{"id":40802228667,"date":"2020-03-06T15:27:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T20:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/?p=40802228667"},"modified":"2020-03-12T08:58:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T12:58:53","slug":"songwriters-by-the-sea-returns-this-year-featuring-tom-chapin-and-jen-chapin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/songwriters-by-the-sea-returns-this-year-featuring-tom-chapin-and-jen-chapin\/","title":{"rendered":"Songwriters by the Sea returns this year featuring Tom Chapin and Jen Chapin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Monmouth University\u2019s Department of Music and Theatre is pleased to announce the return of distinguished New Jersey Songwriters Joe Rapolla<\/strong> and Joe D\u2019Urso<\/strong> for the Songwriters by the Sea<\/strong> series, Saturday, March 28 at 8 pm<\/strong> at the Lauren K. Woods Theatre. The duo will be joined by Tom Chapin and Jen Chapin with an intro set by\u00a0George Wurzbach<\/strong>. Tickets for Songwriters by the Sea<\/strong> are priced at $30, and can be reserved through the Monmouth University Box Office at 732-263-6889, or online at www.monmouth.edu\/mca<\/a>. Pre-show reception will be held at 7 pm for all ticket holders.<\/p>\n

In a career that spans six decades, 26 albums and three GRAMMY awards, Hudson Valley Troubadour Tom Chapin<\/strong> has covered an incredible amount of creative ground. In addition to his work as a recording artist and concert performer, Chapin has acted on Broadway, as well as working extensively in television, radio and film. As a music-maker, the multi-talented singer\/songwriter\/guitarist has maintained two long and productive parallel careers, both as a highly respected contemporary folk artist and as a pioneer in the field of children\u2019s music. Chapin has established a reputation for insightful, heartfelt songcraft and effortlessly charismatic live performances. Chapin\u2019s infectious songs, sterling musicianship and personal warmth consistently shine through, whether he\u2019s performing on record or in a concert hall, an outdoor festival, a school, in front of a symphony orchestra or in an intimate coffeehouse. The New York Times<\/em> called Chapin \u201cone of the great personalities in contemporary folk music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jen Chapin<\/strong> has been celebrated for\u00a0writing \u201cbrilliant soulfully poetic urban\u00a0folk music\u201d (NPR<\/em>) for almost two decades,\u00a0beginning with her debut,\u00a0Open\u00a0Wide<\/em>, in 2002.\u00a0Nurtured in and\u00a0around NYC by a large family of\u00a0artists, writers, and musicians, Jen\u2019s\u00a0\u201cobservant, lyrically deft, politically\u00a0aware and emotionally intuitive\u201d\u00a0(Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel<\/em>)\u00a0songwriting features both her\u00a0\u201cextraordinary voice\u201d (De krenten uit\u00a0de pop, The Netherlands<\/em>) and\u00a0\u201castonishing jazz band\u201d (popmatters<\/em>). As much as an artistic legacy, the\u00a0roots of Jen\u2019s upbringing have\u00a0inspired her \u201cpotent, jazzy, layered\u00a0folk\u201d (Newsday<\/em>) songs and a lifetime\u00a0of passionate activism, through\u00a0ongoing work with WhyHunger\u00a0(founded by her late father Harry\u00a0Chapin), and teaching high school global history in Brooklyn. She has performed on stage\u00a0with Bruce Springsteen, on bills with\u00a0Aimee Mann, Bruce Hornsby, and\u00a0The Neville Brothers, and her rendition of\u00a0Van Morrison\u2019s \u201cInto The Mystic\u201d was\u00a0featured in an episode of the\u00a0SyFy TV series \u201cDefiance\u201d. Jen\u00a0Chapin\u2019s 2013 release\u00a0Reckoning<\/em>,\u00a0produced and engineered by five-time GRAMMY\u00a9 Winner Kevin Killen\u00a0(U2, Elvis Costello, Kate Bush) was named among the best Americana albums of that year by\u00a0Examiner.com\u00a0and awarded First Prize, Lyrics category by the USA Songwriting Competition (for the song \u201cGo Away\u201d). Her new trio album \u201cDesert or Sea\u201d was released in summer 2019.<\/p>\n

About Songwriters by the Sea:
\n<\/strong>Songwriters by the Sea began as intimate, casual coffeehouse jam sessions around Asbury Park, and has since evolved into a national show attracting some of the most revered singers and songwriters of today\u2019s scene\u2014 from Joe Grushecky and Garland Jeffreys to Glen Burtnik, Marshall Crenshaw and Alison Moorer. Along the way, D\u2019Urso (front man of Stone Caravan and board member of WHY Hunger and Light Of Day) and Rapolla (a veteran music industry executive, solo performer, and front man of the band Perfect Square) have fine-tuned their circle of artists, trading favorite songs and illuminating backstories behind their most personal works, into a vehicle that brings out the best in the assembled talent. Whether the venue is a club, a historic theater or a campus performing arts center, Songwriters by the Sea has been known to turn any space into an intimate house party atmosphere; a gathering of friends and a place where something akin to magic often takes hold.<\/p>\n

Songwriters by the Sea <\/strong>is sponsored by the Monmouth University Leon Hess Business School and Business Council. All net proceeds will support Monmouth University\u2019s Endowed Music Industry Scholarship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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