End your week on a perfect summer note at the second Calvert Marine Museum Maritime Concert on Friday, July 16. Featuring the well known folksinger, Geoff Kaufman, the evening promises to be both magical and enjoyable. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., purchase light supper fare, summer soups, and sweets by Lotus Kitchen on the boat basin overlooking the Drum Point Lighthouse. Lemonade, tea, wine, and beer are also available for sale. The concert begins at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium.
Geoff Kaufman has been leading audiences to find truth, humor, and beauty in folk music for the past twenty-eight years. Whether singing sailor songs with his quartet, Forebitter, or environmental songs on board the Sloop Clearwater in the Hudson River, or in solo performances at coffeehouses throughout the Northeast United States and festivals in Europe, Geoff has entertained and touched audiences near and far. Ancient ballads, work songs, and songs of love, poignant songs of people in struggle, humorous glimpses of human foibles, and insights into history—all of these are likely to be woven into one of Geoff’s concerts.
Above all, at the core of Geoff’s performance is his rich tenor voice and an exuberant love of singing. And part of that love is to entice audiences to sing along, to share in the exhilaration of full-throated vocalization. In this age of electronic overload and passive media pabulum, Geoff likes to stress the “live” in live performance, promoting participation, be it by voice, heart, or mind.
The Maritime concert series is sponsored by the Todd Purring Family and the Holiday Inn. A $5 donation is requested to help offset the cost of bringing these high quality musicians to the museum.