Dear friends of Crossroads Music,
We usually limit Crossroads emails to announcements of our concerts.
This one is no exception - below, you'll find concerts featuring music
from Sweden to Senegal, India to Ireland, and South Korea to the
southern US - but this time we need to also ask your help so that we
can present a complete season this year and continue our program in
the future.
Crossroads relies on grants to cover about 40% of our costs, but the
recession has affected foundations just as much as it has the rest of
us. This summer, we lost funding that had underwritten the cost over
ticket sales of about seven concerts a year. While reducing the number
of concerts this year would be bad enough, it doesn't solve all our
problems. This grant was the only one that gave us money at the
beginning of the season. If turnout for the fall shows is low, we risk
running out of cash before the checks from the spring grants arrive.
Worse still, our annual grant from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund is
tied to our previous year's expenses, so cutting back this season this
year means even even more cutbacks next time.
We're a small organization and don't have much in our budget to cut,
but it also wouldn't take much new funding to make a big difference.
If we don't raise $5000 in the next month or two, we'll be unable to
book any more events for this season, might have to borrow some money
while we wait for grant checks, and will probably have to close
permanently at the end of May. If we do raise it, we'll be well on the
road back to financial stability.
Here are some things you can do to help Crossroads keep presenting
concerts in West Philadelphia with music from all over the world.
- Become a member and/or buy your tickets in advance. This helps cash
flow and allows us to plan further ahead. You can do either or both
online at http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org/?page_id=1443 and there is
no longer any fee for advance tickets
- Make a tax-deductible donation or advertise in our program book in
order to help make up for the lost funding. We've already raised 20%
of our $5000 goal and hope to have the rest by the end of September.
Even if you can't give very much, over 2000 people will receive this
email and many small donations are even better than a few large ones.
You can donate or reserve advertising at http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org/?page_id=1397
- Help increase turnout (and, therefore, ticket sales) by spreading
the word about Crossroads events. Please forward announcements, RSVP
to our Facebook invitations, and invite your friends to our concerts.
If you would like posters to put up at work or in your neighborhood,
please email us and we'll get you some.
Our Fall schedule (and a few late-spring concerts as well) is at the
end of this email. With your help, we'll be able to add to it soon.
Thank you for your support. We look forward to seeing you at the
concerts.
Daniel Flaumenhaft
Director.
CROSSROADS MUSIC
FALL CONCERT SEASON
Tickets and other details are available at http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org
All events listed take place at 48th & Baltimore (in Calvary Church)
in West Philadelphia
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 7:30 pm
VASEN
Swedish folk music on nyckelharpa, viola, and guitar
"Enchanting, entrancing, uplifting, lilting, lovely, and just plain
fun!" - Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 7:30 pm
ABLAYE CISSOKO & VOLKER GOETZE
Senegalese kora and jazz trumpet
"Five stars! Their serene dialogue, inspired by tradition and
inventing a new vocabulary at the same time, is both thrilling and
soothing." - Mondomix France
Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 7:30 pm
DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA
Hindustani slide guitar
"Debashish Bhattacharya takes the listener to a place of deep
emotional experience beyond the boundaries of time." - Henry Kaiser,
Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 7:30 pm
TORI ENSEMBLE
Korean musical tradition, new music, and jazz
"Reinvents traditional music with such authenticity, power, and
originality that all you can do is drink it in with grateful ears.
Spectacular and utterly beautiful." - Washington Post
Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 7:30 pm
OUBLIETTE ENSEMBLE
Music for myths, fairy-tales, and scary-tales
"Seriously pretty (though somewhat twisted) folk/classical airs." -
Philadelphia Daily News
THE FACTORYE
Music from the wells
"Alternating between warm, embracing vibrato and shear, chilly
sustain. A soulful performance, composed and somber, but not without
brief levity." - Phrequency
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 7:30 pm
ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS
A hearty blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time, and country
"Among contemporary country performers, Robin & Linda Williams shine
like a diamond among rhinestones. Their sound is so sincere as to give
the listener chills." - Boston Globe
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 7:30 pm
KYO DAIKO
Japanese taiko drumming
"An explosion of sound, matched by uniform choreographed movements,
creating an avalanche of sight and sound." - Philadelphia Weekly
UNIDOS DA FILADELFIA
Pulse-pounding Brazilian samba
Community samba school spreading the joy and excitement of Brazilian
percussion though music education and performance
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 7:30 pm
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT
Lulo Reinhardt, Stephen Bennett, Brian Gore, Itamar Erez
"One of the most important showcases for contemporary guitar." - San
Francisco Chronicle
Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 7:30 pm
CHULRUA
Irish traditional music
"Adept at finding unusual tunes and variants, and in celebrating the
original voice in the flow of traditional practice... a reminder of
the things that matter in Irish traditional music." - Irish Music
Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm
ARCHIE FISHER
Scottish songs and ballads
"One of Britain's finest song interpreters." -Sing out
"Quietly poetic ballads haunt like a shadowy specter." - St. Paul
Pioneer-Press
Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 7:30 pm
BRUCE MOLSKY & ALE MOLLER
Appalachian old-time and Swedish traditional music
"The Rembrandt of Appalachian fiddling." - Darrol Anger
"Among the most talented, active, and prolific on the Swedish scene."
- Dirty Linen
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org
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