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Programs

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!


Picture in Victorian costume takes you to "Historical Programs" Picture by sea takes you to Seasonal and General Concerts
photo credits: Lang Photography, Hartford, Ct.(both). Thanks to Harriet Beecher Stowe House/Stowe-Day Foundation (bottom)




Jim & Maggi Dalton

Singing String Music

Performance/Production
Publishing/Studio

Concerts, Workshops & Residencies

Understanding History Thru Music ™

Specialists in 19th- & Early 20th-Century Music
From Parlor and Stage

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



Mailing address:

Singing String Music *** 203 Washington St. #263, Salem MA 01970





Programs--Downloadable PDF form


About the Artists--Downloadable PDF form


Interested in specific programming?
Historical programs   ** **  **  **  Seasonal and General concerts.

Victorian & Edwardian Eras Traditional Music
Early Music
through 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s.... to yesterday
classic popular music from the Great American Songbook
contemporary art music


MEDIA coverage STYLES PERFORMED SPONSORS

Instrumentation

** Voice

** Guitar

** Renaissance Lute

** mandolin

** banjo

** bouzouki

** charango

** other plucked strings

** percussion

** piano

** Concerts presented with commentary

** Storytelling where appropriate

** Some programs are presented in costume

Styles performed

Musical Styles Jim and Maggi perform include,
but are not limited to:

* "classical" repertoire (cultivated styles, both modern and historical)
* New Music (contemporary compositions)
* historically-important styles/repertoire (i.e., vaudeville, Victorian parlor songs)
* Early Music; sacred; folk
* blues; jazz; gospel; folk-rock
* Classic American popular styles, all eras
* Great American Songbook and Tin Pan Alley
* show/musical theater repertoire
* adult/contemporary standards




Specialists in American Victorian and 20th century music and culture.

Celebrating Music. Celebrating Life.

All programs are offered in “concert and commentary” format.
Costumes and storytelling can be included when appropriate.


MEDIA COVERAGE

Jim and Maggi have been featured on:

TELEVISION
*** PBS *** ABC *** NBC *** CBS *** Cable Networks *** stations across the country.

RADIO
NPR stations, NewsRadio,
and many local programs on community, university/college, and commercial stations throughout the country.

PRINT MEDIA
Highlighted often in print media; including recent feature stories in The Philadelphia Inquirer and Courier-Post; and interviews in newspapers and magazines across the country.


Please visit our individual sites and our Blog, "Musical Musings"







Other Links of Interest

 Sponsors and Audiences say:



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

Back issues
of The Singing String News

About the Artists--Downloadable PDF form

Programs--Downloadable PDF form



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About the Artists--Downloadable PDF form

Programs--Downloadable PDF form


CONCERT AND SPONSORS INCLUDE



Historic Sites
Historical Societies
Museums, Arts Centers, Concert Halls
Conferences, Universities, Colleges
Coffeehouses, Folk Music Societies, Festivals, First Nights

and countless organizations of all kinds across the United States.
We offer artist-in-residence series, educational workshops, and other services.


Concerts
We are always available for concerts which draw musical content freely from many styles and time periods.

Concerts can fill nearly any programming need.



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Copyright 1997-2007 Jim Dalton & Maggi Smith-Dalton. All rights reserved.


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