"World music supergroup" - Mountain XPress

Upcoming Concerts & Events:

2010

September 17
Armenian Folk Singer Mariam Matossian
With Free Planet Radio
Lotus World Music Festival
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
http://www.lotusfest.org

July 17
Free Planet Radio
Centre Stage
501 River St.. inside Smith-Barney building, Greenville, SC
864-233-6733, 8:00 pm $25
http://www.centrestage.org
SHOW CANCELLED!

June 26
Free Planet Radio
Madison County Arts Center
90 South Main St., Marshall, NC 28753 8:00 pm
Phone: 828-649-1301
http://www.madisoncountyarts.com/mcac/index.cfm

May 21-24
River with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
Ferrol & Bilbao, Spain

May 16
Free Planet Radio
Global Peace Day
Winter Park, Florida

April 27-30
River with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
Istanbul & Ankara, Turkey

April 17
A Night of World Music
Armenian Folk Singer Mariam Matossian
With Free Planet Radio
White Horse Black Mountain
105C Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC 7:00 p.m. $14
http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com

April 17
Live Performance Painting and Music
with Jonas Gerard and Free Planet Radio
"Music and art simultaneously as it happens"
City County Plaza, Asheville NC 10:00 am & 12:30pm
(828)350-7711
jonasgerard.com

April 10
Free Planet Radio
Blue Mountain House Concert Series
Asheville, NC 6:30 pm, $18
facebook link (info and details)

April 2
Free Planet Radio
Columbia Museum of Art
Coumbia, SC 7:00 pm

March 20
Chris Rosser & River Guerguerian
Nights at the Beekley Music Series
Beekley Community Library
10 Central Ave., New Hartford, CT 06057
Info: (860) 379-7235
http://www.newhartfordlibrary.org/ConcertHome.html

March 11
Free Planet Radio
Jazz Composer's Forum
Kenilworth Presbyterian Church
123 Kenilworth Road, Asheville, NC 28803 - 7:00 pm
info: 828-252-2257

February 20
Free Planet Radio
White Horse Black Mountain
105C Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC 8:00 p.m. $12
http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com

January 30
Free Planet Radio
Madison County Arts Center
90 South Main St., Marshall, NC 28753
Phone: 828-649-1301
http://www.madisoncountyarts.com/mcac/index.cfm

January 15
Rhonda Larson Music featuring Free Planet Radio
(With live web broadcast)
Western Michigan University - Dalton Hall
Kalamazoo, MI
http://www.rhondalarson.com
http://www.wmich.edu/music/som_feature_RhondaLarson.html

January 10
Free Planet Radio
Celo Friends Meeting House
70 Meeting House Ln
Burnsville, NC, 28714 (828)-675-4456
3:00 pm $10

2009

December 17-19
Eliot w/ Paul Winter Consort
Solstice Celebration, Cathedral St. John Divine, NYC
http://www.livingmusic.com

November 25-30
River with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
Jerusalem/Nazareth/Tel Aviv, Israel

October 30
Free Planet Radio
In the Round - "Up Close & Personal"
Jubilee Community Center
46 Wall Street, Asheville NC, 8:00 pm - $10 at door or Malaprop's
For Reservations: 828-225-3232
http://www.jubileecommunity.org/
http://www.freeplanetradio.com

August 29
Free Planet Radio
Little Lake Hill House Concerts, Raleigh, NC
http://www.bettpadgett.com/houseconcerts/index.html

August 13
River and Chris with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
Skirball Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
http://www.skirball.org/index.php

August 1
A Night of World Music
Armenian Folk Singer Mariam Matossian
With Free Planet Radio
White Horse Black Mountain
105C Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC 8:00 p.m. $12
http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com

July 8
Free Planet Radio with Missouri Symphony Orchestra
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
203 S. Ninth St., Columbia, MO 65201
http://www.motheatre.org
http://motheatre.org/calendar/index.asp?show_ID=1150

June 27
Free Planet Radio with
Armenian Folk Singer Mariam Matossian
St John's Armenian Church
22001 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, Michigan 48075
Cost: $30 General Admission and $50 Priority Seating
Contact Anahid Toumajan @ 248-357-2234

June 14
Free Planet Radio
guest artists with the Jubilee Orchestra
Jubilee Community Center
46 Wall Street, Asheville NC, 2:30-4:30 pm
http://www.jubileecommunity.org/

June 6
Free Planet Radio
with guest artists Billy Cardine & Akira Satake
White Horse Black Mountain
105C Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC 8:00 & 10:00 pm $10
http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com

May 9
Free Planet Radio with
Armenian Folk Singer Mariam Matossian
Artisphere Festival - Downtown Greenville, Arts Stage 6:30 pm - free
http://www.artisphere.us

April 4
River and Chris with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
Anatolian Festival
Orange County Fairgrounds
http://www.anatolianfestival.org

March 23
River with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
Deutsches Theater
Munich, Germany
http://deutsches-theater.de

February 28
A Night of World Music
Free Planet Radio with
Armenian Folk Singer Mariam Matossian
Warehouse Theatre, 37 Augusta Street, Greenville, SC 8:00 pm
http://www.warehousetheatre.com

February 7
Free Planet Radio
White Horse Black Mountain
105C Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC 8:00 pm
http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com

January 30
Chris & River with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05401
http://www.uvm.edu/laneseries

January 17
Phos Hilaron:
(Multimedia Performance Art Piece
with authors Marcus Borg & John Dominic Crossan, the Georgia Tech Chamber Choir, Chris Rosser & River Guerguerian)
Epworth-by-the-Sea's January Adventure
St.Simon's Island, GA
http://www.januaryadventure.org/

2008

December 12 & 13
Phos Hilaron:
(Multimedia Performance Art Piece
with authors Marcus Borg & John Dominic Crossan, the Georgia Tech Chamber Choir, Chris Rosser & River Guerguerian)
All Saints Episcopal Church
Atlanta, GA
http://www.faithandreason.org/seminars.php?id=11

November 15
Phos Hilaron:
(Multimedia Performance Art Piece
with authors Marcus Borg & John Dominic Crossan, the Georgia Tech Chamber Choir, Chris Rosser & River Guerguerian)
Lansing Lee Conference
Kanuga, Hendersonville NC
http://www.kanuga.org/conferences/2008/lee.shtm

October 26
CD Release Concert
Grey Eagle Music Hall
185 Clingman Ave., Asheville NC 4:00 pm
http://www.thegreyeagle.com/

October 25
UUFC Coffeehouse
UU Fellowship of Columbia
Columbia SC
www.uucoffeehouse.org 8pm

October 8-11
Chris & River in Mexico
Omar Faruk Tekbilek

October 5
Eliot in New York City
Paul Winter Consort

September 19
Triboriginal - evening concert
Camp Merri-Mac, Black Mountain, NC

August 16
Asheville Sacred Music & Yoga Festival
Chris and River
Prama Institute, Marshall, NC Evening

July 15
McAlister Auditorium at Furman University
Greenville, SC 7:30 pm
Benefit for No More Victims
Suggested Donation at the door:
$10 Adult, $5 Student, $20 Family
Info http://nomorevictims.org -or- #864-933-8104

July 15
World Music Master Class
Furman University
Grenville, SC 12:30-2:00 pm
Sponsored by:
Suzuki Association of South Carolina
No More Victims
Furman University

June 7
Grey Eagle Music Hall
185 Clingman Ave., Asheville NC 9pm
http://www.thegreyeagle.com/

May 24 - June 1
River in Spain with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek

April 20
Eliot at Triphony Hall, Tokyo, Japan with
Paul Winter Consort

March 28
Performance with Robert Bly
Diana Wortham Theatre
Asheville, NC8:00pm

March 12-25
River in Australia with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek

February 8
Columbia Museum of Art
Columbia SC
http://www.columbiamuseum.org

January 17
River in Seville, Spain with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek
www.tresculturas.org

2007

November 17
Chris & River
Evening Star Concert Series
Sautee-Nacoochee GA , 8:00 pm
www.sauteenacoochee.org/eveningstar/star_main.html

November 10 & 11
Eliot w/Greenville Symphony
The Peace Center
Greenville SC

November 4
River in Moscow with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek

October 13
River at the Barbican Centre in London, UK with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek

October 7
Eliot performing Missa Guia at Cathedral St. John Divine, NYC
Paul Winter Consort

October 6
Chris at Little Lake Hill House Concerts, Raleigh, NC
http://www.bettpadgett.com/houseconcerts/index.html

October 6
River - Drumming Workshop - Middle Eastern & Finger Style
Frame Drums, Doumbek, Riq, Kanjira, etc.
Bobo Gallery, 22 Lexington Ave.
2:00-4:30pm, $20 (extra drums will be provided)

September 30
River w/ Braidstream
Wilmington, NC

September 27-29
Southern Arts Perforimg Arts Exchange Showcase
Louisville, KY

August 19
Grey Eagle Music Hall
185 Clingman Ave., Asheville NC 4:00 pm (early show!)
http://www.thegreyeagle.com/

August 17
Live interview & performance
WPVM 103.5 FM, 9:15 pm
http://www.wpvm.org/

July 14
Asheville Spirit Festival
http://www.pramainstitute.org/

June 21
Artists for Sustainability Benefit
Bobo Gallery, 22 Lexington Ave. Asheville, NC 9:00pm
Pre-concert reception, 8:00 pm

May 11
Free Planet Radio
Little Lake Hill House Concerts, Raleigh, NC
http://www.bettpadgett.com/houseconcerts/index.html

May 1
Eliot tour of Japan with
Paul Winter Consort

April 13-22
Chris on West Coast tour with
Omar Faruk Tekbilek

March 24
NYC Day of Percussion
River is guest clinician/performer

February 22
Chris & River
Grey Eagle Music Hall

January 20
co-bill with Divine MAGgees
Grey Eagle Music Hall
185 Clingman Ave., Asheville NC 9:00pm
http://www.thegreyeagle.com/

2006

November 8-10
Festival of New American Music
University of California - Sacramento

October 20
Workshops/Performances
Carolina Day School, Asheville, NC

October 13 & 14
Chris & River w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center
Memphis, TN 8:00 pm

September 16
Chris & River
Tosco Music Party, Charlotte, NC
http://www.toscomusicparty.com/

September 1
Double Event
Chris Rosser CD Release & Free Planet Radio Concert
Grey Eagle Music Hall
185 Clingman Ave., Asheville NC 9:00pm
http://www.thegreyeagle.com/

August 30
Live interview & performance
WNCW 88.7 FM, 11:00 am
http://www.wncw.org/

August 19
River w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Istanbul, Turkey

June 10
Chris & Eliot
Concerts on the Quad, UNC-Asheville, 7:00pm

May 31-June 10
River w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Tour of Spain

April 21 & 23
Chris w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Boston Univ. & Cornell Univ.

March 20
City Univ. of New York Jazz Faculty Concert
River is guest drummer featuring Antonio Hart, Ted Rosenthal and Mike Mossman

March 18
NYC Day of Percussion
River is guest clinician/performer

February 18
Eliot with Paul Winter Consort performing Missa Guia
St. Bartholomew's, NYC

February 8
Grammy Awards, Los Angeles, CA
Eliot won his 2nd Grammy for work with Paul Winter Consort

January 28 & 29
Chris & River w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, CA, 3:00 pm
www.omarfaruktekbilek.com

2005

December 4
Grey Eagle Music Hall
185 Clingman Ave., Asheville NC 4:00 pm (early show!)
http://www.thegreyeagle.com/

December 3
Eliot & River w/ Paul Winter Consort
Appalachian State University, Boone,NC
http://www.livingmusic.com

December 2
Live interview & performance
WPVM 103.5 FM, 9:15 pm
http://www.wpvm.org/

December 1
Live interview & performance
WNCW 88.7 FM, 11:00 am
http://www.wncw.org/

November 1-5
Eliot w/ Paul Winter Consort
Tour of Japan

October 2
Eliot w/ Paul Winter Consort
Missa Guia (Earth Mass), Catherdral St. John Divine
http://www.livingmusic.com

September 18
Chris & River w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek
World Festival of Sacred Music, Los Angeles, CA 6:00 pm
http://www.festivalofsacredmusic.org/

August 27-28
Chris & River w/ Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Genesis at the Crossroads Festival
Chicago, IL
http://www.gatc.org/home

June 30
Chris & River
Evening Star Concert Series
Sautee-Nacoochee GA , 7:00 pm
www.sauteenacoochee.org/eveningstar/star_main.html

May 23-28
Eliot w/ Paul Winter Consort
Tour of Japan

May 14
Underground Folk at the Fellowship
Greenville Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
1135 State Park Road Greenville, SC 29609 - 7:30 pm
http://www.undergroundfolk.com/

March 5-13
Chris & River
Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble
Tour of California and Oregon
http://www.omarfaruktekbilek.com

January 10-17
CD New Bedouin Dance featured on
National Public Radio's "All Songs Considered"

January 7
Chris & River
Williamsburg Library, Williamsburg, VA, 8:00 pm

January 8
Free Planet Radio
Little Lake Hill House Concerts, Raleigh, NC
www.bettpadgett.com/houseconcerts/index.html

2004

December 16-18
Eliot w/ Paul Winter Consort
Solstice Celebration, Cathedral St. John Divine, NYC
http://www.livingmusic.com

August 20
Acoustic Seen
Coffee Underground, Greenville SC, 9pm
www.acousticseen.com

July 24
The Evening Muse, Charlotte NC, 8pm
www.theeveningmuse.com

July 17
The Grey Eagle, Asheville NC 9pm
www.greyeaglemusic.com

July 16
Six String Cafe, Cary NC 8pm
www.sixstringcafe.com

July 16
WNCW 88.7 FM, 11am Live interview & performance
www.wncw.org

July 15
WCQS 88.1 FM, 9am Live Interview
www.wcqs.org