Experience the Impact of Live Music

The Hummingbirds, S.G. and Rachel Wood, were born and raised in Detroit, and now reside in Tampa. Their music is both northern and southern Americana, blending both grit, and self-reliance with hospitality, and charm. They play old guitars through old amps, bang drums, and even pluck banjos at times. Their live stage chemistry and organic duo harmonies immediately captivate and charm audience members. What comes out in their songwriting is a hybrid sound all their own: genuine & playful, earnest & soulful. Their songs twist through tales of loss & heartache, while others whisper sounds of hope, love, and journeys from the road.

Violinist, vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and actor, Claire Wellin, returns to the SCA for a special solo performance. (Claire appeared in Mason Street Warehouse’s 2018 production of Once, as well as on Broadway and the Once national tour.) Stylistic intersectionality incorporating folk, jazz, and classical influences informs her take on singer-songwriter vulnerability with a type of understated theatricality. Multi-talented, she also leads the ghost folk band Youth in a Roman Field. She has worked as an arranger, writer, and performer on records and short films, is also a member of the Brooklyn-based rock band San Fermin and has contributed to the bands Glad Fanny, 2/3 Goat, The Jamie Elman Trio, and Delta Rae.

Following her sold-out concerts in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, Jeff-Award-nominated actor Marya Grandy (Les Miserable, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Closer Than Ever) returns to Saugatuck with Marya Grandy: Live from the SCA. Grandy performs an evening of musical theatre songs, with an emphasis on new and undiscovered gems – and even a premiere or two. With music direction by Jeff Award Winner and Mason Street Warehouse/SCA favorite, Tom Vendafreddo (Murder For Two, Hempy Keyboard Series), Marya Grandy: Live from the SCA marks Grandy’s solo concert return to Saugatuck. SPOILER ALERT: There will be belting. There may be crying. There will be no drink maximum.

In Partnership with Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck. Free Admission with RSVP.

Enjoy an intimate morning Young Listeners Concert in the SCA’s Lobby. The Vega Quartet, based in Atlanta, GA will be in Saugatuck August 1 & 2 playing in the Chamber Music Festival. The quartet performs nationally and internationally and The New York Times raved that “[the Quartet’s] playing has a kind of clean intoxication to it, pulling the listener along…the musicians took real risks in their music making.”

Thursday morning families have an exclusive educational opportunity to meet the string quartet and listen in an up close and personal setting. Children and adults are invited to ask questions and after the concert create an art project inspired by the melodies they hear. Light refreshments provided.

http://www.vegaquartet.com/