In 1965 when Rhonda Coullet (nee Oglesby) was crowned as Miss Arkansas, she decided in the third month of ribbon-cutting that her duties lay on the frivolous side (presumably Queen Elizabeth could jump to this same conclusion, but England isn’t Arkansas). The young beauty queen caught the next ride out of Lafayette County to become a singing star in Hollywood.
Vineyard residents are invited to attend a free Berklee College of Music workshop demonstrating the Power of Music for Health and Education on Thursday, May 14, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the large dining room at Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
The workshop will be presented by Karen Wacks and Wendy Krueger, music therapy professors at Berklee.
For the first time in her rich musical history, Vineyard musician Kate Taylor is prepared to release an album with a distinctly personal touch: she has written, or cowritten, all the songs on the album. And throughout Fair Time! — the title track is a reference to the West Tisbury Agricultural and Livestock Fair — she weaves heartfelt tributes to Islanders who have helped to make her Vineyard home.
Aria anyone? The Tisbury Travel Club’s subscriber symphony bus to Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts has tickets available for the upcoming Oct. 9 and 23 performances. Islanders can enjoy the splendor of one of the world’s great concert halls, the magnificence of the world class symphony and time to enjoy Boston’s eclectic dining and shopping. Concert and bus tickets are available. For details, call 508-696-4205, Monday through Friday.
Noepe is the Wampanoag word for the Island of Martha’s Vineyard, and it is 25-year-old West Tisbury resident Colin Ruel’s aim that the name will soon become synonymous with his start-up music production company, Noepe Productions.
The popular children’s musician and PBS Kids cohost of SteveSongs comes to the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs for a free family concert on Thursday, August 13.
A strong Vineyard contingent turned out to help warm the new House of Blues in Boston last Saturday night. It was an old-home night of sorts, with singer-songwriter Carly Simon making an unscheduled appearance to dance and belt out a number on stage with Dan Akyroyd. Judy Belushi Pisano, a Vineyard Haven resident and widow of John, one of the original Blues Brothers, was a key mover in getting the Vineyard crowd to Boston — and on its feet. But truth to tell, few Islanders need much of an excuse to get off the rock in February.
David Crohan and Friends Play from the Heart at Tabernacle
Pianist David Crohan will present a benefit concert in the Tabernacle Monday, July 13 at 8 p.m.. The concert is to benefit Compassionate Care ALS and Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard. David’s friends include Katie Mayhew, Hugh Taylor, Merrily Fenner, and Tom Billitto. Three of these friends appeared regularly at David’ Island House on Circuit avenue.
At 11 p.m. on Sundays in summer reggae music rumbles underground, three concrete steps beneath Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs at the Dive Bar. The boom and song of Peter Tosh, Mavado and Sean Paul, earlier sealed surreptitiously in this sunken saloon, swell and rupture to the streets as the party peaks in size and vibrancy.
The Vineyard Sinfonietta presents a spring concert Tuesday, May 26, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs Library.
Soloists Nan White (flute), Jan Hyer (cello) and Matt Pelikan (block flute) will perform in selections by Baroque composers such as Handel, Purcell and Bach all the way up in time through Mozart and Casals.
Encore selections will feature baritone Howie Marlin (and, in one piece. his daughter, Hannah) in three pop songs by Cole Porter, Jimmy VanHeusen and Matt Dennis, plus other songs made famous by Frank Sinatra.
