Greek Concert & Dancing

Saturday, April 26, 6pm

Hellenic Hall at St. George Greek Orthodox Church ~ 70 West St, Keene, NH

REVMA
Rohan Gregory, violin
Fabio Pirozollo, percussion
Sandy Theodoro, vocals, laouto, accordion

Join us for an evening of music, food, and dancing as we go to Greece with this year's World Music Concert.

This event will feature dinner, a musical performance, a dance performance, and then audience members will join in to learn traditional Greek dances including the Kalamatiano, the Syrto, and more!

Menu:

Olives

Cucumber Tomato Salad

Eggplant Hummus

Keftedes - Greek Meatballs

Htipiti - Greek Red Pepper and Feta Dip

Flatbread

Cash Bar for Greek Wines

REVMA plays the living art of traditional Greek music (“Dimotika”), for listening and dancing audiences. Mesmerizing pentatonic and polyphonic Epirot mountain laments and celebrations, lyrical melodies and the “springing” sousta and ballos dances of the Aegean, Dodekanese, and Ionian islands, powerful odd-metered Macedonian and Thracian rhythms, and the delicate modal tones of urban Smyrnaika, are all shaped by a history drenched in struggle, war, migration, resilience, and philotimia, and charged with hellenic life-embracing passion and wit. Our musicians are: Rohan Gregory on violin, Fabio Pirozzolo on percussion and voice, Sandy Theodorou on laouto, accordion, and voice, and regular guest musicians on santouri, bouzouki, baghlama, oud, or clarinet. REVMA has played for international folk festivals and Greek cultural events including the Flurry Saratoga Springs, Folk Arts Center Balkan Night, Jose Mateo Dance for World Community, Lowell Lantern Festival, Fresh Beets Concert Series Lowell, Maliotis Cultural Center Annual Music Festival, Tarpon Springs Epiphany Celebration, Hellenic Dance Federation national competition, Boston Lykeion Ellinidon Karnavale, and multiple festivals, concerts, dances, and private music and dance events.

Rohan Gregory, violin

Rohan Gregory is a violinist that has cultivated a wide ranging expertise in world music, changer music and new music. Rohan played with the Sophia Bilides Greek Folk ensemble for eight years, touring the U.S. and playing extensively throughout New England. His other world music endeavors have taken him to Europe with the Klezmatics, to Thailand with multi-ethnic flute player Abbie Rabinowitz, and to India with the Indo-jazz group Natraj. Recently he has played nationally and internationally with the flamenco guitarist Juanito Pascual. He is a member of the Worcester Chamber Music Society and is presently a member of the Pedroia String Quarter. He spent ten years as a member of QX, a string quartet that has been in residence at Clark University, and he was also a founding member for ten years of the Arden String Quartet, performing new music concerts in New York, Boston, Amsterdam and St. Petersburg, Russia. Locally, Rohan is a member of the Lyric Opera Company and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. He coaches chamber music for the Walnut Hill School, teaches at the College of the Holy Cross, and spends his summers coaching at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber music in New Hampshire, at Music at Port Milford in Ontario, Canada, and at the WCMS Summer Festival.

Fabio Pirozollo, percussion

Fabio Pirozzolo is a drummer, multi-percussionist and singer. Originally from Terracina, Italy, he started his career as a folk percussionist, playing Italian frame drums Tamburello and Tammorra in one of the most active folk groups in his area. This experience gave him the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, playing concert and giving lectures on regional Italian frame drums techniques. This experience gave him the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, playing concert and giving lectures on regional Italian frame drums techniques.

A Summa Cum Laude Berklee College of Music graduate, he performs in virtually any genre of music from Jazz to World Music to Rock. He’s the co-founder of the World music ensemble Grand Fatilla and Italian folk music ensemble Newpoli where he plays percussion and sings. Highly in demand both as a drummer and as percussionist, he’s currently the drummer/percussionist for Musaner and Arev Armenian Folk ensemble. His experiences led him to drum for Herb Reed’s Platters, Mario Frangoulis and George Perris amongst other world class performers.

He also collaborates with Berklee College world-class teachers Skip Hadden and Casey Scheuerell. He taught master classes at Berklee and worked at Emerson College and Boston Conservatory as accompanist for dance classes. He’s the author of all the drum transcriptions for Skip Hadden’s drum book “Profiles in Jazz Drumming” and “Broken Eight’s Time Feel”. His transcriptions are also featured on the Italian drum magazines “Batteria e Percussioni”, “Batteria”, “Percussionista” and on Polish drum magazine “Top Drummer”. In 2014, Fabio completed his master in Ethnomusicology at Tufts University. His thesis entitled “Central and Southern Italian Tambourines: Between Tradition an Innovation”, is the first work in English language about Central and Southern Italian tambourines.

Sandy Theodoro, vocals, laouto, accordion

Sandy (Matoula) Theodorou is a vocalist, accordion, and laouto player who specializing in traditional Greek regional music and Greek urban rebetika. She is a core member of the bands REVMA (traditional, regional Greek music), REBETOPAREA (Rebetika: Greek urban blues), and the duo TACTICAL BOUZOUKI. She taught singing at East European Folklife Center. She was nominated for Best Sound Designer by the New Hampshire Theatre Awards for her design and performance of music for the theatrical production “The Burial At Thebes”. She was a performing dancer with the Boston Lykeion Ellinidon and is currently chairperson of their Traditional Greek Music Department. She was born in Pireas, and musically inspired by her family roots in Epiros and Kefalonia.

60th Anniversary Reveal Party

Friday, May 31, 2-4pm

Peterborough, NH

Join us for an afternoon of revelry as we hop back by decades to the early years of Monadnock Music! Art, Music, Lawn Games, Mocktails, Snacks and more from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s! Prizes for BEST COSTUME in every decade! Participants get a sneak peek and a full schedule of the Summer & Fall festivities! 

"I ♥️ Monadnock Music" Collages

Pre-Buy an "I ♥️ Monadnock Music" Collage by Jay Mercado & Teresa Marchese and pick it up at the 60th Anniversary Reveal Party.

Martini Night
Supper Club

Thursday, June 19, 6-8pm

Location TBA

Join us for an evening of Martinis with a martini-inspired menu!
Cocktail Hour with nibbles and a Classical Music Performance.

Supper Club

Thursday, July 10, 6pm

Location TBA

Light and Shadow
Bass Hall Concert

Sunday, July 20, 3pm

Bass Hall, The Monadnock Center for History and Culture ~ 19 Grove Street, Peterborough, NH

A resplendent afternoon of Romantic music for mezzo-soprano, string quartet, and piano. Features the lushly evocative French songs of Jongen and Lekeu alongside Respighi's lyric poem Il Tramonto ("The Sunset") and Dvorak's sunny, ebullient piano quintet.

Program:

Joseph Jongen - Three Songs for mezzo, string quartet, and piano
    Chanson roumaine
    Les cadrans
    Sur la greve

Ottorino Respighi - Il tramonto

Antonin Dvorak - Piano Quintet in A major op. 81

Guillaume Lekeu - Nocturne

Running time: approximately 95 minutes including intermission.

Big Night
Supper Club

Friday, July 25, 6-9pm

Location TBA

An evening of Italian Music with full seated dinner.
Enjoy the menu from the iconic film BIG NIGHT! A screening of the film will take place in partnership with MONIFF digitally so you can stream the film at home! Clips will also be shown at the event.
Italian wines will be served.

Co-Presented by Monadnock International Film Festival

Candlelit Concert
with Supper Club

Friday, August 1, 7pm
(Supper Club 6pm)

Spring Hill Studio ~ 358 Spring Hill Road, Sharon, NH

Supper Club - 6pm

6:00 - Chocolate Buffet & Charcuterie with Festive Cocktails & Wine

Concert - 7pm

Piano & Vocal Performance
Tommy Barth, piano
Liz Mongrello, vocals

7:00 - Doors open
7:15 - Concert
8:15 - Depart

Tommy Barth presents a heartfelt concert of love songs, ballads, and lullabies to celebrate the Valentine’s Day season. Joined by the vocal stylings of Liz Mongrello, this performance will feature works by an array of iconic composers from Gershwin and Sondheim to Adele, Billy Joel, Sara Bareilles, and more -- promising an evening of timeless romance and musical artistry.

Tommy Barth, piano

Tommy Barth is a passionate and versatile composer, arranger, pianist, and performer who fell in love with music at the age of 4, when he first began studying piano. By 11, he made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall, an early highlight in a lifelong musical journey. A multi-year winner of the Piano Teachers' Society of America Composition Competition, Tommy has also sung with the American Choral Directors Association’s All Eastern and All National Choirs, performing under inspiring conductors like Lorraine Lynch and Anton Armstrong.

After graduating from the New Jersey Governor's School for the Arts, Tommy earned a Bachelor's degree in Music Theory and Composition from Boston University, where he studied conducting and performed under the esteemed Dr. Ann Howard Jones. He later completed a Master’s degree in Conducting at the Boston Conservatory. Along the way, Tommy shared his love for vocal music as the director and arranger for collegiate and semi-professional a cappella groups like Fermata Town and the Boston University Dear Abbeys.

Today, Tommy works with Carolina Crown, a drum and bugle corps based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, where he helps develop the next generation of music educators and leaders. When he’s not immersed in music, Tommy enjoys life in Boston with his energetic and lovable puppy, Billy.

60th Anniversary Gala

Date and Location TBA

Step back in time to when it all began...

THE SIXTES!

Join us for an evening of elevated 60s nibbles, drinks, and music!

Dress to impress, inspired by the decade!

Stargazing

Saturday, September 27, 6:30pm

High Mowing School ~ Wilton, NH

High Mowing Students - FREE