"Sundays at Three" Concerts
The Program Committee members of the Friends of the Bernardsville Public Library spend a significant amount time each year interviewing, auditioning, selecting and funding extraordinary concerts. Concerts begin at 3:00 pm. Doors open at 2:45 pm. Attendance is free and registration is not required, just come and enjoy! Caryn Lin
“Caryn Lin does not simply play the violin, she has electrified and reinvented it and then continually takes it where no human has ever dared. In a nutshell, Caryn Lin is to violin is what Bela Fleck is to Banjo, Miles Davis to trumpet, Zappa to guitar, Coltrane to sax, and, well, you get the idea.” Bruce Ranes, Sellersville Theater
A classically trained violinist who went on to become an electric violin and education innovator, Lin is influenced by everything from baroque to rock. And although she thinks of her music as solo electric violin/virtual orchestra, her music isn't easy to categorize, even for her. She plays her four, five and six string electric violins and uses a jam man to make short on-the-spot recordings of her voice, percussion instruments, and other sounds. As she plays the violin, the recorded snippets play back in a continuous loop adding layer upon layer of sound over deceptively simple melodies. The result is music that is both otherworldly and totally catchy. In recent years, she has become a strong lyricist, sometimes adding her crystalline voice to the mix.
A Program of Jazz with John Bianculli, Pianist, and Jackie Jones, Vocalist John Bianculli is a lyrical and soulful pianist and composer. His dynamic original music is a unique blend of jazz, Latin, Brazilian, rhythm and blues, and world music.
A self-taught, accomplished and versatile musician, Mr. Bianculli was born and raised in New York City’s Greenwich Village across from the Village Vanguard. He got much of his training playing the jazz circuit from New York to Washington D.C. His compositions have been performed by his quartet, quintet and sextet in New York City at the Blue Note, Jazzmania, Jazz Cultural-Theatre, Greene Street, the Rainbow Room and Jilly's; in Washington D.C. at the One Step Down and Blues Alley.
About his music, the Home News and Tribune writes, “It invokes beauty and playful fancy, stirs the imagination, and goes straight to the heart. It is unique, lyrical, dynamic, rich, and uplifting. . .“ The Star Ledger says “It is music that will draw you in and make you listen. . .”
Jackie Jones has electrified audiences throughout the United States as well as internationally. She is a graduate of Newark's High School of the Performing Arts and Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey. While earning her degree in Psychology at Rutgers University, she continued her formal music education at the Mason Gross School of the Arts. There she trained and further refined her musical style under noteworthy jazz talents as pianist Kenny Barron, drummer Keith Copeland, vibraphonist Steve Nelson and bassist Larry Ridley. As an alumna of Rutgers University, Ms. Jones maintains close ties with the jazz program, frequently returning as a guest performer.
Ms. Jones has opened for the legendary Lou Rawls and has performed with numerous noteworthy artists. Her greatest vocal influences are anchored in the tradition of jazz song stylists Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, and Etta Jones.
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