DANCING ELEPHANT INSPIRES NEW HOPE WITH THE NEWMAN & OLTMAN GUITAR DUO

Allow me to take a moment to unpack that. Dancing Elephant is an art gallery and music room, located in New Hope, PA. This Saturday, the venue will be hosting guitarists Michael Newman and Laura Oltman for a program of seasonal music. And after all, Christmas, IS the season of “new hope.” So it’s a layered headline. A clever play on words. Feel free to leave a peppermint latte in my tip jar.

Newman and Oltman will perform “A Christmas Pastorale,” featuring music by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Pachelbel, Brahms, Corelli, and Luther, among others – 30 selections in all, celebrating Advent and Christmas.

The couple are founders and artistic directors of the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes, the Lanciano International Guitar Seminar in Italy, and the Raritan River Music Festival, held in historic venues in Raritan and Warren Counties, NJ, each May.

Newman is also on the faculty of The College of New Jersey and Oltman on the faculty of Princeton University.

Together, they have commissioned and recorded new works by living composers such as Paul Moravec, Roberto Sierra, and Leo Brouwer. A related album, “A Christmas Pastorale,” was recorded in 1999 for Musical Heritage Society. It’s available on CD or as a digital download.

The Dancing Elephant Listening Room is located at 15 W. Ferry St., Suite B, in New Hope.

For more information, visit https://www.dancingelephantfineart.com/event-details/newman-oltman-christmas-concert

Note also that Saturday is Krampus Night – so be sure to be on your best behavior!

More about the Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo here:

https://www.guitarduo.com/

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