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Eastern Music Festival, Jun 26, 2010 to Jul 31, 2010
Summer Music Festival & School
Category: Greensboro Festival event in North Carolina
Description of this Greensboro Event: Now entering its 49th year, the Eastern Music Festival & School is recognized for its prodigious contributions to the field of American music and its commitment to nurturing talented American and international youth through a collaborative learning process. The program brings together a cross-section of the world's most sought-after artists with pre-professional students in a five-week schedule of more than 100 concerts and music-related events. The Festival also produces a popular EMFfringe series of alternative programming, featuring everything from Americana to alt country, blues, rock, jazz and gospel. Music Director Gerard Schwarz heads a distinguished list of participating artists. Current and past artists and students include Yo-Yo Ma, Sarah Chang, Wynton Marsalis, Midori, Andre Watts, Joshua Bell, Bruce Hornsby, Bela Fleck, Chick Corea, and many more. While offices are in the Greensboro Cultural Center in downtown Greensboro, NC, concerts and events are held at a variety of locations around the Triad including Guilford College, Triad Stage, UNCG School of Music, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, First Presbyterian Church, Temple Emanuel, Elon University, High Point University, the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts (Washington, DC), Appalachian State University (Boone, NC), and other venues. In addition to the summer festival, EMF produces a Fringe in the Fall series, EMFjazz&blues in the spring, EMFkids events, and other performances throughout the year. EMF also offers an Elderhostel experience during the summer. Visit our website for upcoming events and to plan your visit.
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EMFfringe Party: Lawyers, Guns & Money, Dec 04, 2009 - Next Week
Rockin' the Xmas Tree w/ Lawyers Guns & Money w/LogieMeachum
Category: Greensboro Concert event in North Carolina
Description of this Greensboro Event: Friday • December 4 • 8pm
EMFfringe Party: Rockin' the Christmas Tree with Lawyers, Guns & Money
with Special Guest Logie Meachum
Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., First Floor
JOIN US AFTER THE TREE LIGHTING! Part of Downtown Greensboro's First Friday and Festival of Lights.
Tickets: $10 336.272.0160 or www.EasternMusicFestival.org
20% discount for groups of 10 or more. service fee applies.
Free parking and easy access from the Church Street parking deck.
Lawyers, Guns & Money is Terry VunCannon (guitars & lap steel), Stan Atwell (bass, guitar & vocals), Mike Thomas (drums & vocals), and Rob Slater (guitars). This is a band with something different in mind...the band performs Blues, R&B, Classic Rock, & even Motown, with a healthy dose of instrumentals mixed in their live show. With material ranging from BB King and Robert Cray to Delbert McClinton to Jeff Beck, they have something for everyone.
Lorenzo "Logie" Meachum has been performing literature, stories, and music nationally for more than 30 years. As a blues musician and ethnomusicologist, he is one of the original founders of the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society and in 1995 received the Keeping The Blues Alive Award. The multi-faceted Meachum is also an award-winning educator, guest lecturer, author, actor, composer, director, and playwright. Most recently, Logie was honored in 2008 with the prestigious O. Henry Award for outstanding lifetime contribution to the arts by the United Arts Council and Greensboro Chamber of Commerce.
Sponsored by: McRae Roofing and VunCannon Music Productions
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