2020 Make Music NWCT
Maddie Stenson • June 29, 2020
The Third Annual Make Music NWCT was a Success!
David Taylor Coffey performing at Howard's/Noelke Gallery. Photo by Anya Stephenson, @shotbynya.
The COVID-19 pandemic couldn't stop Make Music Day on June 21st! Northwest CT featured creative, socially-distant performances at venues in Torrington, Kent, and Warren. The community came together at a safe distance to see live music and celebrate the summer solstice.
In Torrington, musicians took to the rooftops of Five Points Gallery and Howard's/Noelke Gallery. The Red Room All Stars
(Lucinda Rowe, Mick Connolly, Gary Fiandra & Marc Russell) performed three sets of classic rock songs, including a full Beatles tribute!
Red Room All Stars performing on top of Five Points Gallery, Torrington. Photos courtesy of Red Room Recording Studio.
Howard's/Noelke Gallery had an all day set filled with all kinds of genres. The bands included Olive Tiger (chamber pop), Olde Bones (indie rock), Hallowz (indie rap/rock), Knowte (rap/pop), David Taylor Coffey (folk-punk), Say Love (indie folk), Taken Alive (rap/pop), 3mbrace (rock), Vera (vaporwave/electronic), and Gloom Cake (Jennifer Vinegar Avery) (experimental/performance art).
From Left: Knowte, Olive Tiger, Olde Bones, and 3mbrace. Photos by Anya Stephenson @shotbynya.
In the afternoon, Our Culture is Beautiful
put on an educational all-ages drum circle and story time at KidsPlay Children's Museum!
Our Culture is Beautiful drum circle in KidsPlay Children's Museum's parking lot. Photos by Steph Burr and Maddie Stenson.
Later in the evening, Matica Circus
performers Joel Melendez and Heidi Kirchofer made an appearance to liven up the event. Joel juggled on a unicycle during David Taylor Coffey's set, and Heidi walked on stilts, twirled ribbons and hula-hooped among the audience while 3mbrace and Vera played.
Left: Heidi Kirchofer, photo by Anya Stephenson, @shotbynya; Right: Joel Melendez, photo by Steph Burr.
In Kent, Tina Pierce (country classics singer) and The T.J. Thompson Trio
(jazz) performed at the Covered Wagon Country Store.
T.J. Thompson's daughters even joined in for a song - a great way to also celebrate Father's Day!
Video: T.J. Thompson's daughters singing/accompanying the jazz trio at the Covered Wagon Country Store in Kent. Courtesy of T.J. Thompson.
Free drumsticks (courtesy of Vic Firth) and harmonicas (courtesy of Hohner) and custom Make Music NWCT tie-dyed shirts were available at the Arts Council's info booth. There was even a drone photographer at the Howard's performances to capture an aerial view of the happenings!
Left and top right: Make Music NWCT t-shirts, drumsticks and harmonicas. Photos by Anya Stephenson, @shotbynya. Bottom: Knowte pointing at the drone camera. Photo by Maddie Stenson.
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