KENYON HALL PRESENTS:

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Featuring:
The Summit
DJ Dave

Thursday, December 5th 2024

Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 6:30pm

All Ages

Seated / Standing

FREE ADMISSION

Kenyon Hall celebrates our many students who are constantly growing, learning, and taking the music world by storm! Come celebrate their achievements with us and catch a special surprise performance by a Special Guest Artist as they give back to our young and aspiring community of musicians!
We feel so supported in our efforts to provide this space for our students and what them to feel the same - so come on out, cheer them on and take your seasonal dose of rock!

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KENYON HALL PRESENTS

Tom Deslongchamp in Cartoon Mess LIVE

Saturday, November 16th 2024

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm

All Ages

Seated

$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student

Cartoon Mess LIVE! is an umbrella of interactive animated performances. Only using keyboards, tablets and cameras. I’ve written the code myself, and I pull all the strings: direction, character performances, and camera switching.. all while live-streaming on twitch.tv/tomthinks. It’s like cartoon improv. Toonprov?

The flagship show (Cartoon Mess LIVE!) is hosted by Duck and Tom. From user-submitted word suggestions, they sketch scenes that come to life! The drawings begin to speak, or sing, or scream!? Anything is possible!

Tom Deslongchamp is an all around creative. Making portraits using a variety of methods, but the most unusual is his fingerprint/ink technique. Follow his art journey on his @tomthinks account on Instagram.

Tom is also a digital puppeteer. This performance will feature his Cartoon Mess LIVE which also streams on twitch.tv/tomthinks. Follow @CartoonMessLIVE on Instagram for show updates and clips.

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Ilana Zaks

Sunday, November 10th 2024

Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm

All Ages

Seated

$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student

Program will include:

Bach Partita #3
Ysaye Sonata #4
Kreisler Recitative and Scherzo

Milstein Paganiniana
Brannon: A Year with Cancer
Gershwin: Summertime solo arrangement

Jewish-American violinist and member of the Seattle Symphony, Ilana Zaks has been described as “fearless, refreshing and commanding” (Boston Music Intelligencer) and “captivating and delightful”(Worcester Telegram). She has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony, and as a soloist, with the Boston Civic Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, New England Philharmonic, Pioneer Valley Symphony, Pro-Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Nashua Chamber Orchestra, Wellesley Symphony, Brockton Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Symphony, Arlington Philharmonic, Cape Cod Symphony, Symphony Pro Musica, and Thayer Symphony Orchestra.

At the age of eleven, Ilana had her symphonic debut with the Boston Civic Symphony under the conductorship of Maestro Max Hobart. In October of 2013, Ilana had the privilege to be a featured soloist with Boston Civic at the Jordan Hall in Boston and in the summer of 2012, at the Boston Hatch Shell. Other notable appearances have included performing on the stages of Symphony Hall and Harvard University's Sanders Theater in Boston, Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, Benaroya Hall, Powell Hall in St Louis, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, The Concertgebouw, Rudolfinum, Granada Festival, Valladolid National Concert hall and Smetana Hall.

In addition to playing chamber music and collaborating with individual artists of all disciplines, Ilana enjoys and seeks collaborations with cultural centers, dance companies (ballet, tap, hip hop, modern, dance theater, tango, swing, ballroom, contemporary); comedy groups (sketch, stand up, improvisation); theater companies (experimental, Shakespearean, jazz ensembles, fashion designers; visual artists (photographers, painters, collage, mixed media artists, digital, projection designers, lighting designers); athletes (artistic and rhythmic gymnasts, ice dancers); chefs and vineyards, educational farms; writers (spoken word, poets, novelists, memoirists, journalists, academics); medical professionals (research, public health outreach projects), software engineers, designers and architects (AR, AI, VR, video game design) and more.

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Roughtail
Feat. American Flats
& Model Shop

Saturday, November 9th 2024

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm

All Ages

Seated

$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student

Rough Tail is the project name for singer/songwriter, Larence Wawro.  Based in Seattle, WA, he crafts Americana-tinged songs that combine hooks with traditional structures and explore the human condition in three minute morsels.

American Flats is an Americana/Rock band from Seattle WA.  AF has been wowing audiences across Seattle since it formed in 2019.  Their first album “Nevada” was released earlier this year, is available on vinyl and is on all the major streaming platforms.  

Model Shop spins shimmering melodies and acrobatic hooks into tightly crafted songs that probe the ether of love and longing through a nostalgic pop lens. Emerging from the descendants of indie-pop darlings Math & Physics club, Model Shop’s albums ‘Love Interest’ (2022) and ‘Check the Forecast’ (2023)  met rave reviews and rotation on KEXP. With a new album in the works, the Seattle-based band continues to bring sunshine to even the rainiest NW days.

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Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band
Sousa Birthday Bash!

Sunday, November 3rd 2024

Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm

All Ages

Seated

$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student

Bringing their own party with them, the Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band, Seattle’s own non-marching march band, plays the greatest hits of band music, rousing classics by John Philip Sousa, Henry Fillmore and more. What sets them apart? You can expect appearances by the Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band Drill Team, and the world’s only Sedentary Majorette, who performs thrilling feats of seated baton twirling. This band’s sparkling goodwill never fails to make people smile.
Excited and armed with cake in honor of the one and only John Philip Sousa celebrating his 170th birthday!

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Cyd Smith and Greg Scott
Featuring Julian Smedley

Saturday, November 2nd 2024

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm

All Ages

Seated

$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student

Genre bending-blending singer/songwriter/guitarist Cyd Smith is hard to pin down. With years of performing in the Nortwest in bands covering everything from bluegrass to swing to rock 'n roll, she covers a remarkable breadth of stylistic ground, Her deft guitar playing interweaves seamlessly with her soulful, sensuous vocals. She can deliver a self-penned song with depth and charm or give new meaning to a vintage swing standard. Or perhaps she'll get your feet tapping to a ripping guitar arrangement of an old piano rag or heat up the room with a classic blues ballad.

With songs full of wry wit and tenderhearted longing, Greg Scott accompanies his distinctive baritone voice with skillful guitar in a variety of styles. Tonight Greg brings some of his classic material ("Moonlight Ain't No Use To Me", "Work For The County") and some new ones like "The Worms and the Germs".

In the days when singer-songwriters ruled the NW Folklife Festival, Greg Scott was one that audiences made sure to seek out. Of late, Greg has been working a bit under the radar, with a composing group consisting of crackerjack musicians Julian Smedley, Kim Scanlon, Ben Smith, and Libby Torrance. “The Palace Thieves“ will be releasing an album in early 2025.

Julian Smedley’s exquisite violin and tasty solos round out the evening's musical offerings. Julian has had a career as a violinist and vocalist in England, the Bay Area and now the Northwest. He has played and recorded with many bands and currently works as a record producer, arranger session musician and performer. Recent projects include ‘Les Cygnes’- a 13 song original recording co-written with The Palace Thieves (band mate Greg Scott features prominently)!

"Great writing"-Laurie Lewis (west coast bluegrass titan)

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Guerrilla Recording Studio with Steve Fisk & John Goodmanson

Monday Evenings October 21st - November 11th, 2024

4-hour session: 6:30pm - 10:30pm

- $400 to attend all 4 evening workshops
- Limited to 12 participants.
- Advance reservation required.

Noted Seattle veteran record producers Steve Fisk (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pigonhed, Solo  Artist) and John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney, Wu-Tang Clan, Blood Brothers, Blonde  Redhead) will open students eyes and ears to the magic that can be made from your bedroom, basement and even your local arts hall. Over the course of four consecutive Mondays in October and November the duo will be discussing and teaching on the topics of recording, producing and mixing in the current production environment and on a budget!

Where: Kenyon Hall - 7904 35th Ave SW Seattle, WA

When: Mondays in October 21 and November 2024, 6:30 pm-10:30 pm 

What We Will Talk About: Making what used to be called records. The focus of these workshops will be primarily on recording and mixing music made by bands and songwriters with traditional rock instrumentation – Guitars, Bass, Live Drums, Vocals. There will be specific discussion about: 

- Recording Live Drums. 

- Recording outside of a traditional studio environment. 

- Recording on a budget.

- Creative and inventive ways to “make it work”

- Keeping things running smoothly (recording session workflow) 

- Basic mixing techniques

Who It’s For: Aspiring record producers, engineers, and mixers who have a basic  understanding of the modern recording process. 

Musicians with an interest in the recording process, or who, by necessity, are recording  themselves and would like to know how to make the process easier and sound better. 

What WILL NOT be covered: MIDI. How to use recording software. How to succeed  in the music business. Marketing your music. 

We will be talking from experience about making records - what has worked for us and  what hasn’t and why, how we approach working with bands and musicians and how to apply  current technology to creating music for commercial release. 

Evening 1, Oct 21, 2024: Overview of the process – how we make records (between the two  of us, hundreds of records) w/ Q and A and specific examples. Recording live drums at Kenyon Hall. 

Evening 2, Oct 28, 2024: Recording guitar and bass
Evening 3, Nov 4, 2024: Recording vocals and keyboards

Evening 4, Nov 11, 2024: Mixing and mastering techniques

KENYON HALL PRESENTS

Lookout Mountain Lookout
Feat. Hayward Sun

Saturday, October 19th 2024

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm

All Ages

Standing - limited seating

$10 General Admission / $5 Senior/Student

Lookout Mountain Lookout:
Some call it alt-country. Some call it Americana. Lookout Mountain Lookout calls it a good time. We play high-octane original music with nods to alt-country, the Bakersfield Sound, and more. LML is based in Seattle. We love the twang.

Hayward Sun is a Burien/White Center based  3-piece consisting of Brian Terreson (vocals and guitar, Tim Funk (percussion and vocals), and Jon Grant (Bass). Songwriting is influenced by a wide variety of artists including: Brandi Carlile, Paul Simon, and Wilco. Our live performances have drawn comparisons to acts such as The Avett Brothers and Violent Femmes. Previous venues played include The Sunset, Tim’s Tavern, Skylark, Blue Moon, and Conor Byrne Pub. 

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Dave Nachmanoff & Friends

Saturday, October 12th 2024

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm

All Ages

Seated

$25 General Admission / $20 Senior/Student

Not many people get to realize their early dreams - Dave Nachmanoff has toured the world both on his own, and as the guitarist and opening act for Al Stewart ("Year of the Cat", "Time Passages"), at venues as far ranging as the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, to The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. From performing with folk legend Libba Cotten at the age of 9, to playing in a rock band with his two brothers, Dave went on to earn a PhD in Philosophy at UC Davis and slowly built a grassroots following touring all over the world. In addition, he writes and records custom songs for clients and uses his recording studio to produce other artists. A truly independent musician, Dave's career is varied and never predictable.

Dave will be accompanied by Mike Lindauer (bass, vocals) and Nick Carvajal (drums, vocals).

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Trio of Trios

Saturday, October 5th 2024

Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm

All Ages

Seated

$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student

Trio of Trios is:

Emily Acri, Violin & Viola

Chris Young, Cello

Hsing-Hui Hsu, Clarinet

Steven Damouni, Piano

Program

This program features three pieces for three performers. In just over an hour, this program will take listeners through three centuries, with three different composers and three different combinations of instruments.

Kegelstatt Trio, K 498 for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)

Concerto a tre for Clarinet, Violin, and Cello by Ingolf Dahl (1946)

(Brief Intermission)

Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 144 for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano by Johannes Brahms (1891)

The quartet believes in the importance of including education and community outreach in their programming and seeks to surprise and inspire their audiences!

KENYON HALL PRESENTS

Telethon Fundraiser: Keep the Wurlitzer Mighty

Saturday, September 28th, 2024

Two Live Showings!

Performance 1:
Doors @ 3:30pm / Show @ 4:00pm

Performance 2:
Doors @ 6:00pm / Show @ 6:30pm

All Ages

Seated

$45 General Admission

- If you can’t make it person catch the Live Stream @ youtube.com/@historickenyonhall OR @ https://www.twitch.tv/historickenyonhall

And Donate to our Wurlitzer Fundraiser @ https://donorbox.org/kenyon-hall-fall-fundraiser

Kenyon Hall’s Wurlitzer stands as a wonderful achievement of the pre-digital age but is in need of repairs to ensure it will survive. While many of these organs are “going digital” Kenyon Hall’s Wurlitzer organ remains completely analog, which means there are thousands of wires that need to be kept in good working order, and over 1,000 pipes set amongst a three-room + series of switchboards and relays that need to be kept clean, clear, and climate controlled.

Both show times will include 3 separate performances featuring our Mighty Wurlitzer Organ as well as some very talented acts from around the Seattle area including:
Sawyer Best & The Mighty Wurlitzer
Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound
Erik Walters (Pedro the Lion)
Jonah Welch & (Kenyon Hall Music)
Orville Johnson

All ticket prices will go towards our Fall Fundraiser to keep our Mighty Wurlitzer alive! This instrument has stood for 95 years, and we are celebrating its 25th year anniversary of gracing our Hall with its majesty and wonder! 

KENYON HALL PRESENTS

Mary Flower w/ Doc Stein and Spud Siegel

Friday, September 6th 2024

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm

All Ages

Seated

$25 General Admission / $20 Senior/Student

An internationally known and award-winning picker, singer/songwriter and teacher, the Midwest native relocated from Denver to the vibrant Portland, Oregon music scene in in 2004. Mary Flower continues to please crowds and critics at folk festivals, teaching seminars and concert stages domestically and abroad, that include Merlefest, Kerrville, King Biscuit, Prairie Home Companion and the Vancouver Folk Festival, among many.

A finalist in 2000 and 2002 at the National Finger Picking Guitar Championship, a nominee in 2008, 2012 and 2016 for a Blues Foundation Blues Music Award, and many times a Cascade Blues Assn. Muddy Award winner, Flower embodies a luscious and lusty mix of rootsy, acoustic-blues guitar and vocal styles that span a number of idioms – from Piedmont to the Mississippi Delta, with stops in ragtime, swing, folk and hot jazz.

Flower’s 11 recordings, including her four for Memphis’ famed Yellow Dog Records — Bywater Dance, Instrumental Breakdown, Bridges and Misery Loves Company — show a deep command of and love for folk and blues string music. For Flower, it’s never about re-creation. Her dedication to the art form is a vital contribution to America’s music.

“A world class finger-style guitarist and lap slide player.” – Downbeat Magazine

“There are few musicians in the genre bringing as much creative spark and low-key mojo to this century-old music…” – Acoustic Guitar Magazine

“Marries acoustic blues with touches of ragtime, folk, and jazz…the interplay is always interesting, often provocative, and sometimes breathtaking.” – Living Blues

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A Celebration of the Life & Art of Wally Shoup

Saturday, August 24th 2024

Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:00pm

All Ages

Standing

$10 General Admision

From Dennis Rea in Earshot Magazine

Influential saxophonist, bandleader, painter, and writer Wally Shoup passed away peacefully on March 5 in Seattle after a long illness. For decades, Shoup was a leading advocate of free improvisation and a mentor by example to scores of musicians spanning generations in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Born in North Carolina in 1944, Shoup experienced an epiphany after being exposed to free jazz and psychedelic rock as a young man living in Atlanta. He henceforth devoted himself to music, inspired initially by the free jazz of John Coltrane and other African-American musicians and later by the non-idiomatic free improvisation emerging from Europe and Britain, in particular. A self-taught alto saxophonist, he participated in improvised music circles in Birmingham, Alabama, and in Colorado and Los Angeles, before moving to Seattle permanently in 1985.

During his time in Seattle, Shoup led or participated in numerous cutting-edge groups including the New Art Orchestra, Catabatics, Pulsation Crew, Project W, Stackpole, Ghidra, Subduction Zone, Spider Trio, Lost Valentine, Sych, and his Deep Lounge Quartet, plus other regular duo, trio, and quartet formations such as his Campbell Shoup duo with percussionist Greg Campbell. He performed and toured throughout the U.S. and in England, Europe, and Canada in collaboration with such leading lights as Wilco’s Nels Cline, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Davey Williams, Toshi Makihara, and Chris Corsano. He was keenly interested in cross-discipline collaboration and frequently performed with dancers and spoken-word artists. He appeared on more than 30 recordings.

In 2009, Shoup was listed among Seattle Metropolitan Magazine’s 50 Most Influential Musicians in the city’s history, and in 2018, he was inducted into Earshot’s Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame. He was instrumental in co-founding the Seattle Improvised Music Festival, which grew into the world’s longest-running event focused on freely improvised music (now on hiatus after 35 years). He also provided opportunities for countless musicians as organizer of the Other Sounds concert series and similar events. He was a prolific commentator on improvised and other music in The Improvisor, Perfect Sound Forever, and other publications. A collection of his writings, Music as Adventure, was published by Nine Muses Books in 2011.

Wally Shoup will long be remembered for his passionate playing, wry humor, and acute observations on music and the human condition. He is survived by his partner Shirley Wong and his daughter Laney Shoup. A three-day memorial celebration featuring dozens of his former collaborators will take place August 23-25 at The Royal Room, Chapel Performance Space, Kenyon Hall, and Gallery 1412.

Proceeds will be donated to Wally’s partner. His final recorded works will be available for purchase at the event.

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Sawyer Best & The Mighty Wurlitzer

A night of Wurlitzer Organ, Solo Piano, and an Ode to Lou Magor

Sunday, August 18th 2024

Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm

All Ages

Seated

$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student

A long time student of Lou Magor’s, Sawyer Best, is a burgeoning force on the Wurlitzer Organ. Currently studying and servicing the Paramount Theatre’s Wurlitzer Organ, Sawyer is wholly bought in on the magic that these electro-mechanical wonders bring to audiences. Sawyer is most known around Kenyon Hall for accompanying the annual radio plays produced in conjunction with Mary Springer and her troupe.

KENYON HALL PRESENTS

Minor Gold

Sunday August 11th, 2024

Doors: 2:00pm / Show: 2:30pm

All Ages

Seated

$15 General Admission

Minor Gold are ARIA nominated artists Tracy McNeil & Dan Parsons. Canadian and Australian respectively, this Trans-Pacific duo echo 70’s cosmic Americana with an easy charm and potent honesty. The strength of the songwriting and the indeterminate perfection of how these two artists' voices lock in together hit right where the emotions live inside us. With dynamics ranging from the intense restraint of campfire intimacy through to open throttle abandon, Minor Gold delight and enthral as they weave masterful harmonies and deft guitar playing around unforgettable, stripped back performances.

Since the release of their acclaimed debut album in August 2023, Minor Gold have been making waves in the Americana/Folk scene internationally. With extensive national tours in AUS and the U.S, including major festival appearances and Official Showcases at major conferences AmericanaFEST in Nashville, TN and Folk Alliance International in Kansas City; Minor Gold were also the support for The Teskey Brothers in the U.S and have recently taken home the ‘Folk Award’ in the 2024 Queensland Music Awards.

“Brilliant songwriting and impeccable performances make this such an endearing debut” – Double J

“Like Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham at the top of their game” - Loud Mouth

“A potent partnership; their voices meld beautifully, with heavenly harmonies and a glorious
simplicity to the presentation…this is an album to get lost in.” – STACK Magazine

“The pairs real superpower is their melodic vocal interplay and sixth-sense harmonies…Imagine standing at a crossroads, halfway between Laurel Canyon and a sandy palm tree cove. These are the intoxicating sounds you might hear drifting on that summer breeze.” - Chris Familton | Rhythms Magazine

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David Singley

Saturday, August 10th 2024

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm

All Ages

Seated

$15 General Admission / $10 Senior/Student

Born and raised in rural central Illinois, David Singley is a singer- songwriter- guitarist living in Saint Paul, Minnesota, whose music is born of the street, the country, and the academy. An experienced veteran with decades of backing world-class artists and performers, he has recently joined the “Great Resignation” and set his sights on his own artistic pursuits. His music evokes the golden era of the singer-songwriter: the late ’60’s and early-to-mid 70’s; with its chameleonic stylistic twists and turns, as well as its memorable melodies and insightful, poetic lyrics. His music expresses a point-of-view that is at once highly personal and triumphantly global. His voice evokes traces of many of his influences: James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Croce, Jackson Browne, Dan Fogelberg, and many others. His guitar playing is at once highly focused and passionate, impressive yet always absolutely appropriate to the song at hand. His 2021 album, The Long, Slow Fuse of Night, charted on Americana radio and received substantial notice on YouTube. His second album, Fools & Mystics, was released in May, 2024, and the first two singles from that album, “Paradise,” and “Cartoon Heart,” have received rave reviews. A third single, “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Mama No More,” is set for a September 1, 2024 release.

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