Specialist in English "West Gallery" music and English & American dance music; also Medieval, Renaissance, and Early American music.

Member of: Ad-Hoc Waltz & Quadrille Band, Calliope, NEFFA Sit-In Symphony, Norumbega Harmony (also group contact), Roaring Jelly, Roaring Jelly (on Dynamite), Square Roots, Two Cousins, The West Gallery Quire (also group contact)
Contact:
ERASETHISmelismata AT hotmail DOT com
+1-978-373-5852, 978-387-2192 (cell)
218 Broadway
Haverhill MA 01832
Scheduled to appear at NEFFA 2026:
Cruise Control ContrasDS Friday April 24, 7:00pm to 7:50pm, [Show on Grid]
Novel and known dances that let you enjoy the tunes as you travel.
Norumbega Harmony Tunebook SingingGS Saturday April 25, 11:00am to 11:50am, [Show on Grid]
Join us for singing old and new shape-note music from our tunebook, "The Norumbega Harmony."
Waltzes and BeyondNS Saturday April 25, 4:30pm to 5:20pm, [Show on Grid]
Sumptuous and captivating waltzes from stages and screens, smoky clubs and symphony halls, interspersed with all the best couple dances - polkas, schottisches, tangos, and beloved "specials" like Gay Gordons, Road to the Isles -- and of course The Salty Dog
West Gallery MusicGS Sunday April 26, 11:00am to 11:50am, [Show on Grid]
Sing and play music from rural English churches, from the time of Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, and King George III. For all voices and melodic instruments.
Sacred Harp SingingGS Sunday April 26, 1:00pm to 1:50pm, [Show on Grid]
Join us for shape-note singing from the Sacred Harp, in the traditional "hollow square."

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