Calendar of Events
Music
Events
Summer Solstice Concert with Steve Schuch
Join us for a free concert in celebration of the summer solstice! Performer Steve Schuch fuses Celtic/Folk roots with a storyteller’s heart and humor. Haunting violin and loon calls, tales of mud season and black flies in all their glory, irrepressible singing and audience harmonies are all part of his wide-ranging repertoire.
“Danika the Rose” with Odds Bodkin for Families
Families and friends, come experience "Danika the Rose," a musical fairy tale adapted for a young audience!
“Danika the Rose” with Odds Bodkin
As a prelude to the Harris Center’s 50th Anniversary, come celebrate how nature inspires art. Melding song and storytelling, "Danika the Rose" weaves together Dvorak’s sublime Moravian Duets with an original fable written and narrated by Odds Bodkin to create a musical fairy tale for our tumultuous times.
Earth Day Singalong: Nature Tales & Mandolin Melodies
On Earth Day, join Harris Center teacher-naturalist John Benjamin for a good old-fashioned singalong! John will sing some of his original songs about nature, and share the lyrics live so you can sing along at home too.
Nature Singalong with John: Pollination Songs
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalist John Benjamin for a good old-fashioned singalong, with a focus on pollination! John will sing some of his original songs about bees and flowers, and share the lyrics so you can sing along at home too.
Nature Singalong with John: Amphibian Songs
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalist John Benjamin for a good old-fashioned singalong, with a focus on amphibians! John will sing some of his original songs about frogs and salamanders, and share the lyrics so you can sing along at home too.
Nature Singalong with John: Mushroom Songs
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalist John Benjamin for a good old-fashioned singalong, with a focus on fungi! John will sing some of his original songs about mushrooms, and share the lyrics so you can sing along at home too.
Nature Singalong with John: Reptile Songs
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalist John Benjamin for a good old-fashioned singalong, with a focus on reptiles! John will perform some of his original songs about snakes and turtles, and share the lyrics so you can sing along at home too.
Nature Singalong with John: Arthropod Songs
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalist John Benjamin for a good old-fashioned singalong, with a focus on arthropods (bugs)! John will perform some of his original songs about bugs, and share the lyrics so you can sing along at home too.
Nature Singalong with John: Mammal Songs
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalist John Benjamin for a good old-fashioned singalong, with a focus on mammals! John will perform some of his original songs about these furry animals, and share the lyrics so you can sing along at home too.
The Singing Stream: A Musical Hike on the Hiroshi Loop Trail
With Franz Schubert’s tender song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin (“The Lovely Maid of the Mill”) as your guide, we invite you to heighten your senses, open your heart, and walk in the woods in a new way.
The Singing Stream: A Musical Hike on the Hiroshi Loop Trail
With Franz Schubert’s tender song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin (“The Lovely Maid of the Mill”) as your guide, we invite you to heighten your senses, open your heart, and walk in the woods in a new way.
The Singing Stream: A Musical Hike on the Hiroshi Loop Trail
With Franz Schubert’s tender song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin (“The Lovely Maid of the Mill”) as your guide, we invite you to heighten your senses, open your heart, and walk in the woods in a new way.
Environmental Studies Institute: “What A Wonderful World” Song Club with Jazimina MacNeil
Zoom , United StatesJoin mezzo-soprano Jazimina MacNeil to explore a treasure trove of songs written by great artists who drew inspiration from the natural world -- from Schubert to Amy Beach to Stevie Wonder. Like a book club, but with songs!
Environmental Studies Institute: “What A Wonderful World” Song Club with Jazimina MacNeil
Zoom , United StatesJoin mezzo-soprano Jazimina MacNeil to explore a treasure trove of songs written by great artists who drew inspiration from the natural world -- from Schubert to Amy Beach to Stevie Wonder. Like a book club, but with songs!
Environmental Studies Institute: “What A Wonderful World” Song Club with Jazimina MacNeil
Zoom , United StatesJoin mezzo-soprano Jazimina MacNeil to explore a treasure trove of songs written by great artists who drew inspiration from the natural world -- from Schubert to Amy Beach to Stevie Wonder. Like a book club, but with songs!
In Fine Feather: A Musical Walk on the Hiroshi Loop Trail
Hiroshi Land Route 137, Peterborough, NH, United StatesIn Fine Feather is a self-guided musical hike inspired by birdsong. Prior to your walk, join musician Jazimina MacNeil and poet and naturalist Henry Walters for an introductory talk on the stories behind the music and poems, the biology of birdsong, and the ways in which humans and birds listen to and inspire each other.
In Fine Feather: A Musical Walk on the Hiroshi Loop Trail
Hiroshi Land Route 137, Peterborough, NH, United StatesIn Fine Feather is a self-guided musical hike inspired by birdsong. Prior to your walk, join musician Jazimina MacNeil and poet and naturalist Henry Walters for an introductory talk on the stories behind the music and poems, the biology of birdsong, and the ways in which humans and birds listen to and inspire each other.
Environmental Studies Institute: Musical Hiking on the Hiroshi Loop Trail
Join musician Jazimina MacNeil for a deep dive into the stories and natural inspiration behind the two musical hikes she created for the Hiroshi Loop Trail: The Singing Stream and In Fine Feather. On Thursdays, we'll meet via Zoom. On Saturdays, we'll hit the trail!
Annual Meeting with Howard Mansfield & Ben Cosgrove
Join Harris Center staff, trustees, and friends for highlights from the past year and a special performance from A Journey to the White Mountains by writer Howard Mansfield and composer Ben Cosgrove.
Animal Songs & Stories Family Concert
At this special concert preschoolers and their families will take a musical journey into the animal world through song and dance. Teacher-naturalist and musician Jazimina Creamer-MacNeil will head up a fun, free hour-long program where children and parents learn about local animals. All ages are welcome.
Nature as Muse: An Afternoon with the Apple Hill String Quartet
Join the internationally acclaimed Apple Hill String Quartet for an afternoon of chamber music inspired by the natural world. The performance includes works by composers Franz Joseph Haydn, Antonin Dvořák, and Meredith Monk, as well as a world premiere by local composer Miriam Sharrock.
Words from the Trees Writing Workshop
Join author and naturalist Susie Spikol and musician Jazimina Creamer-MacNeil for a writing workshop, where we’ll listen deeply to our arboreal companions and explore writing in co-creation with the more-than-human world.
Words From the Trees Concert
Join musicians from Electric Earth’s “Musical Pathways” project for a concert of music for cello, violin, and piano. Featuring music inspired by trees, the performance will be interwoven with pieces from the Words from the Trees writing workshop.
Annual Meeting with Wildlife Artist Rosemary Conroy
Join staff, trustees, and friends for highlights from the past year, special recognitions, and a talk by artist Rosemary Conroy, who will share how connecting to the beauty, wonder, and mystery of the natural world has shaped — and even saved — her life.
A Preview Performance of Root Song
Be among the first to experience Root Song — an immersive collaboration with Grammy-winning Roomful of Teeth, Firelight Theatre Workshop, Tchin, Jazimina Creamer-MacNeil, and more — as music, science, and storytelling converge in a powerful preview performance that invites us to listen to the wisdom of trees and reimagine what it means to be human.
