Rachel Bell, Karen Axelrod and Audrey Jaber

Rachel Bell is a performer, composer, and music teacher based in Brattleboro, VT. She is in demand throughout North America and abroad for concerts, contra dances, French bal folk dances, English country dances, workshops, and festivals.

Karen Axelrod’s piano playing combines expressiveness, energy, lyricism, and power. She is equally at home with styles ranging from traditional folk melodies to passionate tangos to old world French musette waltzes to 17th century English Country dance tunes and much more. She left behind classical music over 35 years ago, and has happily settled into her musical home…somewhere between folk, classical and improvisation. Her playing is soulful yet touched with humor and whimsy.

You know Audrey Leigh Jaber is performing if the room is buzzing at a higher level. Her fiddling has electrified dance and concert halls across the US and Europe. Audrey’s fiddle playing is rhythmically lively and spontaneous; she’s guaranteed to get you up and dancing. She specializes in English dance, New England, Celtic, and Old Time tunes, and she’s also an audio engineer.

Categories: