My students, both the ones I gave birth to and the ones who come to me for a musical education, are used to me using sports analogies to illustrate ideas about technique and practice. We all have a good laugh about this instructional tendency of mine because I am the last person you would find doing… Read More Wheelhouse, Population 1
Photo by Greg Delowery Dear Iowa City, Thank you so much for bringing your smiling faces and your open hearts to our performance at the Englert Theatre on July 25, 2015. What an honor to play to a sold out and enthusiastic audience in such a historic setting! Please continue to do all you can… Read More Thank you, Iowa City!
The Beggarmen are thrilled to announce our upcoming July 25 concert at The Englert Theatre in Iowa City. $12 tickets are available here. There are a limited number of seats available because the Intimates shows seat the audience onstage with the band. $15 tickets available at the door if any seating remains. More from the Englert:… Read More The Beggarmen at the Englert coming up July 25!
I’m thrilled to be a member of the 5-piece onstage band for the Tysen & Miller musical “The Burnt Part Boys” at Theatre Cedar Rapids. We have three more weekends of shows still to come so there’s no excuse to miss this. Between the visionary theatrical direction of Leslie Charipar and the masterful music direction of Janelle… Read More The Burnt Part Boys
I’m so lucky and grateful to be in the band for the Family Folk Machine, a community folk choir based in Iowa City. The Family Folk Machine was founded by and continues to be directed by my friend Jean Littlejohn. Jean is an incredibly talented musician as well as a very warm and kind person and she is… Read More Blooming Where You’re Planted
artwork by my talented father-in-law Jon Dutcher Many chances to enjoy traditional Irish music over the next several weeks! Here are just the ones that involve me: Monday, March 9, there will be a gathering of musicians playing Irish tunes at Micky’s Irish Pub in Iowa City beginning at 7 pm. Saturday, March 14, my… Read More The Season is Upon Us!
Jeff and I are looking forward to seeing you on Saturday, February 7 at the Lincoln Winebar in Mount Vernon, Iowa! We’ll start rolling at 7:30 pm. Jeffrey C. Capps (guitar/vocals) and Tara McGovern (fiddle/vocals) will make their Lincoln Winebar debut on February 7, 2015. The pair’s warm, understated harmonies and instrumentation find a perfect home in their… Read More Capps McGovern
We’ve lived in the greater Iowa City area for nearly twenty years and to say that we are smitten with our adopted hometown would be a grievous understatement. Of all the treasures here, and there are many, there is none so valuable as the Riverside Theatre, which has been providing full professional theatre seasons for over three… Read More A Christmas Carol
Before I had a marriage and sons and a mortgage and a band or three and a music studio and a hearty case of sleep deprivation, I was an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer assigned to the Extend the Dream Foundation. My specific task was coordinating art and music experiences at Uptown Bill’s when it was first opening… Read More This is why we CAN have nice things
Most of the time that we have a babysitter booked, we’re working. It might look like a night out on the town but it’s really a night out for everyone else. We’re on the job playing music. I mean, it’s really fun, sure. And yes, Joe and I are in the same band so we have… Read More Date Night
