Saturday Evening Concert @ Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center

THE GATHERING: Concert for Autumn Colors
5 Award-Winning Musicians including Barbara Higbie
Saturday, October 10, 8:00 p.m.

The legacy of Windham Hill Records continues today with THE GATHERING: Contemporary productions by Will Ackerman. This concert features FIVE AWARD-WINNING MUSICIANS:
BARBARA HIGBIE (piano/violin/vocalist) - Barbara is co-founder of the acoustic super group, “Montreux” with Darol Anger, and recorded the landmark, genre-defining album “ Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival” for Windham Hill Records in 1984. A Grammy-nominated musician, she has 13 solo and group recordings and performed on more than 100 albums, including with Carlos Santana, Teresa Trull. Her album “Tideline”, produced by Will Ackerman, became an instant classic and one song on that album, “True Story” was downloaded on Pandora more than 850,000 times in 2014. The LA Times called her “a jolt of bright sunlight”.
DAVID CULLEN (guitar) - David won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Recording in 2004, and has recorded 12 CDs for the acoustic guitar. NY Times Billboard lauded him for his “ferocious finger style.” He was a featured soloist at the NY Guitar Festival and performs for Classical Guitar Societies and Jazz Festivals throughout the country.
JILL HALEY (oboe and English horn) – Jill won Best Piano Album with Instrumentation Award at the coveted Zone Music Reporter awards in 2014 for her album “Mesa Verde Soundscapes”, which was recorded with engineer Tom Eaton. Her album “Zion & Bryce Canyon Soundscapes” was rated #1 for Most Worldwide Airplay in 2012 by ZMR.
DAVID LINDSAY (guitar) - David performed widely in Canada for years, then focused on a law career. Returning to music, he contacted Will Ackerman, who David’s compositions were, “Some of the best writing and playing I’ve heard in years.” His instrumental album “Nightbound” will be released in November and was produced by Will Ackerman and Tom Eaton.
TOM EATON (piano) – Tom is a multi-instrumentalist and award-winning recording engineer and producer who works with Will Ackerman at Will’s Imaginary Road Studio in Vermont. Tom has a new album of keyboard and piano coming out this year. He will host and perform in the Oct. 10th concert.

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