Professional Development Session lead by Tony Vacca
January 22
The Friedman Middle School in Taunton, MA.
4 pm
All School Events are Private
The Senegal-America Project
January 23 8:00 AM- 3:00 PM
The Friedman Middle School in Taunton, MA.
Tony Vacca and Abdou Sarr present a day of hands on workshops and concerts.
All School Events are Private
Interview for "Pioneer Valley Life.”
January 24. 1:00 PM
This is a filming session for Easthampton’s cable network. This episode focuses on longtime Pioneer Valley resident and musician, Tony Vacca.
Check listings for airtime: https://easthamptonmedia.org/news/2024/06/ pioneer-valley-life-episode-13/
Professional Development Session
January 27: 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
Tony Vacca leads a professional development session for the music faculty from the Boxford/Middletown/Topsfield school district.
All School Events are Private
Hartford Performs presents Tony Vacca
February 13: 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
Environmental Sciences at Mary Hooker School, Hartford, CT. Tony Vacca’s “The Math of Rhythm” presented by Hartford Performs.
All School Events are Private
The Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse, 6 Center Street, Wendell, MA.
Saturday, February 15: 7:30-9:30 PM
Tony Vacca in concert with Do It Now. Featuring: Beat poet laureate Paul Richmond, Tony Vacca on percussion and John Sheldon on guitar. Beat Poetry meets innovative World Fusion music. Richmond’s powerful, wise ass spoken word is simultaneously surrounded and accompanied by the electrifying guitar of John Sheldon and the mesmerizing rhythms of percussionist Tony Vacca.
The Senegal-America Project.
February 18-20 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
Tony Vacca and Abdou Sarr: This is a three-day residency sponsored by DIAE for schools in Wilmington, DE. Tony and Abdou will be doing concerts and hands-on workshops.
All School Events are Private
The Senegal-America Project
February 21. 8:00 AM-3:00 PM. Friends School in Wilmington, DE. Tony Vacca and Abdou Sarr: Concerts and hands-on workshops.
All School Events are Private
The Senegal-America Project
February 24-28
Lexington Montessori School: Tony Vacca and Abdou Sarr will be doing a two-week residency, leading hands-on workshops and a concert presentation for the school community.
All School Events are Private
The Senegal-America Project
March 3-7. 8:00 AM- 3:00 PM.
Lexington Montessori School: Tony Vacca and Abdou Sarr will be doing a two-week residency, leading hands-on workshops and a concert presentation for the school community.
All School Events are Private
Tony Vacca: Solo
March 11. 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
CREC Montessori School, Hartford, CT. This is a full day of Solo concerts workshops and concert presentations.
All School Events are Private
The Senegal-America Project
March 14 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
Roger Ludlowe Middle School, Fairfield, CT
Massamba Diop, Tony Vacca and Abdou Sarr: World Fusion Music. West African Drumming and Dance. Global Citizenship. Limitless Possibilities. This is a one day program of workshops and a concert presentation. It’s all about what happens when two world class Senegalese performers (drummer Massamba Diop and dancer/drummer Abdou Sarr) meet and work with American born world percussionist Tony Vacca.
All School Events are Private
Hartford Performs presents Tony Vacca
April 2. 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
The Math of Rhythm: Kinsella School for the Performing Arts. Hartford, CT
All School Events are Private
The Senegal-America Project
Friday, April 4. 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
Tony Vacca. Abdou Sarr and Tantra Zawadi. MB Avery Middle School, Somers, CT. World Percussion, West African Dance, Cool Poetry.
All School Events are Private
January 18: Sculler’s Jazz Club, Boston. 400 Soldiers Field Rd, Boston, MA 02134. Shows at 7 and 9 pm
AVERY SHARPE DOUBLE QUARTET at Scullers Jazz Club, Boston.Avery Sharpe-Bass, Zaccai Curtis-piano, Yoron Israel-drums, Tony Vacca - balafon/ percussion, Laura Arpianen and Kaila Graef- violins, Gregory Diehl-viola and Dave Haughey-cello
A new recording has been released on JKNM Records by internationally renowned bassist/composer Avery Sharpe, “I Am My Neighbors Keeper.”
Link to Avery's recordings: https://www.averysharpe.com/music#albums
Here's the link for more info and to purchase tickets:https://scullersjazz.com/upcoming-events/
Sculler’s Jazz Club, Boston.
Saturday, January 18. 7 PM.
AVERY SHARPE DOUBLE QUARTET at Scullers Jazz Club, Boston.Avery Sharpe-Bass, Zaccai Curtis-piano, Yoron Israel-drums, Tony Vacca - balafon/ percussion, Laura Arpianen and Kaila Graef- violins, Gregory Diehl-viola and Dave Haughey-cello
A new recording has been released on JKNM Records by internationally renowned bassist/composer Avery Sharpe, “I Am My Neighbors Keeper.” Link to Avery's recordings: https://www.averysharpe.com/ music#albums
Here's the link for more info and to purchase tickets: https:// scullersjazz.com/upcoming-events/
Sanchez Elementary School, Hartford, CT. Tony Vaaca’s “The Math of Rhythm” workshops for students and faculty, presented by Hartford Performs.
West Middle Community School in Hartford, CT. Tony Vacca’s “The Math of Rhythm” presented by Hartford Performs.
December 6:
Iconica Cafe, Northampton, MA. 1 Amber Ln, Northampton, MA 01060. Time TBA
Afro-Futurist novelist Andrea Hairston, singer/songwriter/poet Pan Morrigan, and percussionist Tony Vacca. Sparks will fly when these three perform together. 7pm.
August 10th: Peskeompskut Park. This group is all about their way cool and adventurous mix of Beat poetry and World Fusion Music. It features Beat poet Laureate Paul Richmond, guitarist John Sheldon and percussionist Tony Vacca. Time TBA
Tony Vacca will be performing in Avery Sharpe’s eight person ensemble, presenting the music of his new recording. “I Am My Neighbors’ Keeper.” in Plainfield, MA.
https://www.averysharpe.com/legendary-bassist-avery-sharpe-to-release-new-album
July 14: DO IT NOW at The Peskeompskut Park, Turner’s Falls, MA. The group is Beat poet laureate Paul Richmond, guitarist John Sheldon, and percussionist/poet Tony Vacca.
Tony Vacca will be performing with Paul Richmond’s Do It Now at Orange River Fest. The group is Beat poet laureate Paul Richmond, with John Sheldon on guitar and Tony Vacca on balafon and percussion.
This is a Juneteenth Celebration featuring Avery Sharpe’s 400 Project. Tony Vacca will be performing with Avery’s jazz sextet accompanied by the Springfield Symphony in Springfield Symphony Hall.
https://www.springfieldsymphony.org/event/juneteenth-freedom-day-concert/
Tony Vacca and Abdou Sarr will be doing a day of hands-on workshops and a performance for schools in Schenectady, NY.
June 6: Tony Vacca and Abdou Sarr. World Percussion and Senegalese Dance for Tolland Elementary School in Tolland, CT. This will be a full day of hands-on workshops and concerts for students and faculty.
June 1. Tony Vacca and The Senegal-America Project at Workshop 13 in Ware, MA. This concert is part of a series of performances to celebrate and promote the arts in the Ware community and beyond. Set in a reimagined church, it’s a great venue for performers and audiences alike.
https://workshop13.org/calendar-event/tony-vacca-and-the-senegal-america-project/
May 24: Smith College. Words and music from the works of Andrea Hairston. Tony Vacca in collaboration with Afro-Futurist author Andrea Hairston and singer/musician/author Pan Morrigan-Welland.
May 18: Smith College. Words and music from the works of Andrea Hairston. Tony Vacca in collaboration with Afro-Futurist author Andrea Hairston and singer/musician/author Pan Morrigan-Welland.
Details TBA
May 7: Broadside Bookstore in Northampton with Afro-Futurist author Andrea Hairston. Pan Morrigan and I will be accompanying Ms. Hairston as she reads from her new novel, “Archangels of Funk.”
May 5th: Dancing Your Age is a group performance that features the lives of six dancers and the world-music of percussionist Tony Vacca inside the newly restored, historic Shepherd Barn (1805) in Northampton. Each dancer draws on their kinesthetic imagination and embodied memories to explore every year in their lives through movement, from their earliest days to the present, creating a performance that is at once individual but held within the rhythms of Tony Vacca's music.
May 3rd: Dancing Your Age in The Workroom in Northampton is a group improvisation that features the lives of participating dancers and the world-music of percussionist Tony Vacca. Each participant draws on their kinesthetic imagination and embodied memories to explore every year in their lives through movement, from their earliest days to the present, creating a shared experience that is at once individual but held within the rhythms of Tony Vacca's music and this unique place and time.
April 26: Video Session for Jo Sallins’ new book on the power of music.
April 25: “Cultural Kaleidoscope” at Frontier Regional High School. This is a solo World Percussion workshop and concert throughout the day of events.
April 3th-12th: An eight day in school solo residency at Monadnock School in New Hampshire. The focus is on “The Math and Magic of Rhythm” and “The Science of Sound.”
April 1: MB Avery School, Somers, CT. The Senegal-America Project: Tony Vacca, Tantra Zawadi and Abdou Sarr. This full day presentation for the Middle School includes an opening concert and hands-on workshops presented by each of these three performers.
February 15: The Lab School, NYC. The Senegal-AmericavProject: Tony Vacca, Tantra Zawadi, and Abdou Sarr. This will be a day of concerts, discussions and participatory, hands-on workshops.
February 7: The King School in Stamford, CT. The Senegal-America Project will be doing a day of concerts and hands-on workshops.
January 25: WISH school in Hartford, CT. This is a participatory “in concert” program, presented through Hartford Performs.
December 18: Batchelder School in Hartford, CT. This is a participatory “in concert” program, presented through Hartford Performs.
December 14: ELAMS school in Hartford, CT, presenting “The Math and Magic of Rhythm.” This is a hands-on, participatory educational program presented through Hartford Performs.
TIME TBA
Tony Vacca and The Senegal-America Project, featuring Tantra Zawadi, Abdou Sarr and Tony Vacca
This two-day residency is part of the Goldstein Memorial Fund. Itincludes hands-on workshops and a concert performance for the high school’s students and faculty of Northampton High School, in Northampton, MA.
11/11: The Wendell Full Moon Coffeehouse: https://www.wendellfullmoon.org/
DO IT NOW with Beat poet laureate Paul Richmond, guitarist John Sheldon and percussionist Tony Vacca. TIME TBA
