Music on the Mountain

As a Soul R&B artist, Lindsey Webster combines an admirable natural talent with a genuine, accessible stage presence. Webster considers herself “very, very lucky” to have grown up in Woodstock, NY. With a heavy emphasis on arts and music, her grade school had a progressive music program where Lindsey cultivated a deep love of music by learning the cello. In 2009, Lindsey met her partner, Keith Slattery, and started performing professionally. Together, with a band of world-class musicians, they’ve performed over 600 shows in venues including Yoshi’s Oakland, The Iridium, North Sea Jazz Club and, Daryl’s House.

International guitar artist Sean Harkness is in high demand as a performer/composer on solo guitar, and accompanies an astonishing array of world class vocalists, musicians, and ensembles. Sean’s multiple awards include the coveted MAC, Bistro, and BroadwayWorld.com awards. Harkness represents Walden guitars and DR Strings, and has eight commercial releases as an artist, many on Windham Hill Records [BMG/RCA/Sony]. Sean has an active international touring schedule – most recently including Africa, the Caribbean, and Japan – of concerts, clubs, festivals, corporate events, and intimate private home salons or fundraisers. A musician’s musician of exceptional versatility, Sean is often requested to teach Guitar Master Classes and music workshops.

Dawn Derow is a New York City based 2x MAC award-winning cabaret singer & Bistro Award Winner for Outstanding Vocalist in 2016. She’s also an actress, songwriter, and producer of over 12 cabaret productions. A Cape Cod native turned New Yorker, Dawn grew up in Eastham, MA and began actively pursuing her performance career. She graduated from the Boston Conservatory with a degree in Music: Vocal Performance & Opera Emphasis. A New Yorker for now 20 years, she can be seen and heard in various cabaret clubs around Manhattan. Dawn made her Carnegie Hall debut in June 2016 and her Cabaret Convention debut at Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in October, 2018. Her new album, My Ship: Songs from 1941, released in June 2021.

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Pete Malinverni has a career with many facets: he has led fifteen well-received recordings, including solo, violin/piano duo, trio, quartet, quintet, choir, and big band formats. For eighteen years, he served as Minister of Music at the predominantly African-American Devoe Street Baptist Church in Brooklyn, NY, and currently serves in that capacity at the Pound Ridge, NY Community Church. He also serves as Pianist/Conductor at the Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, NY. Additionally, he enjoys teaching and holds the position of Chair of Jazz Studies at Purchase College (SUNY)

Since the formation of the musical group in June of 2010, Sons of Mystro features the talents of brother violinists Malcom and Umoja McNeish, alongside DJ Venimis.  There dynamic sound has been on display at a variety of events such as Miami Heat games, Keys to the City Ceremonies, and most notably honoring international recording artist, Wyclef Jean and sisters, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian. Sons of Mystro has also won Emerging Artist under 21yrs old at IRAWMA (International Reggae and World Music Awards).In covering a song, Sons of Mystro invariably enhances that particular song due to their unique styling. Sons of Mystro also composes their own material, currently amassing songs for their upcoming debut album.

The Bons Temps Belles is a vocal duo made up of two east coast natives, Mackenzie Silver and Kirby Porterfield. After meeting in New Orleans, the two became fast friends; sharing a love of the stage, French 75s, and all things both vintage and chic. One blonde, one brunette, one classical soprano, one pop alto, and both too much of a good time not to be on stage together, the Belles were born. With a varied songbook and a penchant for lush lyrics and dynamic harmonies, the Bon Temps Belles perform through storytelling. Come check out these sassy ladies for an evening of spunky banter, gorgeous voices and unabashed fun.

Lead singer of River of Dreams John Cozolino is a classically trained pianist who attended Mercy College of Music at the Westchester Conservatory studying Bass and music theory. He has earned two Honorable mentions on Billboard songwriting Contest and has taught piano and bass at East Coast Music in Danbury, CT. Previous projects include Joe Bouchard of Blue Oyster Cult producing CDs, The Lost Art of Compassion and Good News Bad News. John has also written commercial jingles for Toyota and local dealership campaigns and has broadcast on NY stations such as the FAN. He has also released alongside his wife Dina children’s interactive CD, Sugar Goose and Friends (available on cdbaby.com and amazon.com).

Scott is one of today’s most wide-ranging instrumentalists and has been heard on tenor saxophone with Buck Clayton’s band, on trumpet with Lionel Hampton’s quintet, on alto clarinet with Paquito D’Rivera’s clarinet quartet, and on bass saxophone with the New York City Opera. His discography now includes more than 190 recordings. Scott has performed in some thirty nations, in such diverse venues as Carnegie Hall, the Village Vanguard, the Library of Congress, and the Vienna Opera House. Scott’s group was selected to be the closing act at the Knitting Factory’s Sun Ra Festival in New York City. Scott has also written magazine articles and liner notes, and was an invited speaker at the Congressional Black Caucus Jazz Forum in Washington, D.C.

Hailed as “Marvelous” by Theatreworld Magazine and “First-rate” by the San Francisco Chronicle, Ben Jones has been seen and heard in Guys and Dolls (Sky), The Pajama Game (Sid), Show Boat (Ravenal), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy), The Last Five Years (Jamie), Sweeney Todd (Tobias), Candide (Governor, Vanderdendur), Follies (Buddy), Cats (Munkustrap/Quaxo) and Chicago (Mary Sunshine). Ben has also appeared with great American symphony orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the San Diego Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Columbus Symphony and the Oakland East Bay Symphony, sharing the spotlight with the likes of Michael Tilson Thomas, Frederica von Stade, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard, Rita Moreno, Helmuth Rilling, Michael Morgan, Val Diamond and the Bang on a Can All-Stars.

One of the many reasons why he is titled the Jack-Of-All-Trades is for his diversity and versatility in the realm of entertainment. DoMoJOAT is a professional musician whose talents are in full display on the steel pan, piano, and drums across the country and abroad. In addition, DoMoJOAT is a music educator and dance instructor, covering the styles of Swing, Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Hip-Hop, African, Break, Dancehall, Intermediate Tap and Ballroom; while teaching steel band ensembles across the New York City schools.

Brothers Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand grew up playing contra dance music with their musician mother in the band Great Bear.  Based in upstate New York, Great Bear gained a strong reputation in the niche world of folk-dance music, touring the country for eighteen years, releasing numerous albums and starting their own dance festival called The Groove. The two VanNorstrand brothers met Chris Miller at a music camp in New York called Ashokan. Miller grew up in Florida, and he was enamoured with bluegrass and studied jazz before going on to play with GRAMMY nominated cajun-country band The Revelers. Since meeting in 2012, the trio have toured across North America several times, sometimes under the name The Faux Paws, sometimes as part of other larger ensembles. The standout-opening track, Fourth Decade, showcases the phenomenal and unique fiddle playing of Noah VanNorstrand, accompanied by both Andrew and Chris on two banjos.  The marriage of rhythm and melody is delicious and addictive, immediately drawing the listener into the rest of the album, which does not disappoint with its variety and depth.

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