Girl Singer: An Evening Performance of Story and Jazz and a Fundraiser to Support Falmouth Jewish Congregation

Featuring Author Mick Carlon and the Cape Cod Jazz Quartet with Vocalist Leslie Boyle

Thursday, September 19 at 7:00 P.M. at Falmouth Jewish Congregation's Blanche & Joel D. Seifer Community Center in Speen Hall / Doors open at 6:30 P.M.

Click here to purchase tickets: https://www.falmouthjewish.org/event/fjc-fundraiser-girl-singer/

This performance is open to the public and everyone is invited.  Facilities are accessible to all. The event will take place cabaret-style in Speen Hall, with complementary light refreshments. A book sale and signing by Mick Carlon will follow.

Patrons: $50 (choice seating)
FJC Members: $25
General Admission: $35
Youth (under 18): Free for FJC members / General admission $10

Advance ticket sales only. Tickets cannot be purchased at the door.

* If you are unable to purchase tickets online, you may do so by mailing a check (payable to Falmouth Jewish Congregation with the memo Girl Singer), to 7 Hatchville Road, East Falmouth, MA 02536. Ticket request by mail must be received by September 17.

Come hear Mick Carlon’s story of the intersection of Jazz, history, American society and the Holocaust, interspersed with live Jazz by Bart Weisman's Cape Cod Jazz Quartet with vocalist Leslie Boyle performing Jazz classics featured in the book. Among these are: "They Can't Take That Away From Me"; "Swing, Brother, Swing"; "Them There Eyes"' and "Basin Street Blues." The Cape Cod Jazz Quartet features Steve Ahern on trumpet, Fred Boyle on piano, Rom Ormsby on bass, and Bart Wesman on drums.

"An arresting and wonderful story that communicates—through a deep relationship between a singer and a Holocaust survivor—the joy of music, self-discovery, pain, and racism." —Dick Golden, host of George Washington University Presents American Jazz

Hear Mick Carlon’s story of the intersection of Jazz, history, American society and the Holocaust, interspersed with live Jazz by Bart Weisman's Cape Cod Jazz Quartet and vocalist Leslie Boyle performing Jazz classics featured in the book. Among these are: "They Can't Take That Away From Me"; "Swing, Brother, Swing"; "Them There Eyes"' and "Basin Street Blues."

The story: Harlem 1938: eighteen-year-old Avery, aspiring singer, is heard by Lester "Pres" Young, Count Basie's tenor saxophonist. Pres recommends her to Basie, and Avery is whisked into the jazz life. Years later, with several hit records to her credit, Avery settles in Greenwich Village. But her life takes a sharp turn when she meets Karl, a Jewish refugee from Hitler's Germany. Dick Golden, host of George Washington University Presents American Jazz opined that [Girl Singer is] "an arresting and wonderful story that communicates—through a deep relationship between a singer and a Holocaust survivor—the joy of music, self-discovery, pain, and racism." Fred Kasten, Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist, called Girl Singer "a fast-paced narrative. . . . compelling and intense reading, by turns funny, tender, and horrifying, Girl Singer is the real deal—a captivating, well-told tale." While Carlon’s fiction is geared to young adults, his stories engage and educate all ages, especially when paired with live music, such as in this concert. As Marilyn Lester, Executive Director of the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts reminds us that its themes are universal and timely for all ages: "Avery's story tackles hard topics—racism, women's rights—which transcend time and place. A tale with deep resonance and educational force, that will keep readers turning pages."

The Cape Cod Jazz Quartet (CCJQ) is comprised of four of Cape Cod’s top Jazz Musicians with Steve Ahern on trumpet, flute & vocals from Cape Cod & Florida, Fred Boyle on piano from South Yarmouth, Ron Ormsby on bass from Centerville, and Bart Weisman on drums from Orleans. The CCJQ has appeared at concerts, events, weddings, and restaurants across Cape Cod including the Provincetown Jazz Festival. The CCJQ has accompanied vocalists Dane Vannatter, Siobhan Magnus, Cassandre McKinley, Tish Adams, Leslie Boyle, Lori Colombo, Krisanthi Pappas, and has two recordings including one with Dane Vannatter.