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Monday, September 22nd, 5:30-7 pm
Bumbleroot Organic Farm, Windham
sliding scale donation, no advanced tickets required
Welcome fall with vibrant chamber music that connects new sounds, the environment, and the community.
Vigorous Tenderness is an immersive outdoor concert series that amplifies marginalized voices in classical music and democratizes new / experimental music. This fall equinox event resembles an art museum experience, with with seven different chamber ensembles nestled into the landscape, playing continuously as the audience follows a path of listening and reflection.
People of all ages are welcome; this is a family friendly event.
Please arrive between 5:30 and 6:15 pm and move through the installation at your own pace.
Sliding scale donations are welcomed: suggested ticket price is $30 but please pay what you can based on need.
Cash and venmo are accepted; everything goes to the musicians and to sustaining future concerts.
Venmo: @VigorousTenderness
The rain date for this event is Tuesday, September 23rd.
Please bike or carpool; parking will be limited.
We value inclusion and access for all participants. This concert involves moving over uneven ground, navigating some wide flat trails, and visiting musical sites up to 0.5 miles from the parking lot. For restroom access, there are two porta potties. For more information, please reach out to vigorous.tenderness@gmail.com.
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Our fall equinox concert will feature music by Luis Fernando Amaya, Yaz Lancaster, Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Alex Temple, Sage Harlow, Elizabeth A. Baker, and Rhiannon Giddens
performed by Maine-based musicians Fred Edelen, Christina Scott Edelen, Nate Lesser, Kal Sugatski, Katherine Liccardo, Maria Wagner, Kate Campbell Strauss, Tom Parchman, Matthew Watras, Suki Flanagan, Wren Saunders, Barry Saunders, Anna Noyes, Matt Consul, Lucas Goodman, José Martinez, Annie Antonacos, Emma Stanley, and Meg McIntyre with a world premiere site-specific dance work choreographed by Betsy Dunphy.
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