The Barns Serves up Three Consecutive Nights Of Musicians

The Barns Serves up Three Consecutive Nights of Top-Tier Musicianship with Indie-Folk, Classical Horn, and Selections from The Swinging '30s

Ari Hest with Special Guest Bess Rogers
Thursday, January 27 at 8 p.m.
$18

Burgeoning indie-folk artist Ari Hest returns to The Barns for his third performance in as many years, showcasing tunes off his latest release Twelve Mondays and his pending March studio album, Sunset Over Hope Street. Hest's performance offers patrons an exclusive chance to witness another Filene Center performer in the intimate Barns at Wolf Trap setting. A wildly prolific singer/songwriter, Hest opened for Sheryl Crow on the Filene Center stage in 2008, performing for an appreciative sold-out crowd. Hest recently wrapped his "52" project, a grueling but rewarding 52-week endeavor in 2008 where he wrote, recorded, produced, and released one new song per week. The entire collection, 52, is available on his website, while Twelve Mondays is a compilation of the top 12 songs selected by fans.

Bess Rogers

Penning songs that she describes as upbeat, energetic, and even aggressive, Bess Rogers will take the stage in her Barns debut as support for Ari Hest. Not one to rest on her laurels after receiving a masters in music composition, Rodgers released an EP and a follow-up full length album in 2007 alone, followed by 2009's Travel Back and 2010's Bess Rogers presents Bess Rogers. She has also garnered significant attention as the lead guitarist for Ingrid Michaelson, facilitating an appearance on The Tonight Show and as an opener for Dave Matthews Band.

David Jolley, horn
Eduard Laurel, piano
Friday, January 28 at 8 p.m.
$35
A graduate of the esteemed Julliard School of Music, founding member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Quintet Windscape, and prolific recording artist and collaborator, David Jolley is recognized as one of modern day's most accomplished horn players. The New York Timesdescribed him as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician of "remarkable virtuosity," and Gramophone magazine has hailed him as "a soloist second to none." During his second ever performance at Wolf Trap, Jolley will perform a suite of Russian pieces from Reinhold Glière, Alexander Scriabin, and Alexander Glazunov alongside pianist Eduard Laurel.Laurel has performed at some of the world's finest venues in 20 countries on four continents, and is currently on the staffs of the Juilliard School and the Mannes College of Music.

John Eaton
Saturday, January 29 at 7:30 p.m.
$25
John Eaton'spresentation of The Swinging '30s marks the second in his series of three performances at The Barns throughout the 2010 -'11 season. Eaton jumps ahead after his revival of The Roaring '20s to a decade rife with some of America's most unforgettable music from the big band of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, and Glenn Miller to the jazz standards of George Gershwin and Cole Porter.This one-of-a-kind program pays homage to the artists on which Eaton cut his teeth as a musician and subsequently built his career as a one-man revivalist, adhering closely to their musical philosophies and theories. In addition to musical selections, Eaton offers his unique style of spoken word, complete with historical insights that serve as valuable supplements to each song.

Eaton has brought his versions of popular music to more than 20,000 Wolf Trap patrons at over 50 shows in the past two decades. This Washington, D.C. jazz pianistis a featured player at the Kool Jazz Festival and the Smithsonian Institution Performing Arts Jazz series. He has been repeatedly broadcasted nationally on National Public Radio and Radio Smithsonian.

Looking for more with John Eaton? Visit YouTube and search "John Eaton Talks with Wolf Trap" for an interview about his five decade career, and why he'll never interpret any modern day music.