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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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2010 EVENTS
Lots of time in the recording studio, promoting the new songwriting book, and
Teaching programs at the
CT Songwriting Academy
Monthly at CT Songwriters Association (schedule)
Jan 12 - Free Seminar: " Internet Resources for Independent Artists". 7:15 Mystic Chamber of Commerce
Feb 9 - Songwriters Tax Workshop 7:15 Mystic Chamber of Commerce
Feb 14 - Haiti Relief Benefit Concert, 2pm, Dunns Corners Community Presbyterian Church, Westerly RI ($10)
Feb 27: Hunger Awareness Concert, Cutler School,
Groton CT 7pm Tickets: $10
(Fishtown Rd Groton CT )
March 6: Feature performance with Kay Pere: Bread Box Folk Series
to benefit Cornerstone Soup Kitchen
St Paul's Episcoal Church, 200 Valley Rd, Willimantic CT ($5 donation)
March 13: Hunger Awareness Concert, 7pm Quaker Hill Baptist Church, Quaker Hill CT ($10)
March 19-21: Songwriting Retreat, Camp Wightman, N. Stonington, CT ( Info here)
Mar 26-27: Presenter and Performer at the Cape May Singer/Songwriter
Conference, Cape May, NJ
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Apr 10 - Hunger Awareness Concert, 2nd Baptist Church, Suffield,
7pm $10
(100 N Main St Suffield, CT 06078-2197 (860)
668-1661)
Apr 17 - East Hartford Community Cultural Center, Voices For Hope Finals, and Chapin Tribute Concert.
Apr 24 - Collaboration Workshop, 1pm Mystic Chamber of Commerce
May 1 - Hunger Awareness Concert, First Baptist Church, Norwich
7pm, Tickets: $10
(239 W Main St Norwich, CT 06360-5442 (860) 889-0369 )
May 8 - Hosting a workshop with Karen Reynolds of Writers Block Radio (
details here)Chamber of Commerce, 14 Holmes St, Mystic CT
May 23 - Hosting a workshop with Deb Russell of Artists Edge (details
here)
Chamber of Commerce, 14 Holmes St, Mystic CT
May - CAMPY Conference, Eastern CT State University
Jun 8 - Hosting a song critique session, Glastonbury YMCA
Jun 19 All-day Songwriting Workshop, 11am-6pm New North Music
Hall, 1 Lincoln St, Hingham, MA
details...
register....
Jun 20 - Glastonbury Showcase, 1:30pm J.B. Williams Park - FREE SHOW
July 1 - Radio interview, WESU Middletown, 4pm
July 6 - Hosting a workshop with Vicki Blankenship, President of
Indiegrrl (details
here)
Chamber of Commerce, 14 Holmes St, Mystic CT
July 16 - Concert and Music Business Workshop -6pm The Buttonwood Tree,
Main St, Middletown CT
Workshop begins at 6pm -- Concert begins at 8pm. $10 at the door.
Jul tbd - Carson's Gathering Place, Noank 6-7:30pm, FREE SHOW
Jul 21-27 - West Coast Events
Aug 19-22 - Knoxville TN, Indiegrrl Conference presentation/Showcase
Sept 14: Hosting a workshop with Nashville Grammy Winner Michael Hopkins, Glastonbury YMCA
Sept 25 - Performing at a benefit event with Grammy Winner Patti Austin (Facebook: Locally Grown, Locally Given)
Oct 2 - Hosting a music licensing workshop with Marci
Geller from NYC (details
here)
Chamber of Commerce, 14 Holmes St, Mystic CT
Oct 8-11 Gove Hill Retreat Center, Vermont (Private retreat)
Oct 16 - Hunger Awareness Concert, First Baptist Church, West Hartford
7pm, Tickets: $10
(90 N Main St West Hartford, CT 06107-1949 (860) 521-1855 )
Nov 9 - Hosting a workshop with John Battaglia, NYC agent and
image consultant for Beyonce and Usher
Wesleyan University, Middletown (details
here)
Nov 18-21 - Presenter/Performer, Independent Music Conference,
Clarion Hotel, Northampton, MA
(www.imc2010.com)
Dec 4 - Annual LUNCH Holiday Show , Stonington
Community Center, 7pm
"
'Twas Nuts Before Christmas "
Tickets: $12.
2011
Mar 25-26: Presenter and Performer at the Cape May Singer/Songwriter
Conference, Cape May, NJ
(www.sscapemay.com)
Apr 1-3, 2011 -- Weekend Songwriting Retreat in the woods. Rgister
early, slots are limited.
Info here
Apr 30: - Harry Chapin Tribute Concert to benefit local
social services -- 7pm, East Hartford Community Cultural Center
50 Chapman Street, Tickets: $15
May 14 - Day of Praise Collaborative Concert -- 7pm
Union Baptist Church, Mystic CT, corner Rt 1 and High St.
Several artists join to gether on each other's spiritual/inspirational
songs to benefit local social services.
Tickets: $10
July 22-24 - Leading a songwriting retreat for Spiritual/Inspirational songs at the Gove Hill Retreat Center in Thetford, VT
ALWAYS MORE TO COME
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Check Back for additions to the Schedule
For an index of past appearances, click here
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BOOKING INFO:
Connecticut Songwriting Academy
PO Box 511, Mystic CT 06355
e-mail: info @
ctsongwriting . com
(remember to remove the spaces, which are there to prevent spam)