles northwest of NYC)  This weekend is less formal than our Spring and Fall weekends which have planned workshops, concerts, etc.  It is a weekend filled with informal music. ... press release (MS Word, 17K) ...  pdf flier (224K) ... 
  ... Pictures from 2009 WInter Weekend   Online registration (surcharge applies): members; non-members  
   
  
• Fri 28 to Mon 31 May: 2010 Spring Folk Music Weekend  at Kiskak Adult Center, Lake Como, PA
  Enjoy a friendly music-filled weekend at bucolic Camp Kislak. Concerts, workshops, and classes; performers to be announced. Comfortable motel-style rooms; plenty of opportunity for informal jamming and singing, socializing, hiking, swimming (heated outdoor pool), and relaxing..  Performers include Paul Kaplan and others to be announced.

November 5-7, 2010 at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, Kerhonkson, NY  preliminary press release (MS Word)

• Past years:
• October 16-18, 2009: at the Friar Tuck Inn, Catskill, NY .  link to 2009 Press Information. 
• November 14-16, 2008: link to 2008 Press information
  
• 2007: Link to 2007 Press Information
• 2006 performer information

Sings

• Monthly Chanty Sings at the Seaport 
  One Saturday each month, 8-11 PM:   Jan 16,2010, Feb.13; and March 13, rest to be announced
  At the Seamens’ Church Institute, 241 Water Street, at the South Street Seaport.  Admission is free but donations are requested to defray expenses.  Refreshments available.
  Press release, 4/7/09 (MS Word, 40K )
   
• Monthly Sacred Harp Sing at location to be announced in, Manhattan
  We continue the colonial American tradition of four-part, unaccompanied sacred singing.  Beginners welcome! Books available for loan or purchase.  usually on the 3rd Sunday of each month Sept. thru June, 1 to 4pm:   Press Release not available.   Locations to be announced Info: www.manhattansing.org  
  
  
• Monthly Folk Open Sing, 7-10 pm on first Wednesday of the month at the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn (near 2nd St.).
  Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. Drop by for a couple of songs or the whole evening.   Jan. 7, Feb. 4, Mar. 4, April 1, May 6, etc.    Press Release not  available
   
• Informal Sacred Harp and Gospel Singing one Sunday a month at various location around the city as announced in our newsletter.
  Press information not available

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