Recordings
Deep MidWinter ~ Songs from Winter's Heart
December 2009
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Deep Midwinter: A collection of songs for winter's season in our trademark style. Featuring newly-composed works by Vermont composers Peter Amidon, Betsy Brigham, Billy Drislane, and Thomas L. Read. Read Robert Resnik's review in Seven Days. |
Available from:
-- Barnes and Noble, South Burlington, VT
-- Peace & Justice Store, Lake St., Burlington, VT
-- CDBaby.com
A collection of songs for winter's season in our trademark style featuring newly-composed works by Vermont composers Peter Amidon, Betsy Brigham, Billy Drislane, and Thomas L. Read.
Vermont Composers Project
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Featuring 23 commissioned pieces written by Vermont composers.
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Listen to excerpts and purchase from CDBaby.com:
Social Band's Vermont Composers Project is "...a complete delight: ...glorious, witty choral works that are often complex, sometimes quirky, yet always accessible and fun.”
Tom Slayton
VPR Commentator/Editor, Vermont Life Magazine
Read reviews:
Social Band, Vermont Composers Project (self-released, CD)
By Casey Rea, December 07-14, 2005, Seven Days
(PDF, 81 KB)
Social Band CD Pure Delight
By Dan Wolfe, November 23, 2005, Burlington Vermont Times
(PDF, 51 KB)
Florona
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Social Band's first CD |
Listen to excerpts and purchase from CDBaby.com
....The music on their latest CD release, Florona, includes American shape-note singing, village music from Bulgaria and Sweden, and art music from 16th-century England and Spain. The 21 tracks hint at the amazing depth of the Social Band's repertoire and the care that director Amity Baker has put into arranging and developing their sound. The Band may sound like a big church choir at first, but a closer listen reveals layers of sonic texture. Their respect and affection for the music shines through all the way. Florona has many hidden rewards for the attentive listener; supporting local music is rarely so pleasurable…."
Robert Resnik
Seven Days 5/12/2004