SEASONAL CONCERTS AND PROGRAMS GENERAL CONCERTS TOO!

Previous audiences have found the duo to be:

"engaging, scholarly, delightful, warm, intelligent, flexible, humorous, talented, versatile, enthusiastic, personable, joyful. . . ."

"Simply put, Jim and Maggi Dalton are a national treasure."*
 

Welcome!


INTERESTED IN PARTICULAR KINDS OF PROGRAMMING?


click on the picture below for: HISTORICAL PROGRAMS

SEASONAL AND GENERAL CONCERTS

photo credits: Lang Photography, Hartford, Ct.(both). Thanks to Harriet Beecher Stowe House/Stowe-Day Foundation



American & Celtic Traditions
Period Instruments *** Historically-Informed Performance

LIST OF PROGRAMS

SINGING STRING MUSIC PERFORMANCE/PRODUCTION/PUBLISHING/STUDIO CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS & RESIDENCIES

SPECIALISTS IN 19TH- & 20TH-CENTURY MUSIC FROM PARLOR AND STAGE

AMERICAN & CELTIC TRADITIONS


PERIOD INSTRUMENTS **** HISTORICALLY-INFORMED PERFORMANCE

ALL PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED IN "CONCERT & COMMENTARY" FORMAT.
COSTUMES & STORYTELLING CAN BE INCLUDED WHEN APPROPRIATE.


CONCERTS

OUR CONCERTS WILL FILL MANY VARIED PROGRAMMING NEEDS ... FROM COFFEEHOUSE AND CONCERT AUDIENCES TO GROUPS WITH SPECIALIZED INTERESTS.


SEASONAL CONCERTS

THE MEASURE OF THE YEAR : SEASONAL CONCERT SERIES

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, HISTORICAL COMMENTARY, MYTH, STORYTELLING DRAWN FROM A VARIETY OF TRADITIONS & TIME PERIODS

SPRINGSONGS

SUMMERTIDE

SONGS OF GATHERING & HARVEST

WINTERTIDE -- MEDIEVAL TO MODERN

Please note: WE HAVE DEVELOPED A SERIES OF PROGRAMS PERFECT FOR SOLSTICE, EQUINOX, OR OTHER TRADITIONAL SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS; AND HOLIDAYS SUCH AS CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR, THANKSGIVING, ETC.

OTHER SEASONAL PROGRAMS

CELTIC MUSIC OF ALL CELTIC PEOPLES, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY, WELSH FOR ST. DAVID'S DAY (MARCH 1) OR IRISH FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY (OR ANYTIME!)

LOVE SONGS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY (OR OTHER DAYS)

300 YEARS OF CHRISTMASTIME IN AMERICA (AMERICAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC)

WINTERTIDE AT THE YEAR'S BIRTH (NEW YEAR'S PROGRAM)

"COLD IS THE NIGHTWIND" : A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

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ALSO, SEE OUR HISTORICAL CONCERTS AND PROGRAMS PAGE!
click on the picture below for: HISTORICAL PROGRAMS

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Other Links of Interest

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Salem History Society, Salem, Massachusetts

Jim Dalton and Maggi Smith-Dalton
are members of the six-member founding group for the Society,
and currently are members of the Salem History Advisory Board.


Cultural Resources/
Other Sites of Interest

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About the Artists--Downloadable PDF form

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*(quoted from Calvin Coolidge Historical Site/Plymouth Folk & Blues Concerts)