Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes Laura Geissler and Laurie Melting Stegner from Bows, Strings, & Contentment and Martha Larson from Bad Mama to preview their Fall Concert. Then Jim Rossow from ArtMakers will share the story of the new musical Alice’s Wonder.
Bows, Strings, and Contentment Orchestra: Fall Concert: Sunday, November 10, 5:30-7:30pm (music at 6pm), Grand Event Center, Northfield. Free Concert, donations welcome. Bows, Strings, & Contentment is a local orchestra that aims to give adult string instrument students an opportunity to learn and play together in a music group. They currently rehearse at All Saint’s Episcopal Church in Northfield and are led by Peter Stegner, manager and co-founder, Laura Geissler, conductor and co-founder, and Laurie Melting Stegner, pianist and arranger.
Bad Mama channels the inner funk of Carrie Jennings on vocals/tenor sax, Martha Larson on vocals/cello and Allyson Wopata on drums. These three music mamas join forces to celebrate the joy and insanity of being a gentle, creative soul in a fast-paced, complex world. https://hotspotmusic.org/badmama
ArtMakers Presents Alice’s Wonder: a new original musical
Friday and Saturday, November 8-9 | 7 PM; Sunday, November 10 | 2 PM, Northfield Arts Guild Theater, Northfield. Free for all ages, donations welcome. No ticket needed. https://www.artmakersmn.org
Alice’s Wonder is a musical celebrating disability advocacy based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, with original music and script created by participant artists. Enjoy this familiar tale from a new perspective as Alice and the White Rabbit, both blind, explore Wonderland made fantastical through sound. The ensemble includes performers with disabilities who are from Northfield, alongside local professional musicians.
