Seven Times Salt marks the 250th anniversary of the nation with music. The historic events at Lexington and Concord in 1775 sparked the beginnings of the Revolutionary War, the Declaration of Independence signed on July 4, 1776, and the eventual creation of the United States. This tour of early New England traces a musical lineage from the first settlers at Plimoth to their descendants on the eve of the Revolution and eventual victory at Yorktown. English catches and early shape note hymns lead to songs of liberty, rants against taxation and tyranny, wartime laments, and even some of George Washington's favorite dance tunes. The program includes works by Thomas Arne and William Billings, selections from the Ainsworth Psalter and the Bay Psalm Book, and a pleasing variety of dance tunes from 18th-c. American manuscripts.

Julia Soojin Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano
Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, alto
Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, baritone
Josh Schreiber, viol, cello, bass
Matthew Wright, lute, guitar, tenor

Bass Hall at the Monadnock Center for History and Culture
19 Grove St. Peterborough, NH
Presented by Music at Bass Hall