Music in Kenwood: Classical 'Grass

Start: Sunday, February 23, 2025 2:00PM
End: Sunday, February 23, 2025 3:30PM

Can a couple of classically trained musicians turn right around and play bluegrass music? Of course, they can! The Music in Kenwood series is pleased to sponsor a musical event to delight people of all ages and backgrounds!

Please join us on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 3 PM, in the sanctuary of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7701 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, for a program of live bluegrass music. The concert is free and open to everyone. A free-will be taken to assist with concert expenses.

Scot Durham and Daniel Weeks share a long history of friendship and music-making. They met in 1977 as 6th grade band members at North Whitfield Middle School, near Dalton, Georgia. Durham played trombone, and Weeks played the French Horn. They soon developed a deep friendship and grew up playing music together, even arranging music for their high school show choir, as well as playing professionally in the Dalton-based country group, The Stetson Band. They performed together in various iterations throughout their high school days, from marching band to jazz band to various garage rock bands. In these, Durham would play either drums or piano, while Weeks played bass guitar, rhythm guitar, fiddle, or mandolin. They continued to grow in ability and experience, playing in various bands or vocal groups, including several studio recordings for Nashville artists in need of studio musicians.

Scot Durham went on to enjoy a long and fruitful career in public education in Kentucky and Georgia. He also appeared as guest musician regionally, performing with prominent acts such as Wayne Newton and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. During those early years, Scot was also a member of the Bend in the River Brass Band and small brass quintets in the Kentucky area. Recently retired from 30 years of teaching, he now works as a freelance musician and continues playing and arranging music for various groups in the Western Kentucky region. He professionally plays piano, drums, guitar, and trombone.

Daniel Weeks, known in the Cincinnati area for his classical vocal career and as a member of the voice faculty at the College-Conservatory of Music, began his musical journey with a fiddle in his hand. A singer from the outset, he soon displayed an aptitude for fiddling after convincing his uncle to let him borrow one of his instruments at age 7. Dan now performs with symphony orchestras and opera companies, and gives recitals and master classes across the country. He has sung in virtually every US state, Latin America, South America, and Europe. Recently, he was featured in the title role of “Un Emigrante” (a migrant) in Luigi Nono’s opera, Intolleranza 1960 with the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, under the baton of Leon Botstein. Next month, he will sing the Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion with the Louisville Master Chorale, and in May, the tenor solos in Bruckner’s Te Deum with the Huntsville (AL) Symphony.