Award winning guitarist, banjo player, and songwriter Molly Tuttle (of The Tuttles) and fiddle/mandolin player and songwriter John Mailander will perform at the Medford Friends Meetinghouse, 14 Union St., Medford, NJ on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 7:00pm. The concert is sponsored by South Jersey Acoustic Roots Music Society (SJARMS) www.sjarms.com
Advance tickets can be purchased between now and October 31st HERE for $15 (for current SJARMS members) and $18 (for non-members). If you are not a member of SJARMS, but want to pay the reduced member price, please consider joining as a member HERE. Tickets can also be purchased at the door for $20 (for both members and non-members). Email us at southjerseyarms@gmail.com or call 609-217-1388 with questions.
Molly and John will also be available for some limited private lessons earlier in the day on Saturday, November 2nd. If you are interested in taking a guitar lesson with Molly or a fiddle lesson with John, please contact us at southjerseyarms@gmail.com for pricing and availability.
About Molly Tuttle:
With nearly two million viewers on YouTube and features in Bluegrass Now, Flatpicking Guitar and Acoustic Guitar magazines, Molly Tuttle is making a name for herself in the acoustic music scene. A virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and award winning songwriter with a distinctive voice, Molly has turned the heads of even the most seasoned industry professionals. In just 2012 alone, she was awarded music and composition Merit Scholarships to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, the Hazel Dickens Memorial Scholarship award from the Foundation for Bluegrass Music in Nashville, Best Female Vocalist and Best Guitar Player by the Northern California Bluegrass Society and 1st place in the prestigious Merlefest’s Chris Austin Songwriting Competition.
Molly has been performing on stage since she was 11 and recorded her first album at age 13. She has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, The Strawberry Music Festival, The Freight and Salvage, and countless other festivals and venues across the country. She now balances her classes at the Berklee College of Music with an active performance schedule across the U.S. and Canada.
About John Mailander:
John Mailander is a San Diego based musician and graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. He is in demand throughout the Southern California and Boston areas for performance, session work and instruction. Playing in a variety of styles on the fiddle, mandolin and various other stringed instruments, he has become known for his soulful voice as a soloist, improviser and writer.
John has shared the stage with acclaimed artists including the Alison Brown Quartet, Victor Wooten, Tim O’Brien and Christopher Guest. John was one of sixteen musicians selected to participate in the Savannah Music Festival’s prestigious Acoustic Music Seminar in both 2012 and 2013. He recorded with IBMA winner Rob Ickes on his upcoming instructional DVD Fiddle Tunes for the Dobro, and has performed at events including the San Diego Symphony Summer Pops and Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival. John maintains a busy performance schedule with artists including Tony Trischka & Territory, Chris Stuart & Backcountry, Molly Tuttle, Darol Anger & the Furies and others.
At Berklee, John studied under the instruction of John McGann, Darol Anger and Julian Lage.
“John Mailander is a wonderful fiddler, with great improvisatory and compositional skills. He’s rooted in tradition but can stretch in many other areas. He’s diligent and focused and one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. I can’t say enough good things about John Mailander.” – Tony Trischka
Here are some examples of Molly and John playing:
