Ruth Rappaport
Starting March 6, 2023: Fiddler Jon Anderson and I are teaching a string-band ensemble class at Passim School of Music in Cambridge, Mass. Details at https://www.passim.org/school-of-music/classes-workshops/in-person-old-time-ensemble.
March 29, Upton Senior Center, Upton, Massachusetts
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Irish celebration with Jonah Sidman.
April 1, Rainbow Contra Dance, Northampton, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. with Ben Wetherbee.
April 2, Egg Hunt, Belmont, Massachusetts
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. at the Beech Street Center. Family fun!
April 8, Somerville Winter Farmers' Market, Somerville, Massachusetts
10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
April 15, Club Passim, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Giving a workshop on old-time backup guitar.
April 17, Club Passim, Cambridge, Massachusetts
8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Leading an old-time music jam session.
April 19, Nick-a-Nee's, Providence, Rhode Island
8:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. With Ben Wetherbee, Joel Wennerstrom, and Larry Unger. Bluegrass Throedown!
April 21, A house concert in Roslindale, Massachusetts featuring Bertram and Madeline Levy and Ruth Rappaport and Ben Wetherbee. More details to come.
April 22, Gore Place Sheepshearing Festival, Waltham, Massachusetts
12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. With Sophie Wellington.
May 11, Temple Emanuel's Memory Cafe, Newton, Massachusetts
1:00 p.m. A sing-along for those with memory impairment and their friends. Pre-registration required.
May 17, The Burren, Somerville, Massachusetts
With Ben Wetherbee, Joel Wennerstrom, and Stuart Kenney.
June 18, Club Passim, Cambridge, Massachusetts
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Leading a "folk songs of the 1960s" jam during brunch. With Mark Wholley.
Recent Massachusetts appearances include The Burren, The Cantab Lounge, Gore Place Society, Jasper Hill Cafe (with The Hoot Owls), The Bebop, Turtle Swamp Beer Hall, Dedham Historical Society, DeCordova Museum, Tres Gatos Restaurant (with The Hoot Owls), Hugh O'Neill's Pub (Malden), Chulo Restaurant (Watertown), Natick Community Organic Farm, Jewish Food Conference, St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Bedford), Lenox Contra Dance, Abandoned Building Brewery (Easthampton), Root Cellar (Greenfield), BIDA Dance, Montague Square Dance, Somerville Winter Farmer's Market, Union Square Farmer's Market, Watertown Farmer's Market, Belmont Farmer's Market, Waltham Farmer's Market, Cushing Square (Belmont) Festival.
Senior community sing-alongs and performances include: Brigham House, The Residence at Watertown Square, Sunrise Arlington, Sunrise Newton, Stonebridge at Burlington, Springhouse Boston, The Arbors at Stoneham, Waterstone at the Circle, Avenu Natick, New Horizons Marlborough and Woburn, White Oak Cottages, Camellia Gardens, Goddard House, 2Life Communities, Brookdale Cushing Park, Bridges by Epoch Sudbury, Charlton Senior Center, and Windsor Place of Wilmington.
March 29, Upton Senior Center, Upton, Massachusetts
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Irish celebration with Jonah Sidman.
April 1, Rainbow Contra Dance, Northampton, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. with Ben Wetherbee.
April 2, Egg Hunt, Belmont, Massachusetts
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. at the Beech Street Center. Family fun!
April 8, Somerville Winter Farmers' Market, Somerville, Massachusetts
10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
April 15, Club Passim, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Giving a workshop on old-time backup guitar.
April 17, Club Passim, Cambridge, Massachusetts
8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Leading an old-time music jam session.
April 19, Nick-a-Nee's, Providence, Rhode Island
8:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. With Ben Wetherbee, Joel Wennerstrom, and Larry Unger. Bluegrass Throedown!
April 21, A house concert in Roslindale, Massachusetts featuring Bertram and Madeline Levy and Ruth Rappaport and Ben Wetherbee. More details to come.
April 22, Gore Place Sheepshearing Festival, Waltham, Massachusetts
12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. With Sophie Wellington.
May 11, Temple Emanuel's Memory Cafe, Newton, Massachusetts
1:00 p.m. A sing-along for those with memory impairment and their friends. Pre-registration required.
May 17, The Burren, Somerville, Massachusetts
With Ben Wetherbee, Joel Wennerstrom, and Stuart Kenney.
June 18, Club Passim, Cambridge, Massachusetts
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Leading a "folk songs of the 1960s" jam during brunch. With Mark Wholley.
Recent Massachusetts appearances include The Burren, The Cantab Lounge, Gore Place Society, Jasper Hill Cafe (with The Hoot Owls), The Bebop, Turtle Swamp Beer Hall, Dedham Historical Society, DeCordova Museum, Tres Gatos Restaurant (with The Hoot Owls), Hugh O'Neill's Pub (Malden), Chulo Restaurant (Watertown), Natick Community Organic Farm, Jewish Food Conference, St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Bedford), Lenox Contra Dance, Abandoned Building Brewery (Easthampton), Root Cellar (Greenfield), BIDA Dance, Montague Square Dance, Somerville Winter Farmer's Market, Union Square Farmer's Market, Watertown Farmer's Market, Belmont Farmer's Market, Waltham Farmer's Market, Cushing Square (Belmont) Festival.
Senior community sing-alongs and performances include: Brigham House, The Residence at Watertown Square, Sunrise Arlington, Sunrise Newton, Stonebridge at Burlington, Springhouse Boston, The Arbors at Stoneham, Waterstone at the Circle, Avenu Natick, New Horizons Marlborough and Woburn, White Oak Cottages, Camellia Gardens, Goddard House, 2Life Communities, Brookdale Cushing Park, Bridges by Epoch Sudbury, Charlton Senior Center, and Windsor Place of Wilmington.