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Sunday Afternoons at The Library Concerts

Concerts are held on selected Sundays in an intimate setting at the Centre County Library Museum, a Georgian home (ca. 1815) located on the northwest corner of Allegheny and Howard streets in Bellefonte. Performances begin at 2:30 p.m.  Concerts are funded through a Local Government Grant jointly funded by the Borough of Bellefonte and The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts , a state agency.  State government funding comes through an annual appropriation by Pennsylvania's General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.  Applications for Local Government Grants are administered by BHCA.

Library Concerts are arranged by Diane Gold Toulson.

MUSIC SERIES 2007-2008

October 28, 2007 CAMERATA AMISTAD. This musical trio -- Cathy Collinege Herrera and Diane Gold Toulson, flutes, and Trina Gallup, bassoon -- performs regularly in various orchestras.  They came together out of their mutual love of Latin music and recently performed at the Mayan Rivera in Cancun, Mexico for a Congresso presenting music of the Americas.

November 18, 2007 JAZZ WITH CATHERINE DUPUIS AND RUSS KASSOFF.  Having performed twice at the State College Downtown jazz fest, they are back by great demand to present delicious harmonies of pianist Russ Kassoff and well-crafted vocal lines of Catherine Dupuis.  Dupuis comes to her craft with the soul of a great actress and facility of a highly skilled jazz instrumentalist.  This duo dazzles with a fresh look at the Great American Songbook.  Pianist Kassoff has precision and enthusiasm that is riveting.

February 3, 2008 EASTERLY CHAMBER PLAYERS. Diane and Smith Toulson, flute and clarinet, respectively, will be joined by stunning harpist Anne Sullivan for a program from the heavens.  Their inaugural concert at the Downtown Music Fest was popular and exciting.  Anne has a dual life in Philadelphia and Coburn and performs all over the east coast.  She makes the harp seem very easy indeed!

March 30, 2008 CALLANISH. The five members of Callanish, a Traditional Celtic band, share the music of their heritage and pass the tradition along with energetic Irish reels, jigs, polkas, hornpipes and songs.  Patty Lambert (wooden flute, concertina), Gretchen Seaver (fiddle), Sara Kelley (vocals), Carol Lindsay (bodhran and bones), and Joe DeLuca (guitar, bouzorki) will enchant us.

May 11, 2008 HEIDI BIEVER SINGS ON MOTHERS DAY. Vocalist Heidi Biever, joined by Annie Holmes (Dreamgirls) and Richard Biever, pianist, in a medley of singing and acting, depict motherhood in all its realms.  These three parents are musical theatre professionals who will embrace motherhood in a touching and humorous fashion.