Because we just can't get enough of our amazing local musical talent, we've lined up monthly concerts for the rest of the year. Some of the details are still developing, but in the meantime we can all mark our calendars so we don't miss any of the fun! Here's the schedule as of right now:
April 5th, First Friday: Peter Spencer & Friends, featuring Caleb Spencer (vocals)
May 3rd, First Friday: Peter Spencer & Friends (performers TBA)
June 7th, First Friday: The BBC
July 5th, First Friday: The Julie Duke Band
August 2nd, First Friday: Ranger and the Re-Arrangers
September 6th, First Friday: Peter Spencer & Friends (performers TBA)
October 4th, First Friday: Peter Spencer & Friends (performers TBA)
November 7th, First Friday: Peter Spencer & Friends (performers TBA)
December 6th, First Friday: Peter Spencer & Friends (performers TBA)
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
An Evening of Music
The Island Gallery is delighted to welcome back guitarist Peter Spencer for a special musical event, performing in the Gallery with bassist Jonathan Green during February's First Friday Artwalk.
An Evening of Music
First Friday, February 1, 2013, 6-8 pm
The Island Gallery
400 Winslow Way E., #120
Bainbridge Island, Washington
(Underground Parking Available - Enter Off Ericksen Avenue)
(Underground Parking Available - Enter Off Ericksen Avenue)
Peter Spencer is a fingerpicking guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, he grew up listening to the R&B and hillbilly music played on radio stations like WLAC in Nashville and CKLW in Windsor, Ontario. He began his musical career in 1968 playing harmonica in a blues band in Pittsburgh, but soon switched to solo guitar. Peter spent the 1970s touring North America and Europe playing early blues, jazz and ragtime. Then, in the early 1980s, he began writing songs, co-founding the Fast Folk Musician's Cooperative in Greenwich Village, New York, where he worked with artists like Suzanne Vega, John Gorka, Lucy Kaplanski, Cliff Eberhardt, and Jack Hardy. These recordings are part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
After graduating from The Writing Program at Columbia University in 1989, Peter retired from performing and became a full-time music writer for magazines like Rolling Stone and Sing Out. His book "World Beat: A Listener's Guide to Contemporary World Music on CD" was published by the Chicago Review Press in 1992.
Peter returned to performing with the 2000 release "New Hope and Wise Virgins," followed by a series of releases beginning with an album of original and classic blues called "Nobody's Daddy" in 2005. "Handsignal," another album of original songs, followed in 2006. Later that year came "Gathering Light," an album of Christmas music for solo guitar. In 2007 he released "The Blues Concert," recorded live on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and in 2009 "From the Island," another set of original songs.
His newest album, released in the Spring of 2011, is called "1896," recorded simply with his voice and an 1896 Washburn parlor guitar in a Bainbridge Island schoolhouse that was also built in 1896.
Peter has been called a "guitar wizard" by Seattle's Victory Music News and "a gifted lyricist with a sharp eye" by the New Jersey Star-Ledger. He tours regularly in the Northeast and throughout the Pacific Northwest and teaches guitar and voice at the Dusty Strings Music School in Seattle and the Island Music Center of Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Jonathan Green is a distinguished bassist with the Seattle Symphony, active as well in chamber-music and new-music circles.After graduating from The Writing Program at Columbia University in 1989, Peter retired from performing and became a full-time music writer for magazines like Rolling Stone and Sing Out. His book "World Beat: A Listener's Guide to Contemporary World Music on CD" was published by the Chicago Review Press in 1992.
Peter returned to performing with the 2000 release "New Hope and Wise Virgins," followed by a series of releases beginning with an album of original and classic blues called "Nobody's Daddy" in 2005. "Handsignal," another album of original songs, followed in 2006. Later that year came "Gathering Light," an album of Christmas music for solo guitar. In 2007 he released "The Blues Concert," recorded live on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and in 2009 "From the Island," another set of original songs.
His newest album, released in the Spring of 2011, is called "1896," recorded simply with his voice and an 1896 Washburn parlor guitar in a Bainbridge Island schoolhouse that was also built in 1896.
Peter has been called a "guitar wizard" by Seattle's Victory Music News and "a gifted lyricist with a sharp eye" by the New Jersey Star-Ledger. He tours regularly in the Northeast and throughout the Pacific Northwest and teaches guitar and voice at the Dusty Strings Music School in Seattle and the Island Music Center of Bainbridge Island, Washington.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Chamber Music at the Gallery
This Friday, February 20th, at 7:30 p.m., we kick off The Island Gallery's 3rd Spring Concert Series. Friday's program features Beau Metro Quartet playing Szymanowski: Quartet #2, Op.56; Shostakovich: Quartet #3, Op.73; and Schumann: Quartet #2, Op.42. Admission is $20 for adults, $10 for students and seniors, and can be purchased in advance at the gallery, or at the door the evening of the show.
Beau Metro Quartet is comprised of Stephen Bryant, violin; Tom Dziekonski, violin; Sue Jane Bryant, viola; and Virginia Dziekonski, cello. All four are highly respected artists not only in the Pacific Northwest, but nationally and internationally as well. Their precision performances, combined with the gallery's brilliant acoustics, have delighted audiences the last two seasons, making this series so popular that most past shows have sold out. This spring, seating will be slightly more limited, so if at the last minute you plan to attend, please call ahead!
Beau Metro Quartet is comprised of Stephen Bryant, violin; Tom Dziekonski, violin; Sue Jane Bryant, viola; and Virginia Dziekonski, cello. All four are highly respected artists not only in the Pacific Northwest, but nationally and internationally as well. Their precision performances, combined with the gallery's brilliant acoustics, have delighted audiences the last two seasons, making this series so popular that most past shows have sold out. This spring, seating will be slightly more limited, so if at the last minute you plan to attend, please call ahead!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
February Shows: Early Warning
. . . Or should we say Early Warming?
For everyone feeling the effects of the mid-winter chill, here is a month of shows especially for you:
Textiles and Wearable Art:
Elizabeth Merrill, Port Townsend, Washington
Lynn Mizono, Whidbey Island, Washington
Britt Rynearson, Seattle, Washington
Janice Speck, Port Townsend, Washington
Arlene Wohl, Sausalito, California
Introducing: Maggy Pavlou, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Try on our warm collection of Beyond Threads sweaters, shawls, skirts and jackets
Once again, The Island Gallery sponsors this popular benefit for Helpline House.
Friday, February 20, 2009:
The Island Gallery Spring Concert Series begins Friday, February 20th with chamber music from the Beau Metro Quartet. 7:30pm. Tickets: $20 adults, $10 students/seniors
For everyone feeling the effects of the mid-winter chill, here is a month of shows especially for you:
Warm Art
Women Artists of the West
February 6-28, 2009
Women Artists of the West
February 6-28, 2009
The work of artists whose creations warm us, one way or another
Above: Jacket by Maggy Pavlou
Textiles and Wearable Art:
Elizabeth Merrill, Port Townsend, Washington
Lynn Mizono, Whidbey Island, Washington
Britt Rynearson, Seattle, Washington
Janice Speck, Port Townsend, Washington
Arlene Wohl, Sausalito, California
Introducing: Maggy Pavlou, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Try on our warm collection of Beyond Threads sweaters, shawls, skirts and jackets
Check out our selection of Valentine's Day jewelry
Woodworking:
Helga Winter, Port Townsend, Washington
Woodworking:
Helga Winter, Port Townsend, Washington
Hand-turned wooden bowls
Sculpture:
Alison Keogh, Seattle, Washington
Sculpture:
Alison Keogh, Seattle, Washington
A new installation: Bronze Petals
Painting:
Tracy Dunn, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Painting:
Tracy Dunn, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Kimono Series, continuing.
First Friday, February 6, 6-8 pm:
The 4th Annual Bainbridge Island Pro-Am
Bread Pudding Bakeoff!
Once again, The Island Gallery sponsors this popular benefit for Helpline House.
See past postings for detailed Entry and Tasting information.
Friday, February 20, 2009:
The Island Gallery Spring Concert Series begins Friday, February 20th with chamber music from the Beau Metro Quartet. 7:30pm. Tickets: $20 adults, $10 students/seniors
(Reserve seats early - seating is limited and these concerts usually sell out.)
Monday, July 28, 2008
Early Warning!
Here's a quick list of some of our upcoming events this fall:
Now through August 29th: "Fiber Face" Batik Exhibition.
August 30th: Gypsy Jazz! Sizzling hot Bainbridge Island quintet Ranger and the Re-Arrangers returns for their final performance in our popular Summer Jazz Series. 7:30 p.m. at the gallery. E-mail us for more ticket info. (On the right you'll see Ranger on fiddle, Dave Stewart on mandolin.)
September 5th - 28th: South Sound Fire: Wood Fired Ceramics from the Benn/Gallagher Harstine Island Kilns. Artists: John Benn, Colleen Gallagher, John Harris, Chris Knapp, Andrew Lewis-Lechner, Susan Lochner, Reid Ozaki. (That's John Benn on the left, with lots of pots.)
September 13th: Returning by popular demand, The Geordie Kelly Jazz Quartet. 7:30 p.m. at the gallery. E-mail us for more ticket info.
October 3rd - 31st: "3 x 3: Wood Furniture & Sculpture - Three New Works by Three Area Artists". Cecil Ross, Robert Spangler, Howard Todd.
November: TBA
December 3rd - 31st: Annual Wearable Art Show.
Now through August 29th: "Fiber Face" Batik Exhibition.
August 30th: Gypsy Jazz! Sizzling hot Bainbridge Island quintet Ranger and the Re-Arrangers returns for their final performance in our popular Summer Jazz Series. 7:30 p.m. at the gallery. E-mail us for more ticket info. (On the right you'll see Ranger on fiddle, Dave Stewart on mandolin.)
September 5th - 28th: South Sound Fire: Wood Fired Ceramics from the Benn/Gallagher Harstine Island Kilns. Artists: John Benn, Colleen Gallagher, John Harris, Chris Knapp, Andrew Lewis-Lechner, Susan Lochner, Reid Ozaki. (That's John Benn on the left, with lots of pots.)September 13th: Returning by popular demand, The Geordie Kelly Jazz Quartet. 7:30 p.m. at the gallery. E-mail us for more ticket info.
October 3rd - 31st: "3 x 3: Wood Furniture & Sculpture - Three New Works by Three Area Artists". Cecil Ross, Robert Spangler, Howard Todd.
November: TBA
December 3rd - 31st: Annual Wearable Art Show.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Back by Popular Demand!
We're very happy to announce that the fabulous Geordie Kelly Jazz Quartet is adding a concert date to our 2008 Summer Jazz Series! The group will be back in the gallery on Saturday night, September 13, at 7:30 p.m. If you haven't heard them yet, don't miss out - this will be their last performance before Geordie goes back to Washington, D.C., to his new post with the Navy Band there.
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