audio sample (Josefin's Waltz, with Donny MacLean; more samples on each CD page)
New book!
Habaneras, Maxixes & Tangos
for booking, email or call Bill at 413-442-9172
Spare Parts has performed for dance camps, concerts, period events and social dances from Alaska to Maine. Bill Matthiesen on piano and Liz Stell on flute combine with one or more "spare parts du jour." Some of our favorite "spare parts" include fiddlers Frank Orsini, Eric Buddington, Ruthie Dornfeld, Mark Bagdon, Eden MacAdam-Somer, Anne Hooper, Lissa Schneckenburger, Jane Rothfield, Cathie Whitesides, Donny MacLean, Susan Conger, Dave Langford, Hanneke Cassel, George Wilson, Rebecca McCallum, Britany Orlebeke and Matt Glaser ... cornetist Peter Ecklund ... and bassists Corey DiMario, Carol Hamm, Cal Howard and Larry Unger.
(Liz and Bill with Ruthie Dornfeld in Seattle; photo: Matti Mero)Performing schedule:
May 2009
- Saturday, May 2, New York City
Ragtime dance party (private); duo Liz and Bill
- Saturday, May 16, Montpelier, VT (www.contracopia.net/sites/montpelier/)
Contradance with fiddler Frank Orsini
- Saturday, May 23, Olivebridge, NY (www.ashokancenter.org/civilwar)
Civil War Dance, part of Civil War Days at Ashokan; Liz and Bill join Jay and Molly
June
- Friday, June 19, Pittsfield, MA
Relay for Life at Onota Lake, Liz plays solo flute
- Saturday, June 20, New York City
(92Y.org/harkness)
Ragtime Dance at the 92nd Street Y with Liz and Bill. Workshop with Marc Casslar (7 pm) followed by dancing to classic rags and songs from the early 20th century. Dance waltzes, tangos, one-steps, foxtrots, and blues from 8 to 11:30.
- June 27-28, Altamont, NY (oldsongs.org/festival/)
Old Songs Festival
July
- Sunday, July 12, Philadelphia, PA
Victorian Wedding with Liz, Bill and Frank playing period music
- July 19-25
Northern Week at Ashokan
August
- Saturday, Aug. 1, Fort Ticonderoga, NY (fort-ticonderoga.org)
Officers' Dinner (fundraiser). Liz, Bill and Mark Bagdon play music 1900s to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fort Ticonderoga being open as a museum and historical site.
- Saturday, Aug. 15, Nahant, MA (vintagedancers.org/events)
Nahant Victorian Day Ball: 1860s ball sponsored by the Nahant Historical Society, with Rebecca McCallum on violin. On the program will be several selections from Spare Parts' CD: Dancinng by the Shore.
- Saturday, Aug. 22, New Haven, CT
Victorian Wedding with Liz, Bill and Eric playing period music
