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SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES and RELATED EVENTS Three Decades of Touching Hearts and Minds with some of the finest songcrafting of our time.
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Bill is currently President and Executive Director of the Connecticut Songwriters Association, as well as Executive Director of the LUNCH Ensemble. For complete event calendars of these two organizations, which will include most of Bill's major concert appearances, click the links below.
Bill also does private consultations and mentoring in any aspect of songwriting, performing , or developing a career in the music business, through the Connecticut Songwriting Academy . Recording, production, publishing and distribution too.
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Bill is based in New England, and has performed across the U.S., and in Canada and Europe. Venues include colleges, theaters, coffeehouses, schools, conferences, and festivals around the country. |
| Bill Pere with Steve Chapin, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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| The annual L.U.N.C.H. Holiday Show -- An original production by Bill and the Ensemble.
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For Other Highlights, see the the LUNCH and CSA calendars
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Bill keeps a light performing schedule so as to devote more time to writing, recording, and teaching, so catch the performances when you can. Bill performs either solo, with the LUNCH Ensemble, or as part of the band Heart and Spiral )For a listing of selected Venue Highlights,
click here
For a listing of past appearance schedules,
click here
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2008 EVENTS
Bill is very busy writing the final version of his long-awaited book "Songcrafters' Coloring Book: The Ultimate Guide to Effective and Successful Songwriting" . Expect a 2009 release.
Lots of time in the recording studio, and
Teaching programs at the
CT Songwriting Academy
Monthly at CT Songwriters Association (schedule)
Jan 11 - Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford: - Songwriting Workshop,
9-1pm for
the
Glastonbury Inter-district Middle School Composition Session
Jan 15 - Free Seminar: "How to Be Your Own Publisher and other music business FAQ's". 7:15 Mystic Chamber of Commerce
Jan 21 - Songwriting Presentation/Performance: SoNo Songshare,
27 Elizabeth Street, South Norwalk, CT (info: 203-321-5959)
Feb 12 - "Tax Strategies for Musicians and Songwriters"
7:15
Mystic Chamber of Commerce
Mar 6-8: Presenter and Performer at the Cape May Singer/Songwriter Conference, Cape May, NJ (
www.sscapemay.com)
Mar 17, 31 -
6-9pm: 3-part course "Music Business Myths and Realities"
Westerly Continuing Education --Babcock School, Westerly RI
Register / Info
here
Mar 21-24 - West Coast tour '08. House concerts, etc.
Apr 5 - St David Episcopal Church, Ledyard CT - with the Ensemble
Apr 12 - Old Saybrook First Congregational Church - 7pm - Benefit for the Shoreline Soup Kitchens. 366 Main St, Old Saybrook CT
Apr 19-20 Hosting a Songwriting Woorkshop with Pat Pattison from the Berklee School of Music. Visit the CSA website for registration info.
May 9 7:30pm Special Harry Chapin Tribute
Benefit Event,
Shubert Theater, New Haven
with Steve Chapin, Big John Wallace, and Howard Fields
and the Voices For Hope'06-07 winners.
Tickets:
Shubert Box Office
May 17 - Collaboration Workshop, Mystic Chamber of Commerce
May 18 - Benefit for Harvest Homes. Central Baptist Church, Westerly,
RI. #pm
Tickets: $10
Summer 08 - Voices For Hope Finals/Concert
June 20-22 The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, Independent Music Conference, Charleston, West Virginia Presenter/Performer (www.imc08.com)
June 22 - JB Williams Park, Glastonbury, CSA Showcase (approx 1 pm)
July 13-19 - Music Director, Camp Wightman (www.campwightman.org)Aug 13 - 17-- -
Aug 13-17 - Independent Music Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Presenter/Performer (www.imc08.com)
August 24 JB Williams Park, Glastonbury, CSA Showcase, with the Ensemble
Oct 11-14 Gove Hill Retreat Center, Vermont (Private retreat)
Nov TBD - St Johns University, NYC.
Nov 9- Veterans Day Concert at Mystic River Folk (Tentative)
Dec 6 - Annual LUNCH Holiday Show , Stonington
Community Center, 7pm
"A Hogwort's Chtistmas: Harry Shopper and the Order From Phoenix"
Tickets: $12.
ALWAYS MORE TO COME
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2007
Lots of time in the recording studio, and
Teaching programs at the
CT Songwriting Academy
Mystic River Folk Special Concert Series (schedule)
Monthly at CT Songwriters Association (schedule)
January 9 - Free Seminar: "Strategies for Success in a Rapidly Changing Digital World". 7:15pm, Mystic Chamber of Commerce, 14 Holmes St, Mystic CT.
January 22, 29 : 7-9pm Songwriting Course at Westerly Enrichment Center,
State St School, Westerly RI
February 10 -5pm Pine Point School, Barnes Rd, Stonington -- Tickets:
$10
The Chapin Legacy Remembered
with the Ensemble to benefit local social
services.
February 17 - Mystic River Folk with Marci Geller from NYC, and Kay Pere
February 19: The official release of the long-awaited double CD, "Dare to Dream"
February 25, 4pm
Baggot Inn, 82 W. 3rd St (Greenwich Village), New York City;
Songwriting presentation/Critique and Showcase.
March 03 3 PM Mystic United Methodist Church - free program, with Ensemble
March 05 - Radio interview WILI, Willimantic area.
March 10 - 7pm St
Michael's Center, Baltic. Hunger Awareness Concert
with the Ensemble to benefit social services Tickets: $10
March 24 5pm, With the Ensemble at the Bradford School in Westerly, RI
April 14 - 1-5pm - Hosting a Collaboration Workshop, Mystic Chamber of
Commerce
14 Holms ST, Mystic
April 23 & 30 -
7-9pm Songwriting & Music Business Course at
Westerly Enrichment Center,
Babcock School, Westerly RI
http://wcee.westerlyps.org
May 04 - 8pm Music For a Change Concert Series, University of
Hartford
"A Tribute to Harry Chapin"
tickets: $15
Info and
Directions
June 01 - 7:30pm Special
Harry Chapin Tribute Benefit Event,Shubert Theater, New Haven
with Steve Chapin, Big John Wallace, and Howard Fields
and the Voices For Hope'06 winners.
Tickets: Shubert Box Office
June 30, Granite Theater, Westerly, RI: Voices For Hope '07 finals .
June 17 - JB Williams Park, Glastonbury, CSA Showcase (approx 1 pm)
July 7 - Wethersfield Summer Songshare (invitation only)
July 14 - New London Sailfest - 1:30pm
July 15-21 Music Director, Camp Wightman (www.campwightman.org)
August 11 - Brick, NJ Voices For Hope event
August 26 JB Williams Park, Glastonbury, CSA Showcase, with the Ensemble
Aug 29 - Sept 4 -- - Independent Music Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Presenter/Performer
(www.imc07.com)
Sept 15 - St James Episcopal Church, West Hartford, CSA Day of Praise
Concert.
St James's Episcopal Church West Hartford
www.stjameswh.org
19 Walden St, West Hartford, 06107 - (860) 521-5756
Get directions -
More information
Sept 25 - Hosting a Pro Workshop with Gilli Moon from L.A.
Sept 30 - Suffield Baptist Church - 10:00am service
Oct 1 and Oct 15 6-9pm: 2-part course "The
Craft of Songwriting"
Westerly Continuing Education --Babcock School, Westerly RI
October 5-8 Gove Hill Retreat Center, Vermont (Private retreat)
October 13 University of Connecticut
November 6 7:15pm - Presentation at Wesleyan University
November 10 - Veterans Day Concert, with Tom Callinan at Mystic River Folk
Nov 14 - 3-4 pm Academy Point, Mystic CT
Nov TBD 9-11pm, St Johns University, NYC
December 1 - 7:00pm, Union Baptist Church, Mystic -- Holiday Concert to benefit local social services. An event for the whole family featuring the entire LUNCH Ensemble. Tickets: $10 (at the door) $8 in advance
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Check Back for additions to the Schedule
For an index of past appearances, click here
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CD's CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON IN THE STUDIO
Rural Mural (completing the Crest of a Wave / Cityscape trilogy)
8 songs recorded so far
Let Me Count the Ways: The Love Song Collection
College Collage (sequel to "High School My School" )
Origami Heart (Kay's 3rd CD)
Pebble (Kay's 4th CD)
Dolphin's Daughters (Kay's 2nd CD)
The Secret Songs
PLUS producing songs for several talented new
artists and
several compilation CDs
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BOOKING INFO:
Connecticut Songwriting Academy
PO Box 511, Mystic CT 06355
e-mail: info @
ctsongwriting . com
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