Sarah
Heath, Lucy McLellan, and Peggy Ogilvy bring a unique kind of family
entertainment to towns throughout New England, delighting audiences
of
all ages with their inventive blend of folk/jazz, lush harmonies, humorous
anecdotes, and wealth of musical instruments. Playing cello, flute,
piano, guitar, and baroque recorder, the group performs original
songs as well as music from a variety of folk traditions.
Daughters of former Yale Glee Club director Fenno Heath, the Heaths
have sung as a natural trio since childhood and readily convey a deep
love for the joy of making all kinds of music together.
The Heaths have released four CDs of their
own and have been featured on a variety of creative projects, including
Sandra Boynton’s Grammy nominated 2003 release “Philadelphia
Chickens” along
with Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Patti Lupone, Laura Linney, and The Bacon
Brothers.
Some selected appearances, from Maryland to Colorado:
Musical Families in Brattleboro (Amidons, MacArthurs, Gawlers) (VT)
Estes Park Colorado, Spring Sing (CO)
Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs (NY)
Fenway Park in Boston (MA)
Toad’s Place in New Haven (CT)
Eli Whitney Folk Festival (CT)
The Space in Hamden (CT)
The Branford Folk Society (CT)
The 333 Coffeehouse in Annapolis (MD)
The Winchester Town Hall (MA)
Plainfield Town Hall (NH)
Exeter Town Hall (NH)
Exeter Academy Concert Series (NH)
Yale University Art Gallery (CT)
The Windham Art Gallery (VT)
Brattleboro Arts in the Autumn Festival (VT)
The “Big Splash” Festival in Wilder (VT)
Unitarian Society of New Haven (CT)
Yale Club of Manhattan (NY)
Evening With the Arts in Stratham (NH)
The Cloister Garden Series in Winchester (MA)
The Cheshire and New Hartford Public Libraries (CT)
Northwestern CT Community College (CT)
The Unitarian Society in Arlington (MA)
The North Canaan Elementary School (MA)
Pocono Manor (PA)
From, Carolyn Jensen (NPR):
“ Lovely and lyrical, with enduring peace and beauty (Gentle Fire).”
Henry Becton (President, WGBH):
“ Many great talents are on display in this holiday selection of old favorites
and new compositiions (On Christmas Day), designed to delight the most musical
of listeners.”
From The New Haven Register:
“ The Heaths have made a solid name for themselves on the Northeastern folk
circuit, with their ace harmonies and their multi-instrumental talents.”
From Joemy Wilson (musician, CA):
“ I think Gentle Fire is gorgeous. I was especially moved by the title
tune and Ascutney Rising. I also found, after just one hearing, that
the poignant strains of Hard Times kept echoing in my brain for hours. Yours
is a wonderful sister act; your voices blend beautifully, and the obvious love
you all have for making music together shines through like, well, like Bright
Morning Stars!”
From David Roth (Singer/Songwriter):
“ Listen to The Heaths for awhile; beautiful music, wonderful arrangements,
and soothing, pristine voices will come to your rescue. If you get to hear them
live (honest, breathtaking, and unpretentious), prepare to be mesmerized.”
From Susan Bingham (Composer):
“ Poignant, delicate, playful, tender, and hopeful songs - issuing out
of the organic richness of their own experiences.”
From Dr. Emily Fine (gynecologist and obstetrician):
“
Our whole office is obsessed with this recording, we can’t stop
playing it.”
From Northeast Performer:
“ Hey Ho to the Greenwood (Gentle Fire) is clear evidence of the Renaissance
influence in the Heaths’ music. It opens with a recording
of the natural sounds of birds in the forest, moving easily into the
soft tones of the hammered dulcimer and their voices. One would almost expect
to find oneself in a forest clearing, watching the court ladies dancing
while their pages tend to the horses and look on.”
From Michael Rapini (master carpenter):
“ loaded with good vibes- this planet needs more music like yours!”
From Martha Bixler (N.Y. Pro Musica):
“ spectacular, the songs are wonderful to listen to (Cornish Moon), beautfiul,
captivating...arrangements are terrific. I love it, I’m
entranced...”
From Linda Waterfall (singer/songwriter, Seattle,
WA):
“ Full of surprises, really inventive, very exciting, I am blown away!”
From Jenifer Nields (Corona Cantans):
“
I love, love, love your CD (On Christmas Day). I’ve been having
trouble keeping hold of it because my husband keeps taking it, and
I find it later in his portable CD player. It is so spirited, joyful,
imaginative, tender, musical, varied, fun, tender.”
Uncle Tony Quimby:
“ Damn good!” |