On Sunday, July 17, at 4 p.m. on the lawn of the Old Meeting House in Francestown, pianist Gordon Peery and singer Jazimina MacNeil will team up for a concert of some of their favorites from the American Songbook.
Songs will include classics from Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin and Richard Rogers, as well as songs from the Civil War and folk songs indigenous to New Hampshire.
A composer, arranger, workshop leader and musical project organizer, Peery is known for his piano accompaniment to fiddle music for contra dances and concerts. He has played throughout the United States, in mainland Europe and the Shetland Islands. He was a founding director of the Monadnock Folklore Society, and for several years was president of the board of the Monadnock Center for History and Culture in Peterborough, where he launched the Music in Bass Hall concert series.
MacNeil is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, and has sung at Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood, the Aspen Music Festival and the Marlboro Music Festival. Locally, she has sung with Music on Norway Pond, Electric Earth Concerts, Ashuelot Concerts and the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music. She has also put together new programs interspersing classical songs with poetry and original stories.
Admission is $15, and children under 16 are admitted free. In case of rain, the show will move inside the Old Meeting House and masks will be optional but recommended. This event is the third of the summer 2022 Sundays at 4 series, which continues until Aug. 28.