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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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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 )====================================================
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 15 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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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)