182nd Music for Humanity Free Performance Night

On the 3rd Saturday of each month, we invite 2-3 outstanding local/regional artists to share their music (both originals & covers). We’re into our 16th year. Our featured performers this month are Kurt Henry, Lisa Markley and Stuart Kabak. They were the judges for our 2024 Songwriting Contest.

Kurt Henry, https://www.kurthenry.com/, an Educator of Excellence (NYS English Council), discovered the relationship of poetry in song and the magic of guitars (all kinds) as a teen in the ’60s and has followed folk, rock and jazz for inspiration–which explains his versatility in several styles.

Equally at home in be-bop, art-song, or folk, Lisa Markley, https://lisamarkley.com/ is a multi-instrumentalist, (guitar, banjo, ukulele, piano, trombone, and voice), who cannot be boxed in by labels or genres, but instead follows the song to where it wants to go.

If Harry Chapin and Joni Mitchell had a musical love child it could easily be Stuart Kabak, a multi award winning songwriter who likes to tell stories in his songs like Harry, wrapped in open tunings Joini would most definitely use. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Stuart+Kabak

This will simply be an outstanding musical evening. On this night we will announce the winners of the 2025 Songwriting Contest, $1000 First Prize, $500 Runner-Up, and some Honorable Mentions. Special thanks to this year’s judges: Mike Borok, Sharon Klein, and Neil Okeson. We’ll also announce the winner of the 4th Annual Music Teacher Appreciation Award, a $1000 grant.
We start promptly at 7:30, but recommend you arrive closer to 6:30 for a seat with table. Noble Coffee will serve a light dinner menu plus a great selection of desserts, coffees & teas. This is a free event. We accept tax-deductible donations to “pay it forward” to the next generation of musicians. See them at https://musicforhumanity.org. If you are financially stressed please join us for free and let the music work its magic… it will.

This is a “listening room” series. If you enjoy listening to outstanding music in a small intimate room (40-60 people) you’ll love this event.
If you can’t make it please subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@musicforhumanity-1. We’ll post the videos the following week.