Monica Donovan » btv50 http://monicadonovan.com/blog Blog Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:20:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 Photo of the Day: BTV 50 – Aram Bedrosian http://monicadonovan.com/blog/?p=833 http://monicadonovan.com/blog/?p=833#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:39:26 +0000 http://monicadonovan.com/blog/?p=833 This past New Year’s Day, at around 4 A.M., I found myself in a basement nightclub on Broadway in New York, riding my second (or perhaps third) wind of the night after being in turns impressed and shocked by my very first Touchpants performance. In addition to veteran performers such as Phish drummer Jon Fishman, the band also included Aram Bedrosian, a supremely talented bassist hailing from Burlington. Though I’d met him several months before, it was my first time seeing him live onstage. I’m not a musician, but it doesn’t take one to know that Aram kicks ass on the bass.

Aram is a soloist, ensemble player, teacher and composer – you can occasionally catch him guest-playing with visiting bands such as Beats Antique, and he’s about to release a new album, A Dark Light. Check out a preview of the album here and stay tuned on his website for details. He’ll also be playing with Touchpants again at Nectar’s on April 20. Cheers!

Bass player Aram Bedrosian poses for a portrait with his guitar in Shelburne, Vermont. by photographer Monica Donovan

]]> http://monicadonovan.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=833 0 Photo of the Day: BTV 50 – Jane Beaumont-Snyder http://monicadonovan.com/blog/?p=828 http://monicadonovan.com/blog/?p=828#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:45:48 +0000 http://monicadonovan.com/blog/?p=828 Several months ago I had the beautiful and charismatic singer/actress Jane Beaumont-Snyder up to the studio for some portraits. Trained in classical voice, dance and acting, Jane has also dabbled in poetry, massage therapy, astrology, organic farming and philosophy. You may have caught her wowing the audience in Spielpalast Cabaret, Orkestriska’s Box and host of other plays and performances, or treating Church Street to her soprano melodies. The photos were so fun to go through – I had her sing a bit, and there were some wonderfully expressive images. My personal favorite, though, is this one: a quiet moment between photographer and subject.

Young woman poses for a portrait at Reciprocity Studio, Burlington, Vermont. by photographer Monica Donovan.

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