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Events

Previous events

Date Event Location
Saturday, January 25 @ 8:00PM Sat, Jan 25 @ 8:00PM Stuart Markus & Mike Agranoff at the Song Box Song Box House Concerts / Private Home, Seaford, NY Song Box House Concerts / Private Home, Seaford, NY
Sunday, January 19 @ 3:00PM Sun, Jan 19 @ 3:00PM Gathering Time at Heights House Concerts Private Home (address given with reservation -- see below), Jersey City, NJ Private Home (address given with reservation -- see below), Jersey City, NJ
Sunday, January 12 @ 2:00PM Sun, Jan 12 @ 2:00PM Gathering Time's "WinterFolk" at Samanea Art Gallery Samanea New York (the former Source Mall at Westbury), Westbury, NY 11590 Samanea New York (the former Source Mall at Westbury), Westbury, NY 11590
Sunday, January 5 @ 2:00PM Sun, Jan 5 @ 2:00PM Gathering Time's "Great Folk-Rock Festival" at Rockville Centre Library Rockville Centre Public Library , Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Rockville Centre Public Library , Rockville Centre, NY 11570
Friday, December 27, 2019 @ 7:30PM Fri, Dec 27, 2019 @ 7:30PM Gathering Time at the NJ Folk Project's Troubadour Coffee House Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, Morristown, NJ 07960 Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, Morristown, NJ 07960
Saturday, December 21, 2019 @ 8:00PM Sat, Dec 21, 2019 @ 8:00PM Gathering Time at Plainview/Old Bethpage Library Plainview/Old Bethpage Public Library, Plainview, NY Plainview/Old Bethpage Public Library, Plainview, NY
Sunday, September 29, 2019 @ 7:00PM Sun, Sep 29, 2019 @ 7:00PM Gathering Time at Long Island Fair Old Bethpage Restoration Village, Old Bethpage, NY Old Bethpage Restoration Village, Old Bethpage, NY
Saturday, September 28, 2019 @ 7:00PM Sat, Sep 28, 2019 @ 7:00PM Gathering Time Tribute to the Artists of Woodstock Bristol's Stone Church, Bristol, RI 02809 Bristol's Stone Church, Bristol, RI 02809
Sunday, September 22, 2019 @ 12:00PM Sun, Sep 22, 2019 @ 12:00PM Gathering Time at the Long Island Fair Old Bethpage Restoration Village, Old Bethpage, NY Old Bethpage Restoration Village, Old Bethpage, NY
Saturday, September 21, 2019 @ 7:30PM Sat, Sep 21, 2019 @ 7:30PM Gathering Time at Earth Room Concerts Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, Lincroft, NJ Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, Lincroft, NJ
Saturday, September 21, 2019 @ 12:00PM Sat, Sep 21, 2019 @ 12:00PM Gathering Time at Long Island Fair Old Bethpage Restoration Village, Old Bethpage, NY Old Bethpage Restoration Village, Old Bethpage, NY
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 @ 8:00PM Wed, Sep 18, 2019 @ 8:00PM Stu as the feature at the Sunnyside Singer's Club Aubergine Cafe, Woodside, NY 11377 (718) 899-1735 Aubergine Cafe, Woodside, NY 11377 (718) 899-1735
Thursday, September 12, 2019 @ 8:00PM — 10:00PM Thu, Sep 12, 2019 @ 8:00PM — 10:00PM Stu solo at Left Coast Kitchen Left Coast Kitchen, Merrick, NY Left Coast Kitchen, Merrick, NY
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 @ 7:00PM Tue, Jul 30, 2019 @ 7:00PM Gathering Time at Clark Botanic Gardens Clark Botanic Gardens, Albertson, NY Clark Botanic Gardens, Albertson, NY
Thursday, July 25, 2019 @ 8:00PM Thu, Jul 25, 2019 @ 8:00PM Gathering Time at Heckscher Park Heckscher Park, , Huntington, NY Heckscher Park, , Huntington, NY
Thursday, July 25, 2019 @ 8:00PM — 10:00PM Thu, Jul 25, 2019 @ 8:00PM — 10:00PM Stuart Markus Left Coast Kitchen, Merrick, NY Left Coast Kitchen, Merrick, NY
Sunday, July 21, 2019 @ 3:00PM Sun, Jul 21, 2019 @ 3:00PM Gathering Time at Poppenhusen Institute Poppenhusen Institute, College Point, New York 11356 Poppenhusen Institute, College Point, New York 11356
Thursday, July 18, 2019 @ 8:00PM — 10:00PM Thu, Jul 18, 2019 @ 8:00PM — 10:00PM Stuart Markus Left Coast Kitchen, Merrick, NY Left Coast Kitchen, Merrick, NY
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 @ 7:00PM Wed, Jul 17, 2019 @ 7:00PM Gathering Time at Connetquot Library Connetquot Library, Bohemia, NY Connetquot Library, Bohemia, NY
Monday, July 15, 2019 @ 7:15PM Mon, Jul 15, 2019 @ 7:15PM "Just Wild About Harry" Chapin Tribute Concert Eisenhower Park, Harry Chapin Lakeside Stage, East Meadow, NY Eisenhower Park, Harry Chapin Lakeside Stage, East Meadow, NY
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Original Music:
   Stuart Markus' original music can be called acoustic rock, folk-rock, adult album alternative or modern folk. His songs include straight-up, four-beat rockers and melodic ballads.
   He's been compared to James Taylor by many, but his influences include Simon & Garfunkel, the Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Browne, Billy Joel, traditional sea chanteys and classic rock. "If I find it interesting, it'll find its way into my music," he says.
   Stuart works in pop song structures, making the music easy for the listener to grasp onto, yet his musical training brings a richness that stretches beyond typical 3- or 4-song pop. Lyrically, Stuart uses personal experience and observation to tap into universal feelings and thoughts. Concise lines and concrete imagery about specific situations still frequently evoke reactions of "That could've been written about me" or "I've definitely been there."
   His lyrics range from dark to hopeful, romantic to bizarre, angry to twisted, taking the listener through a wide range of emotions and stories over the course of a concert or an album.
  A founding member of the folk-rock harmony trio Gathering Time (www.gathering-time.com), Stuart mainly performs original songs in that configuration. However, he has written scores of songs that he is happy to play solo in situations where that may be preferred, or to work them into sets of cover songs where appropriate. Look for his original music on the music page of this website, or on the GT site.

Cover Songs:
   Besides being a recording and touring songwriter, Stuart has been a working musician since 1993, with a collection of hundreds of popular songs from the past six decades. The lion's share of his repertoire is from the classic rock and folk-rock eras of the 1960s and '70s, but he stretches back to the swing era and forward to the current decade, to please audiences of all ages -- all adapted to the acoustic guitar.
   Stuart is equally at home providing mellow background music for an evening's dinner gathering, or rocking it up for a crowd that wants to dance, clap and sing along. And he has no problem changing gears once the dining is done and the party hats come out. He can provide a sound system more than capable of filling a large room or a small yard.
   For larger events, Stu can team up with other musicians to work as a duo, trio, or foursome. He is also available for sideman duties on guitar, bass, and backing vocals.
   Though he has never had an incident resulting in damage or injury (except to himself), he carries performers' liability insurance to a level of $2,000,000.
His covers repertoire includes songs by:
•America •The Beatles •Jackson Browne •Jimmy Buffett •The Byrds •Harry Chapin •Eric Clapton •Creedence Clearwater Revival •Jim Croce •Crosby, Stills & Nash •John Denver •Neil Diamond •Doobie Brothers •The Drifters •Bob Dylan •Eagles •Fleetwood Mac •Dan Fogelberg •Gin Blossoms •Grateful Dead •Arlo Guthrie •Buddy Holly •Joe Jackson •Jethro Tull •Billy Joel •Elton John •Gordon Lightfoot •Loggins & Messina •John Mayer •Steve Miller •Joni Mitchell •The Monkees •Moody Blues •Van Morrison •Peter, Paul & Mary •REM •Bob Seger •Simon & Garfunkel •Steely Dan •Matthew Sweet •Cat Stevens •Al Stewart
•James Taylor •The Who •Neil Young
... and many others!

Traditional Music:
Sea Chanteys and Maritime Ballads
A lifelong small-boat sailor, Stuart made his first voyage on a tall ship in OpSail 1992 on the HMS Rose, a replica of a British frigate that patrolled Long Island Sound in colonial days. Then based in Bridgeport, CT, the modern Rose went on to play the part of Russell Crowe's command in the 2004 Fox/Miramax release Master & Commander: Far Side of the World. Stuart has since volunteered at South St. Seaport Museum in New York City, helping restore the Cape Horn Clipper RMS Wavertree and sail her during OpSail 2000.

Technically, sea chanteys are work songs - sung to keep a rhythm as all hands needed to haul on a line or heave on a pump handle together to make the ship run. Most have a call-and-response structure like other work songs, and served the additional function of providing a bit of distraction from the tedious but tiring work. They could also be a bit of a pressure relief valve, incorporating some creative group gripes about the less pleasant aspects of the sailor's life. Other sea songs - nautical ballads and 'forebitters' - so-called because they were typically sung by someone sitting or standing on the fore-bit, a wooden structure for tying off heavy lines - provided entertainment, distraction and comradeship for sailors off watch in the days before radio, TV, or even widespread literacy.

Stuart Markus has been performing traditional nautical music since 1998, and is currently a member of the duo The Royal Yard (www.TheRoyalYard.com) with noted singer-songwriter and traditional music performer Robin Greenstein. (www.robingreenstein.com). Stuart's performances are enhanced by his experiences sailing on the Rose and Wavertree. Their most popular show is entitled:
"Pirate Tunes, Sailor Songs and Salty Language" -- a 60 to 90-minute show of many sea chanteys and the various types of shipboard work they went with, traditional maritime ballads, and forebitters (songs for fun) -- plus explanations of the many words and phrases still in common use that have come down to us from the sea. 

Other Traditional Music Shows
"Four Centuries of Folk Music" – If you think only of Pete Seeger or Peter, Paul & Mary when you think of folk music, think again! Stuart also has originated a new program called Four Centuries of Folk Music, a 90-minute program of folk songs incorporating 17th & 18th-century ballads of the Francis Child collection, popular folk songs from the Civil War & Reconstruction era, sea chanteys, labor songs from the 1890s to the 1930s, songs from the 1950s folk revival, civil rights and anti-war songs from the '60s and modern singer-songwriters in the folk tradition.

"A Very Victorian Holiday Season" – Many of the traditions associated with Christmas today came from Victorian England, but many of those were rooted in centuries past drawing on even older celebrations of the new year, winter solstice and winter weather. Performed with Robin Greenstein (www.RobinGreenstein.com), this program includes songs both familiar and obscure, providing a peak into how the holidays were celebrated a century and a half ago.

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