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Cathie Malach joins ‘Sweet and Savory Treats’ Sunday performance
Composer and pianist Cathie Malach has been added to the roster of performers for the Greencastle Summer Music Festival’s “Sweet and Savory Treats” free concert and silent-auction fundraiser set for 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12 in Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church.
Malach rounds out a lineup which will include jazz pianist Steve Snyder being joined by jazz guitarist Sandy Williams, DePauw University percussion professor Ming-Hui Kuo with DePauw alum Josiah Rushing and pianist Claude Cymerman performing with festival founder and cellist Eric Edberg.
The event has been underwritten by local photographer and author Stu Fabe, and by Marla Helton of Serendipity Yoga Studio.
While there is no admission charge for the event, which will last approximately 90 minutes, donations to the festival’s endowment through the Putnam County Community Foundation will be welcomed, as the event is serving as an endowment fundraiser as well as an afternoon of multi-genre music performed by Greencastle musicians.
Between sets, audience members can enjoy refreshments and bid on a growing list of silent auction items, including house concerts with cellist Edberg or Black Market Vinyl; gift certificates from Almost Home, Bridges Craft Pizza and Wine Bar and Moore’s Bar; photos, books and gourd artwork by Fabe; yoga classes with Helton; a massage session with Malach; Tad Robinson CDs; a framed photograph by Lynne Tweedie; artwork by Martha Opdahl; a drum circle with Beth Benedix and Shem Rees; and baked goods from Susannah Hardesty and Barbara South.
The festival, which began in 2005, presents 12 weekly Wednesday-evening concerts from Memorial Day through mid-August, performed by professional musicians from the region, as well as national and international artists.
It also provides educational programming for the Summer Enrichment Program, also hosted by Gobin, and this summer will be presenting events at retirement homes and other locations where people can’t make it out to concerts.
“I’m thrilled not only with the lineup of performers, but also by the number of people who are donating items for our silent auction,” said Edberg, the festival’s founding artistic director and who spent 31 years on the DePauw music faculty. “We created the festival to help fill what was then a summer lull in the Putnam County performing arts scene and grew to embrace a mission of ‘bringing people together with friends making music for friends.’ Sunday is going to be a wonderful celebration of music, friendship and our community.”
The festival is funded by donations from local individuals and businesses like the Inn at DePauw and Greenburg Accounting, income from its endowment through the Putnam County Community Foundation and a grant received in 2019 from the Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau.