Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association
Sunday Afternoons at The Library Concerts
Concerts are held on selected Sundays in an intimate
setting at the Centre County Library Museum, a Georgian home (ca. 1815) located
on the northwest corner of Allegheny and Howard streets in Bellefonte.
Performances begin at 2:30 p.m. Concerts are funded through a Local Government Grant
jointly funded by the
Borough of Bellefonte
and The Pennsylvania Council on the
Arts
, a state agency. State
government funding comes through an annual appropriation by Pennsylvania's
General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Applications for Local Government Grants are administered by BHCA.
Library Concerts are arranged by Diane Gold Toulson.
MUSIC SERIES 2009-2010
October 18,
2009 THE ARTHUR GOLDSTEIN JAZZ QUARTET The Arthur Goldstein Jazz
Quartet has been heard at festivals, clubs, and concerts throughout the region
and beyond, including First Night & Jazz PA. The leader recently appeared
with Rick Hirsch at the Rex, Toronto's famed jazz venue. The group,
including Arthur Goldstein, piano, Steve Bowman, saxophones, Kevin Lowe,
drums, and Jeff Beck, bass, plays the best in post-bop jazz and boasts an
uncommon sense of tightly-knit ensemble playing. They play the music of
Cole Porter, Gershwin, Monk, Wayne Shorter, and Goldstein.
November 17, 2009
BANJOVIAL This local group plays bluegrass, folk, jazz, and music by Louis
Armstrong. Mike Evock and Jim Keirn, banjos, Roger Munnell, trombone and
washboard, and Mike Loewen, tuba, comprise the group.
March 21, 2010 The Easterly
Chamber Trio with Anne Sullivan A recital of
French music with Smith Toulson, clarinet, Diane Gold Toulson, flute, & Anne
Sullivan, harp
April 25, 2010 Centre Heritage
Singers Miriam Locklin leads a group of 20
singers in classical, folk, and pop choral music