PEABODY — The Peabody Institute Library is pleased to announce its Fall 2024 Concert Series, starting on Monday, Sept. 16. All concerts are free and open to all.
Registration is required and opens for all shows on Sept. 2. Concerts are scheduled to take place in the Sutton Room on Monday nights at 7 p.
m., unless otherwise noted. Patrons may sign up on the Peabody Library calendar at peabodylibrary.
org/calendar, or by calling 978-531-0100. Concerts are sponsored by the Peabody Institute Library Foundation and the McCarthy Family Foundation. On Monday, Sept.
16, the Avalyn Reed Trio will perform. The trio features Christine Fell and Nancy Fiske on clarinets, and Maria Isaak on the bassoon, and they’ll play a repertoire including Bach, Handel, Albeniz, Joplin, and de Falla. For more information about the Avalyn Reed Trio, go to https://www.
avalynreedtrio.com/. On Monday, Oct.
7, Les Sampou will perform. Sampou is an award-winning songwriter and recording artist who developed a national presence in the singer-songwriter circuit where she has toured for more than three decades. Her concerts are known for the wonderful stories she weaves around her set list, which include original songs from her seven albums as well as beloved cover songs from over the decades.
Her extraordinary guitar playing and emotive creative vocals will hold you spellbound. Sampou has performed at such world-class stages as the Montreal Jazz Festival, Toronto Blues Festival, SXSW, and Philadelphia Folk Fe.