Summer Concert Series: Childhood Stories and Lullabies – A Family Event!

Part of the Summer Concert Series taking place at Bird in Hand and The Ivy Bookshop, The Ivy hosts soprano Claire Galloway and pianist John Henderson for an outdoor concert for all ages featuring musical storytelling and lullabies! Enjoy this end-of-summer outdoor event, perfect for school-aged children (and adults!) who are readjusting their bedtime routines for the new school year. A perfect way to introduce your children to classical music and the power of storytelling!

Bring a packed picnic dinner for your family to enjoy in the gardens before or after the event. Children’s books around themes of music and bedtime will be on display. The concert begins at 6pm on the back patio!

Scottish-American soprano Claire Galloway’s theatricality covers the gamut of “palpable pain” and “splendid, funny moments” (B.I.T.R.). This coming season Claire will play the role of Giulietta in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann with Wilmington Concert Opera and present a number of recitals. Last season she was a featured artist with Baltimore Musicales and Emmanuel Episcopal’s Tuesdays at Six. She recently premiered a song cycle featuring women of Norse mythology,Mothers of Ragnarok, written for her by Erik Franklin – and winning the virtual SongSlam competition with the first piece.A Fellow from 2022 – 2024 at the Nordic Song Festival in Trollhättan, Sweden, 2022 Brown Loranger Fellow at Songfest, and 2021 Fellow at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, as well as a winner of the NYC SongSlam, Ms. Galloway is known for her innovative recital programing with a special interest in French and Nordic repertoire as well as commissioning new works for voice and chamber ensemble. Her Grieg & Nordic Fairytales virtual recital was presented by Wilmington Concert Opera in January 2024.

In recent seasons she has been featured by Market Square Concert Series, Baltimore Musicales, Bach in Baltimore, Andersen’s Nightingale, and Mid-Atlantic Symphony. Having performed with Opera Henriette, Lidal North in Oslo, Saltworks Opera, Baltimore Concert Opera, Savannah Opera, Bel Cantanti Opera, and Stillpointe Theatre, she has presented operatic roles by Mozart, Poulenc, Massenet, Purcell, and Bernstein, as well as premiered roles in works by Arnold Saltzman, Steven Crino, Jonathan Dove, and Frances Pollock. She is currently based in Baltimore, Maryland USA where she is a professor of diction and repertoire courses at the Peabody Conservatory. For the 2023 – 2025 years she will be Artist in Residence in Music at Bard College teaching voice and coaching the opera workshop production.