Doors open at 6:00PM, seating is limited, so please respond by email with the number in your party planning to attend. Location and address of the Paul Elwood Cottonwood House Concert will be provided to you after you respond
In an effort to keep everyone safe and healthy, we request that only those who are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19 attend this event. We follow CDC guidelines and recommendations from Folk Alliance International for safe in-person music performances. We are planning for this concert with seating outdoors in our patio garden, weather-permitting. In the event of inclement weather, we will move indoors. Beverages with hor d’ oeuvres and desserts will be served in a separate area. Masks will be required for all indoor areas.
Cottonwood House Concerts are free events, but we request that those attending tip the artists who are performing. Given the extraordinary challenges faced by music professionals these days, we recommend a tip of $20 per person for those who are able to give.
The Music of Paul Elwood
Using the syntax and vocabulary of new music mixed with that of folk idioms and tonal palettes, Paul Elwood’s music has been featured at festivals in Russia, Bulgaria, Mexico, France, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand, Croatia, Scotland, Germany, Spain, and the U.S. Interpreters of his music include pianist Stephen Drury, percussionists Stuart Gerber, Zeitgeist, percussionist Dan Moore, percussionist Patti Cudd, guitarist Jean-Marc Montera, soprano Sharon Harms, mezzo-soprano Alice Simmons, Tambuco, the North Carolina Symphony, Charleston Symphony, Wichita Symphony, and the Symphony of the Conservatoire d’Aix en Provence.
Recordings on Innova include Émissions Transparents (2019); as composer/banjoist with percussionist Famoudou Don Moye of the Art Ensemble of Chicago: “Nice Folks: The Music of Paul Elwood” (2015), and “Stanley Kubrick’s Mountain Home,” his chamber music with folk tunes, featuring legendary musician John Hartford (2011).
A Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and of the Camargo Foundation (Cassis, France), he is currently selected for a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency in October/November 2021. Elwood’s compositions are published by C.F. Peters, Smith Publications, and Western Wear Music Publishing.
As a performer on banjo he has shared the stage with the likes of John Cage, Christian Wolff, John Zorn, Eugene Chadbourne, Lukas Ligeti, Jean-Marc Montera, and Alvin Lucier.
