A Far Cry

Want to head into our Lunatic concert knowing your stuff? Check out our program notes by the awesome young musicologist Kathryn Bacasmot!
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The most terrifying things are those that appear familiar on the outside, but are alien within. For centuries societies blamed strange events or intermittent loss of sanity on the phases [...]

Check out some great acoustic music on Joe Walsh’s new album Saturday Night Waltz cdbaby.com/cd/walshjoe. Joe is an awesome musician, and the new mandolinist for the Gibson Brothers. A Far Cry’s own bassist Karl Doty can be heard laying it down on the album, and also on an upcoming album with Heather Masse, whom you [...]

During the summer, A Far Cry is like an accordian. The Criers start in Boston, spread out all over the world, come back together at the end of June, spread out again, and then regather in August in Maine. Right now a bunch of us are playing concerts with various other groups, so if you [...]

The Criers have landed again in Blue Hill, ME to play concerts, retreat, and plan for the coming season. Once again Kneisel Hall Music Festival is our home for the week, continuing a very happy (and hopefully annual) tradition. I love being here by the water, in the trees, where the sky and water and [...]

With sporadic wifi access on this trip, and not having been chosen to be one of the drivers on this west coast tour (if I was driving, I’d make sure I’d get my internet on a daily basis, but maybe that’s why they didn’t pick me as a driver…too many possibilities of unannounced disappearances perhaps??), [...]

I couldn’t wait to take off on the tour…but there was so much to do before we left that it didn’t hit me til I woke up on the plane and we were almost there. Then, when we landed and I could see the bay and the hills, the excitement started bubbling up and I [...]

Hi everyone – Monica here, guest blogging for Jesse.  I thought I’d give you the scoop on some of the other fun stuff we’ve been up to in gorgeous (and hot!!) San Francisco.  Since several criers are native to the area, we’ve had lots of guides to help us navigate the ‘touristy’ activities (like checking out the [...]

A Far Cry’s tour kickoff will be on May 12, at 8 PM in Room 320 of the Saint Botolph building of the New England Conservatory. 241 St. Botolph St. It will be a very informal run-through of our program, and a chance to celebrate the beginning of our trip with our friends. Stop by for [...]

One of the Criers, Blaise Dejardin, decided he was unable to perform with A Far Cry on the current set of concerts because he was preparing for an audition for an open spot in the Boston Symphony cello section.
It turns out to have been a very good decision.
A Far Cry’s own Blaise Dejardin has won [...]

There is a phrase that I often hear Jason toss out during rehearsal. “Live breathe die,” he’ll say, and it usually tacks on to a discussion about following one person’s every move and sound. With every piece, this suggestion and, most often, discussion arise. It might come from one [...]

So happy 2008 everyone. Yes! We, the Criers have started the preparations for this upcoming concert set and we’re pumped! It’s an awesome program of music and our guest artist, Alexander (Sasha) Korsantia is the BOMB. The cool thing about having your own orchestra is that you play music YOU want to play. Yeah we’re [...]

Today A Far Cry visited Milton High School to give a performance and talk about communication. We played for about 100 students and had one of the most attentive audiences we’ve ever had. These were music students at the school, both band and orchestra, and we could really sense the seriousness and dedication of the [...]

What can I say?? I’m glad it’s over, and boy…these guys are true champions…Congratulations Red Sox Nation. And now, it’s our turn. The inspiration runs sky high & we’ve prepared these concerts missing at least the first 3 innings of more than a handful of playoff games so we could rehearse for these two shows [...]

Wow… The Red Sox are going back to the World Series for the 2nd time in 4 years. My very first year here in Boston, the then “Idiots” beat the Yankees in the ALCS, coming from behind with a 0-3 deficit & starting from the 4th game of that series, they went on to win [...]

With part 1 of this installment just written yesterday, I wake up this morning and find out that Radiohead (the flagship artists of our generation) has just officially changed the recorded music industry forever. Not that other great artists big and small have not been doing this for a few years, but it is by [...]

We’re getting ready for our first set of our first full season, and I am so happy we get to go to Vermont to do it! I’m starting to feel like Vermont is my second home. Every time I’m there I feel very grateful and inspired by the beauty around me…. and, Vermont also has [...]

Well, we had an awesome week in Maine, and driving back with Karl and his bass in the little Protege, I realized how much more I appreciated each individual in our group after rehearsing, brainstorming, eating, swimming, living, and spending every day and night of the week together. There’s something unbeatable about seeing so many [...]

The Criers are celebrating a full and productive first day of our retreat in Maine.  After a summer spent with various individual projects, A Far Cry has reconvened.  (Mostly, that is: we are missing David and Sharon, who couldn’t be here this week).  It has been an exciting day for everyone – to have this [...]

Here we go! This afternoon the Criers convened at the Forest Hills T Station to start the five-hour caravan up to Blue Hill, Maine. Kneisel Hall, a wonderful summer chamber music festival (of which six Criers are alums) has generously lent us their facilities for the week. Thanks, Ellen + Kneisel Hall!
So now, after five [...]

Jason and Jesse are in Seattle, working on upgrading and redesigning afarcry.org!
If things look strange for a few days, please don’t worry! The site should be finished by this weekend.