Hank’s Upcoming 2012 Concert Dates

February 23rd – ‘Kaddish’ - Hal Willner and Chloe Webb recite Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Kaddish’ with music by Bill Frisell written for octet at the Park Avenue Armory, in Manhattan as a part of Phillip Glass’s ‘Under Construction Series’.

February 24th – Bill Frisell’s 858 Quartet at the Portland Jazz Festival

March 16th – Hank plays with ‘Jeb Puryear and Friends’ at The Rongovian Embassy in Trumansburg, NY to Benefit the LACS’s May ‘Hurricane Katrina Relief Trip’

March 22nd – The 22nd annual ‘Hank Roberts Concert’ at the Watkins Glen Middle School. Hank plays with 23 different student soloists and ensembles in Watkins Glen, NY.

April 4th and 5th – Theatre Incognito stages Tompkins County Poet Laureate Michelle Berry’s ‘Breathe’ featuring Hank on cello and a cast of 3 actors and 4 musicians at the Unitarian Church 306 Aurora St, Ithaca, NY to benefit The Ithaca Multi-Cultural Center.  http://www.ithaca.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_4ad61dd8-7dd3-11e1-939f-0019bb2963f4.html

April 27 through 29th – The Ithaca Readers Theatre presents Anton Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ with live musical performance of Hank Roberts’s solo cello/voice score. “http://www.thereaderstheatre.com

May 4th and 5th – Doit4luv solo cello/voice house concerts in Buffalo and Medina, New York.  for info: http://doit4lv.wordpress.com/

May 31st - ‘Hank Roberts Concert’ at the Watkins Glen High School.  Hank performs with 15 different student soloists and ensembles from the High School.

June 10th – Elk Creek Cafe in Milheim, Pennsylvania with Phil Haynes’ ‘Free Country’ featuring Hank, Drew Gress and Jim Yanda.  http://www.elkcreekcafe.net

July 6th – North Sea Jazz Festival with Marty Ehrlich’s ‘Rites Ensemble’ featuring Hank, James Zollar on Trumpet, and Michael Sarin on Drums.

July 7th – Funchal Jazz Festival in Porto, Portugal with Marty Ehrlich’s ‘Rites Quartet’ featuring Hank, James Zollar on Trumpet, and Michael Sarin on Drums.

July 12th – Copenhagen Jazz Festival with Lotte Anker’s ‘Still Arriving’ featuring Lotte Anker, Hank Roberts, Tim Berne,  Marc Ducret, Matt Maneri, Nils Davidsen, and Gerald Cleaver… 9 or 10PM at Hofteartret.

July 13th – Hank  Solo Cello/Voice at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival

July 14th – Hank plays with Lotte Anker, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm,  and Sture Ericson… 11pm at Literaturhaus in Copenhagen

July 21st – with ‘Jeb and Them’ at The Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival in Trumansburg, NY. 11 AM in the Cabaret Hall. http://www.grassrootsfest.org/festival/

July 22nd – Solo Cello/Voice at The Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival in Trumansburg, NY. 11 AM on the Enfield Stage. http://www.grassrootsfest.org/festival/

September 14th – Bill Frisell’s 858 Quartet at ‘Crossing the Line’ (location listed here soon) http://www.billfrisell.com/tour

September 22nd – Bill Frisell’s ’858 Quartet’ and ‘Beautiful Dreamers’ at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

October 11th – Bill Frisell’s Disfarmer featuring the 858 Quartet in Cincinatti.  More info about this soon.  http://www.billfrisell.com/tour