Music at the Museum

The Westford Folk Concerts are first Friday of the month at 8 PM. Warm up performances start at about 7:15 PM. Concerts are either in the Westford Museum, 2 Boston Road, or at the Parish Center for the Arts (PCA), 10 Lincoln Street . For most concerts, adult members of the Museum pay $12, adult non–members $15, and teens $5 per concert. 12 and under are admitted free. Higher prices will apply for the April concert. Season tickets are available.

Our seating space is limited. If you are not a season ticket holder, contact us to reserve a seat.

Oct 7 Rick Spencer, Civil War program – Rick Spencer, from Norwich, CT is best known as a researcher and singer of historical songs. His programs are informative, entertaining and often irreverent. Rick's presentation in Westford will feature songs from the Civil War, with a strong emphasis on those which give insight into the American spirit of the period.

 

 

 

Nov 4 BCMFest Young Musicians -- Organized each year by Katie McNally (see Feb. 3), this popular show will present some of the most accomplished young performers of Celtic music in the Boston area. The show is a warm-up for the Boston Celtic Music Fest in January, showcasing Greater Boston's best performers of music, song and dance from the Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and other Celtic traditions.

 

Dec 2 Rahel, the Vintage Gold Muse – Experience the evolution and musical diversity of American-Israeli Singer-Songwriter; from Woodstock to the Middle East. Vintage Gold Muse is an acoustic folk ethnic world roots sound with hints of jazz, Middle East blends, further East mantras and sometimes driving rhythms and sometimes gentle sounds.

 

 

Jan 6 Custom Blend -- "A cappella with attitude." Custom Blend is (as the name implies) a blend of voices that treats audiences to surprising twists on old and new music, including unusual a cappella arrangements of songs by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Imogen Heap, and even Tchaikowsky. Custom Blend, based in Acton, features 11 singer/friends who have been laughing, singing and performing together for eight years. These folks love what they're doing and who they're doing it with, and it shows. Best of all, they invite their audiences along for what is always an enjoyable ride!

 

 

Feb 3 Katie McNally and Eric McDonald -- Katie McNally, Westford native, is a former New England Scottish Fiddle Champion who has performed at Club Passim, BCMFest, the New Hampshire Highland Games, and as a member of the fiddle ensemble Childsplay. Eric McDonald, mandolin and guitar, studied at Berklee, was a founding member of Jaded Mandolin, and plays regularly in the Boston area.

 

 

Mar 2 Jon Brooks -- In Jon's words, "ultimately, the folk singer is trying to politicize love – to lobby for compassion to be our principle representative in government office." In 2009, his third CD, Moth Nor Rust earned him his second Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for 'Best Songwriter'.

 

 

Apr 13 Stephen Webber -- The Emmy-award-winning Berklee music professor, performer and producer, returns with a handpicked crew of Berklee music students, family and friends for an always-unforgettable performance. At the Parish Center for the Arts. Theater seating. Members $13, non-members $18, teens $5, under 13 free.

 

 

May 4 Whiskey Boys -- Fiddle, a guitar and two voices. The Whiskey Boys play original and traditional Irish, Old Time, and Bluegrass music reharmonized with Jazz, Rock, and wit. Often rowdy, sometimes tender, The Whiskey Boys are always a crowd pleaser. David Delaney was trained in Composition and Violin Performance at Berklee College of Music. Mark Kilianski s guitar playing comes from a solid foundation in Rock and Blues music in his teens, and the study of Jazz Composition at Berklee. The Boys first played the Westford Museum in December of 2010 at a fundraising concert for Boston Celtic Music Festival, they are delighted to now return to play their own show in such a great venue.

 

 

 

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