The Gathering Place for Great Performances at the Gateway to Woodstock, New York; Uniting Country Living with Fulfilled Expectations of Great Quality Performances; Rooted in the Founding of Woodstock: The Town, The Festival and The Destination
The Non-Profit Iconic Site of American Theatre & Music History Established 1938 as One of the First Rural Extensions of Broadway
by Robert Elwyn, A 5th Generation Member of One of Woodstock's Oldest Families
BETHANY YARROW WITH GORDON TITCOMB
AND SPECIAL GUEST MARIA ESTHER PALLARES
SONGS OF LOVE & FREEDOM
A Tribute to PETER YARROW
​​SONGS OF LOVE & FREEDOM
A Tribute to PETER YARROW
Sunday September 6, 2026
Doors 6:00pm Show 7:00pm​​
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Bethany Yarrow is a song keeper, earth activist, and lifelong student of the folkloric music and spiritual traditions of the Americas. She lives at the top of a 100’ waterfall in the Schoharie Valley of Central New York and is the founder of the Waterfall Center for Bioregional Learning and the Waterfall Unity Alliance, which facilitated the first farm landback rematriation project in New York.
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Bethany’s music and advocacy journey began at an early age, which she was exposed to an eclectic mix of politics, social justice and music by her parents: Peter Yarrow of the legendary folk group Peter, Paul, and Mary, and Mary Beth McCarthy, the niece of Eugene McCarthy, the iconic Senator from Minnesota who ran for president in 1968 as the anti-Vietnam war candidate. “Music and activism have always gone hand in hand in my life — like an ethical, moral, spiritual and sonic compass encoded into my DNA,” says Bethany. “I grew up performing at rallies, surrounded by creative iconoclasts and grassroots activists who believed that righting wrongs and helping to create a more peaceful and just world was an essential part of being human.”
“As my dad used to say, singing folk songs together creates ‘a pool of peace’ that is a powerful reminder of our responsibility to stand for what is right and good, see the humanity in each other, and protect what is sacred. We are a species in crisis. The task for all of us is to reconnect with our basic humanity and respect for the Earth that gives us life."
Maria Esther Pallares is a musician, composer, mother, grandmother, and guardian of Brazil’s First Nation cultural traditions. She discovered music in childhood, beginning piano at eight and soon composing her first songs. In her youth, she lived briefly in the United States, performing bossa nova on television, and made her debut as a songwriter at the Ibitinga Festival (Sao Paulo, 1972) with Oxalem.
While working in the United States in 2023, Esther caught the attention of folk musician and activist, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paula and Mary. Peter encouraged Esther to record her music with producer Kevin Salem in his Upstate NY studio. The raw, emotional performances embodied in the recordings-which feature guest performances by Yarrow in what would be his last recording-are equally rooted in Brazilian and indigenous traditions, but reveal Esther’s ability to synthesize elements of folk and jazz. Bethany Yarrow adds English counter-vocals.
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Length of Program: 1 hour and 45 minutes
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