Spring Benefit Concert

Tracy Grammer & Jim Henry and The Nields

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The benefit concert provides an opportunity for The Academy to give back to the community with music. Join Academy students and parents to hear the music of artists who donate their time on behalf of the school’s scholarship fund. Each concert opens with songs by Academy student musicians, and guests are welcomed by students who talk about their personal experiences of The Academy. Past headliners have included Paul Winter Consort, Winterpills, Sonya Kitchell, and Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem. For the 2011 benefit concert, Signature Sounds presented Tracy Grammer and the Nields at Memorial Hall in Shelburne Falls. Student band Flapjack Overkill opened the show. sweetbacknew

This year's benefit concert will feature The Sweetback Sisters and promises to be a very popular show. As always, Academy student musicisans will open for the band.  Tickets are $10 for students and seniors, and $15 for adults in advance.  You can purchase them at local retailers - Boswell's Books (Shelburne Falls), Elmer's (Ashfield), Turn it Up! (Northampton), and World Eye Bookshop (Greenfield).  Tickets can also be purchased by calling the school at (413) 339-4912 or by clicking here.