2008
October 26
Free Planet Radio CD Release Concert
Grey Eagle Music Hall
185 Clingman Ave., Asheville NC 4:00 pm
http://www.thegreyeagle.com/
October 25
UUFC Coffeehouse
UU Fellowship of Columbia
Columbia SC 8pm
www.uucoffeehouse.org
(w/ Free Planet Radio & Mary Hocks)
October 15
Writer's Block LIVE
Knoxville Museum of Art
Knoxville, TN
6:30pm $8 (solo show)
More info
October 11
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
Cervantino Festival
Alhondiga de Granaditas
Guanajuato, Mexico
www.orlybeigelproductions.com
(playing keyboards in the ensemble)
October 9
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
Calzada de las Artes
León City, Mexico
www.orlybeigelproductions.com
(playing keyboards in the ensemble)
October 3
National Storytelling FestivalJonesborough, TN
10:30pm $15
(backing up Andy Offutt Irwin)
http://storytellingcenter.net/festival/cabaret.htm
September 25
Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
Ramadan Gala for Turkish President
Waldorf Astoria, New York
(playing keyboards in the ensemble)
September 22
Hub-Bub
Spartanburg, SC
http://www.hub-bub.com
7:30pm
(in ensemble w/ Thomas Crowe & The Boatrockers)
September 19
Triboriginal - evening concert
Camp Merri-Mac, Black Mountain, NC
(w/Free Planet Radio)
September 6
Organicfest
Battery Park Ave, Asheville NC
http://www.organicfest.org
August 22
The Back Room
Flat Rock Wine Shoppe
9pm (w/ River Guerguerian & Ashley Chambliss)
http://www.flatrockwineshop.com/
August 16
Asheville Sacred Music & Yoga Festival
Chris & River Guerguerian
Prama Institute, Marshall, NC Evening
July 15
McAlister Auditorium at Furman University
Greenville, SC 7:30 pm
Benefit for No More Victims
Suggested Donation:
$10 Adult, $5 Student, $20 Family
Info http://nomorevictims.org or 864-933-8104
(w/Free Planet Radio)
July 15
World Music Master Class
Furman University
Greenville, SC 12:30-2:00 pm
Sponsored by:
Suzuki Association of South Carolina
(w/Free Planet Radio)
June 7
Grey Eagle Music Hall
Clingman Avenue
Asheville NC
Info: 828-232-5800
http://www.thegreyeagle.com
(w/Free Planet Radio)
May 25
White Squirrel Festival
Brevard NC
(w/ Beth Wood & Eliot Wadopian)
http://whitesquirrelfestival.com
May 11
Lake Eden Arts Festival
1:00pm
http://theleaf.com
(backing up Ashley Chambliss w/ River Guerguerian)
April 27
Six Sundays In Spring
Wake Forest, NC
(w/River Guerguerian)
5-7pm free outdoor concert
April 26
Greening Up The Mountains Festival
Sylva, NC
(backing up Ashley Chambliss w/ River Guerguerian)
April 20
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
Diana Wortham Theatre
2 South Pack Square
Asheville NC 28801
www.dwtheatre.com
(playing keyboards in the ensemble)
April 19
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
(playing keyboards in the ensemble)
April 18
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
Vanderbilt University
Nashville TN
(playing keyboards in the ensemble)
April 12
Down East Folk Arts Society
Clawson's Restaurant
Beaufort, NC
8pm
http://www.downeastfolkarts.org/
(w/ River Guerguerian)
April 11
Down East Folk Arts Society
Trent River Coffee Co
New Bern, NC
8pm
http://www.downeastfolkarts.org/
(w/ River Guerguerian)
March 28
Diana Wortham Theatre
Asheville NC
http://www.dwtheatre.com/
7:30pm
(Free Planet Radio backing up poet Robert Bly)
March 11
Soloist & Arranger w/ Lexington Two District Orchestra String Festival
Columbia SC
February 21-23
Folk Alliance Conference
Memphis TN
February 13
Grey Eagle Music Hall
185 Clingman Ave., Asheville NC
http://www.thegreyeagle.com/
(backing up Ashley Chambliss w/ River Guerguerian)
February 8
SCMEA Conference
Soloist & Arranger w/ Lexington Two District Orchestra
Charleston SC
3:30pm
February 8
Columbia Museum of Art
Columbia SC
8pm
http://www.columbiamuseum.org
(w/ Free Planet Radio)
January 23
UNC-Asheville
Lipinsky Auditorium
12:45 pm
http://www.unca.edu/news/releases/2008/music01.html
(in ensemble w/ Thomas Crowe & The Boatrockers)
2007
December 22
Purple Onion
Saluda, NC
http://www.purpleonionsaluda.com
info:828-749-1179
(solo show)
December 19
Grey Eagle Music Hall
185 Clingman Ave., Asheville NC
http://www.thegreyeagle.com/
(in ensemble w/ Thomas Crowe & The Boatrockers)
November 17
Evening Star Music Series
Sautee-Nacoochee, GA
www.sauteenacoochee.org/eveningstar/star_main.html
(w/ River Guerguerian on percussion & Don Porterfield on bass)
October
6
Little Lake Hill House Concert
Raleigh NC
(solo show)
www.bettpadgett.com/houseconcerts/index.html
September 27-29
Southern Arts Perforimg Arts Exchange Showcase
Louisville, KY
(w/ Free Planet Radio)
September 21
Six String Cafe
Cary, NC
http://www.sixstringcafe.com
September 13
Lenoir-Rhyne College
(in ensemble w/ Thomas Crowe & The Boatrockers)
September 8
Organicfest
Battery Park Avenue
Asheville, NC
2pm
http://organicfest.org
September 7
Black Mountain College Museum & Art Center
(in ensemble w/ Thomas Crowe & The Boatrockers)
8pm
http://www.blackmountaincollege.org
August 19
Grey Eagle Music Hall
185 Clingman Ave., Asheville NC 4:00 pm (early show!)
http://www.thegreyeagle.com/
(w/ Free Planet Radio)
August 4
Summer Music in Flat Rock
Little Rainbow Row’s
back deck-corner of Greenville Hwy & W. Blue Ridge Rd
6-8PM, free, bring a chair
Flat Rock, NC
828-697-7719
July 28
Evening Star Music Series
Sautee-Nacoochee, GA
www.sauteenacoochee.org/eveningstar/star_main.html
(sideman w/ Tom Prasado-Rao)
July 16
UNC-Asheville
Concerts on the Quad
http://www.unca.edu/culturalarts
Jazz quartet w/Byron Hedgepeth, Eliot Wadopian & Stuart Reinhardt
7pm/free admission
July 14
Asheville Spirit Festival
http://www.pramainstitute.org/
(w/ Free Planet Radio)
June 21
Artists for Sustainability Benefit
Bobo Gallery, 22 Lexington Ave. Asheville, NC 9:00pm
Pre-concert reception, 8:00 pm
(w/ Free Planet Radio)
June 15
Wofford College
Spartanburg, SC
(private event)
June 8
Acoustic Sounds Cafe
Little Rock, AR
(w/Kristin deWitt & Blake Travis)
www.acousticsoundscafe.org
May 11
Little Lake Hill House Concert
Raleigh NC
(w/ Free Planet Radio)
www.bettpadgett.com/houseconcerts/index.html
April 14-22
West Coast tour with Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
Locations TBA
April 8
Songwriters Anonymous Concert Series
Unitarian Universalist Church
Spartanburg, SC
7:30pm http://songanon.org/
April 3
Star Songwriter Series at Eighth & Rail
Opelika AL
$8 http://star.opelika.cc/
(w/ Dave Potts & Jeff Talmadge)
February 24
Folk Alliance Conference
Memphis TN
February 22
Grey Eagle Music Hall
Clingman Avenue, Asheville NC
828-232-5800
www.thegreyeagle.com
8pm $10
split bill with Chris (mostly solo) & Percussion: River Guerguerian
& Michael Lipsey
February 11
SNAFU
The Waterfront Hotel
1710 Thames St. in Fell's Point
Baltimore MD
6-8pm www.waterfronthotel.us
February 10
Second Saturday Concert Series
Unity Church in Frederick
One West Ninth St.
Frederick MD 21701
8pm www.unityfrederick.org
January 26 & 27
Jazz Quartet (Chris on Piano)
(w/ Eliot Wadopian, Byron Hedgepeth & Stuart Reinhardt)
Grove Park Inn Lobby
5-8pm
January 20
Free Planet Radio & The Divine Maggees
Grey Eagle Music Hall
Clingman Avenue, Asheville NC
828-232-5800
www.thegreyeagle.com
9pm $10
2006
December 9
Underground Folk at the Fellowship
Greenville Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship
7:30pm $10
1135 State Park Rd.
Greenville SC
http://www.undergroundfolk.com
November 15
Bikini Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
http://www.bikinibcn.com/bikini.ysi?LANG=3
w/ Martha's Trouble
November 8 & 9
Festival of New American Music
w/ Free Planet Radio
University of California - Sacramento
Sacramento CA
http://www.csus.edu/music/fenam/index.htm
October 27
The Evening Muse
Charlotte NC
www.theeveningmuse.com
CD release show withe Steve Simpson & Karl Ruch
October 19 ***CANCELLED***
Blackwater Grille
Hendersonville NC
www.blackwatergrille.net
October 13 & 14
Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center
Memphis, TN 8:00 pm
(playing keyboards in the ensemble)
http://www.stmarysschool.org/thebuckman
October 12
Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
State College, PA
(playing keyboards in the ensemble)
October 1
Carolina HopeFest
Koka Booth Amphitheatre
Cary, NC
http://carolinahope.org
Other acts include Pierce
Pettis, Aimee Mann, Over The Rhine, The Indigo Girls & more
Saturday, September 30
Flat Rock Festival
Flat Rock, NC
http://www.flatrockmusicfestival.com
Saturday, September 16
Tosco Music Party
Charlotte NC
http://www.toscomusicparty.com
Saturday, September 9
Organic Fest
Asheville NC
http://www.organicfest.org
2pm
Saturday, September 2
Kerrville Folk Festival
Kerrville, TX
(playing piano & dotar w/ Tom Prasada-Rao on mainstage)
http://www.kerrville-music.com
September 1, 2006
Solo CD release show
Grey Eagle
Asheville NC
http://www.thegreyeagle.com
828-232-5800
w/Free Planet Radio
July 30, 2006
Bele Chere Festival
Asheville, NC
1:45 pm Haywood Stage
http://www.belecherefestival.com
w/ River Guerguerian
June 19, 2006
UNCA Concerts on the Quad
Asheville, NC
http://www.unca.edu/studentlife/arts.htm
7pm (free admission)
w/Eliot Wadopian on bass & Byron Hedgepath on drums
June 12, 2006
Steve Key’s Music Showcase at the WestSide Cafe
1A W. 2nd Street
Frederick, MD
301-418-6886
www.westside-cafe.com
June 11, 2006
Focus Inn Alexandria
at the Church of the Resurrection
2280 North Beuregard St.
Alexandria, VA 22311
7pm $15/$12 Focus members
http://www.focusmusic.org
June 10, 2006
Helios Coffee Company
413 Glenwood Ave
Raleigh NC
9pm $8
http://www.sixstringcafe.com
June 3, 2006
Summer Music in Flat Rock
Little Rainbow Row’s
back deck-corner of Greenville Hwy & W. Blue Ridge Rd
6-8PM, free, bring a chair
Flat Rock, NC
828-697-7719
April 23, 2006
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
Special guest Hasan Isakkut on Kanun
Cornell University - Statler Auditorium
Ithaca, NY 14853
Info: Tel: 607-351 3337
Email: ck225@cornell.edu
(playing keyboards in the ensemble)
April 21, 2006
"Sharing Music... Giving Hope"
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
Special guest Hasan Isakkut on Kanun
Boston University - Law School Auditorium
765 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Reservation & ticket: bupakistan@gmail.com
Info: 617-233 5136
(playing keyboards in the ensemble)
April 2
Center for Positive Living
(music for Sunday morning services)
Charlotte NC
http://www.cplcharlotte.com
March 30
Purple Onion
Saluda, NC
http://www.purpleonionsaluda.com
info:828-749-1179
March 18
UUFC Coffeehouse
UU Fellowship of Columbia
Columbia SC
www.uucoffeehouse.org
8pm w/ Ron Fetner
January 28-29
Sounds of LA
Paul Getty Museum
Playing keyboards w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
http://www.getty.edu/
January 18
UNC-Asheville
Lipinsky Auditorium
12:30 pm
Concert w/ River Guerguerian
January 8
Mountain Spirit Coffeehouse
UU Church of Asheville
Asheville NC
www.main.nc.us/uuca/COFFEEHOUSE.htm
7:30 pm $10/$7student
2005
December 10
Red Light Cafe
Atlanta GA
www.redlightcafe.com
opening & playing in the band w/The
Brilliant Inventions
December 4
The Grey Eagle
Asheville NC
Sunday afternoon 4pm $10
www.thegreyeagle.com
w/ Free Planet Radio (Chris, Eliot Wadopian-bass & River Guerguerian-percussion)
November 17
Asheville Symphony Guild
St.Marks Lutheran Church
Asheville NC
9:30-10:30am Guest speaker on world instruments
November 18
The Evening Muse
Charlotte NC 8pm
split bill w/ Johnsmith
www.theeveningmuse.com
October 28
Pin Drop House Concerts
at the home of Blaine and Leah Howard
8802 Elkins Park Drive
Matthews, NC 28105
Seating limited to 35, reservations encouraged.
Door opens at 7pm (no early arrivals, please), music begins at 7:30
$12 suggested donation
704-536-0017
www.pindrophouseconcerts.com
October 2
Carolina Acoustic Music Festival
Benefit Concert for Autism & Alzheimer's
w/ Beth Wood, David LaMotte, Chuck Brodsky, Jonathan Byrd and more
Koka Booth Amphitheater
8003 Regency Parkway
Cary, NC 27511
Tickets: 919-462-2052
http://www.boothamphitheatre.com
September 24
Tidewater Friends Of Folk Music
Va. Beach Central Library, 7:30 pm
w/ Ron Fetner
Tickets $10 - $14
Reservations Call 757.626.FOLK (3655)
http://www.tffm.org
September 18
Keyboards w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
World Festival of Sacred Music
Los Angeles, CA 6:00 pm
http://www.soundsofthesacred.org/index.html
September 9-10
Hair-the musical
Pit Band w/ Aaron Price, River Guerguerian, Tom Leiner
Diana Wortham Theatre, Asheville, NC
http://www.fastfwd.info/HAIR/tickets.htm
September 4
Center for Positive Living
Sunday Morning Service and Afternoon Concert
Charlotte NC
http://www.cplcharlotte.com
August 26-27, 2005
Keyboards w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
Genesis at the Crossroads Festival
Chicago, IL
www.gatc.org
August 6,, 2005
Six String Cafe
Cary NC
www.sixstringcafe.com
July 30, 2005
Evening Star Concert Series
Sautee-Nacoochee GA
(band show w/ Joe Ebel, Don Porterfield & River Guerguerian) www.sauteenacoochee.org/eveningstar/star_main.html
July 29, 2005
Music on the Square
Jonesboro TN
May 21, 2005
The House of Good Coffeehouse
First United Lutheran Church
6210 E. Mockingbird
Dallas TX
214-384-3852
7pm (doors 6:30) $10
May 20-21, 2005
Wildflower Festival
Richardson TX
www.wildflowerfestival.com
May 14, 2005
Underground Folk at the Fellowship
w/ Free Planet Radio
Greenville UU Fellowship
Greenville, SC
www.undergroundfolk.com
April 22, 2005
Three Rivers Festival
Columbia SC
April 16, 2005
Asheville Christ School
Festival w/Martha's Trouble, Kimberly Summer & more
March 26, 2005
Six String Cafe
Cary NC
www.sixstringcafe.com
March 19, 2005
Keyboards w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
& East West Ensemble
The 20th Annual Jewish Music Festival
Wheeler Auditorium / UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Tickets & Info: 415-276-1511
www.brjcc.org
March 12, 2005
Keyboards w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
The Tower Theatre
835 NW Wall Street
Bend, Oregon
www.towertheater.org
March 11, 2005
Keyboards w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
1st Congregational Church
1126 SW Park Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97205
Info: 503-234 7035 or dhavir@earthlink.net
March 6, 2005
Keyboards w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
WorldBeat Cultural Center
2100 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101
Info: 619-230-1190
www.worldbeatcenter.org
March 5, 2005
Keyboards w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble
Don Grusin & Friends
Robert Frost Auditorium
4401 Elenda St.
Culver City, CA 90230
February 27, 2005
Grey Eagle Music Hall (w/ AVAS)
Asheville NC
www.greyeaglemusic.com
January 28, 2005
Acoustic Seen (w/ Jonathan Byrd & David Morreale)
Coffee Underground
Greenville SC
www.acousticseen.com
Jan 15, 2005
Second Story Coffee House
Denton MD
Jan 8, 2005
Little Lake Hill House Concert
Raleigh NC
(w/ Free Planet Radio)
www.bettpadgett.com/houseconcerts/index.html
Jan 7,2005
Williamsburg Regional Library
Williamsburg VA
(w/ Ron Fetner)
2004
Dec 3 Acoustic Muse at the Gravity
Lounge, Charlottesville VA (w/ Ron Fetner) 8pm $12 www.gravity-lounge.com
November 20 UU Church of Columbia
Coffeehouse, Columbia SC 8pm www.chaliceweb.org/cuups/coffee/coffee.htm
October 23 Wild For Life Benefit,
The Grey Eagle, Asheville NC www.greyeaglemusic.com
October 9 Second Saturdays Coffeehouse,
Summit NJ 8pm $12 www.secondsaturdays.org
October 2 Six String Cafe, Cary
NC www.sixstringcafe.com
Sept 11 Mozaic Room Coffeehouse,
Avon, MA 8pm (w/Jack Williams) www.mozaicroom.org
August 20 Acoustic Seen, Coffee
Underground, Greenville SC Free Planet Radio (Chris, River Guerguerian
& Eliot Wadopian) CD Release show!!!
www.acousticseen.com
August 14 Underberg House Concerts,
Cape Girardeau MO www.angelfire.com/folk/houseconcerts/
August 13 Tunes At
Twilight, Cape Girardeau MO
August 8 Music on
the Farm, Blue Mounds WI 3pm info: 608-437-4080
August 7 Folk at Four, Madison WI
info: www.madfolk.org
August 5 Reflextions, Maquoketa
IA 8pm $10 www.re-flex-tions.com
July 24 The Evening Muse, Charlotte
NC 8pm info: Free Planet Radio (Chris, River Guerguerian & Eliot
Wadopian) CD Release Show!!! www.theeveningmuse.com
July 17 Grey Eagle, Asheville NC 9pm Info: Free Planet Radio (Chris,
River Guerguerian & Eliot Wadopian) CD Release Show!!!
July 16 Six String Cafe, Cary NC
8pm Info: Free Planet Radio (Chris, River Guerguerian & Eliot
Wadopian) CD Release Show!!! www.sixstringcafe.com
Jul. 1 WUWF Radio Live, Pensacola
FL www.radiolive.org
June 12 Morning Dew
Coffee House, Winston-Salem, NC 8pm (opening for and
playing in the band with Martha's Trouble) info:
336-723-JAVA
June 11
Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte NC 8pm, (opening for and
playing in the band with Martha's Trouble) info:
704-358-9298
June 10 Six String
Cafe, Cary NC 8pm (opening for and playing in the band
with Martha's Trouble)
Mar. 24 Vic's Music Corner, Rockville MD Info: www.victorheyman.com (w/Stephanie Corby)
Feb. 27 Rugby Middle School,
Hendersonville NC (private show)
Feb. 21 Acoustic Seen, Coffee
Underground, Greenville SC 8pm (w/Gigi Dover)
Jan. 23 Six String Cafe. Cary NC 8pm Info: www.sixstringcafe.com (w/Stephanie Corby)
Jan. 21 Baldwin's Station, Sykesville MD 8pm Info:
www.uptownconcerts.com or 410-795-1041 (w/Stephanie Corby)
Jan. 18 Kitchen House Concerts,
Kearneysville WV (w/Stephanie Corby)
Jan. 17 Coffeehouse with a Conscience, Westfield
NJ 8pm $12. Info: www.coffeewithconscience.com or 908-232-8723 (w/Stephanie Corby) |
