Live Zoom concert Wednesday with Singer/Songwriter Joe Peters
We'd LOVE to have you in this Wednesday evening's live Zoom concert with Joe Peters!
[Joe Peters is READY to play for and talk with us!]
As the Greencastle Virtual Music Festival is wrapping up its "only virtual" phase, singer/songwriter Joe Peters is performing a live concert for us from his home in California for us this Wednesday (April 28) at 7:30pm EDT at http://gvmf.live.
Joe's a fantastic musician, a world-travelling, multi-lingual PhD who is a prolific songwriter with a dozen albums, and was based in central Indiana until very recently. Many of you will remember his summer performances in Gobin, and also our "Bach and Barbecue" shows from years ago at "Chief's" restaurant in Greencastle (which I miss!). (Read more about Joe below.)
He's one of the most gifted, intelligent, and fascinating people I know. What an opportunity to have an evening of music and conversation with him!
The ability to have good video and really good sound over Zoom, drawing on the ability for performers and audience members to interact in real time, has only developed over the last few months. It's a great example of "covid creativity" -- Zoom and other platforms increasing their capabilities for professional music performances, and musicians like Joe (and me) upgrading our own equipment and learning the audio engineering skills needed to make it work!
It would be GREAT to have as many people a possible join us for this interactive event--which might be our last live-stream Zoom concert of the spring.
More about Joe Peters:
I am a self-made, singer-songwriter who has released over a dozen CDs of original songs since 1998, as well as other compilations of Americana and Celtic music. I grew up in the American Midwest during the 1960s and 70s, and my songs hearken back to a time when the youth of the planet sought the experience of peace, love and adventure and expressed this search in their music.
Through my own music, I have tried to rekindle in others that spark of the seeker of truth on a spiritual journey that was awakened in me long ago by the songs of introspective songwriters and recording artists.
Prior to embarking on a full-time career in music, I earned three academic degrees, served for two years in the U.S. Peace Corps in Ecuador, conducted Ph.D. research on national parks in Madagascar, taught natural resources management at Grand Valley State University, and obtained Fulbright grants for research and teaching in Vietnam and Cambodia. I spent many years studying, traveling and working overseas, returning to the U.S. in 2006 to care for my aging parents. My nature-based background, my study of Eastern philosophies and my scientific bent all inform my songwriting.
I am former president of the Songwriters Association of Midnorth Indiana (SAMI). My music has been frequently featured on folk radio stations around the nation and abroad, both broadcast and online. My song, Sail Away won the first Blooming-Tunes songwriting contest in 2009 (Bloomington, Indiana). My original musical slide show, Root of the Matter, is featured on the website of Catholic Relief Services, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Watch previous programs anytime:
http://playlist.gvmf.live (YouTube)
http://facebook.com/greencastlevirtualmusic
Channel 3 (local cable access in Greencastle/Putnam County): Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 and 8:00 pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:00 and 8:00pm
And this week's 7:30pm Wednesday live-stream Zoom concert and conversation with Joe Peters at http://gvmf.live.
The Greencastle Virtual Music Festival programs are made possible by the Greencastle Summer Music Festival family of donors and the GSMF endowment at the Putnam County Community Foundation, the Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the DePauw Performing Arts Series, the Inn at DePauw, the people of Gobin Church, and in partnership with the Sunny Side concert series.
--Eric Edberg
