Chloe Maryam Maher


Chloe Maryam Maher has been involved in the traditional dance and music community her whole life. Beginning with Scottish country dance, she has subsequently enjoyed English country, contra, clogging, rapper sword, and morris. Singing has also long been a hobby for Chloe, and she became an avid shape note singer while at Oberlin College, an activity that culminated in co-editing (with Charles Wells) and publishing Oberlin Harmony, a compilation of songs sung and enjoyed at Oberlin. Chloe lovesplaying piano for English, Scottish, and contra dances. She plays with many great musicians, but one of her favorite groups is The Contraptions with Bill Quern and Nora Smith. She is on the board of the Country Dance and Song Society and is President of Germantown Country Dancers. Chloe is in graduate school at Temple University for Community and Regional Planning. Chloe likes to travel and is interested in religion and gender studies, particularly of North Africa. She also cares deeply about public transportation, public education, and libraries.

Gigs

Date and Time What I'm Doing Group or Other Performers Location Other Details
Wednesday June 10, 2009 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Instant Ensemble at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission to dance ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
Sunday June 14, 2009 7:30PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions at FSGW Contra with caller Rick Mohr Glen Echo Park, MD $9 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday June 20, 2009 8:00PM playing piano for a contra dance The Contraptions at Swingin' Tern Chatham, NJ $10 admission, all welcome to dance
Wednesday June 24, 2009 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance ABBC at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission to dance ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
Friday July 3, 2009 playing piano for English Country Dance Clare Maher and Sierra Meadow Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission to dance ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
Sunday July 5, 2009 playing piano for a wedding The Contraptions Washington, DC private event
August 8-15, 2009 playing piano for English Country Dance at English and American Week Anna Patton, Carol Ormand, Dave Langford, Eden MacAdam-Somer, Ellie Grace, Erik Weberg, Kendall Rogers, Larry Unger, Naomi Morse, Owen Morrison, Peter Barnes, Rick Mohr, Susan Kevra, and Susie Lorand Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA sign up through CDSS
Saturday September 5, 2009 7:30PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions at Elverson Contra Dance Elverson, PA $8 admission, all welcome to dance





Highlights of Past Gigs

All past gigs
Date and Time What I Did Group or Other Performers Location Other Details
Sunday March 18, 2007 2PM Clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers Free Library of Philadelphia. Free Performance
Saturday April 21, 2007 12PM singing and leading songs Friend, Maher, and Pilzer, at NEFFA Middle School Room 107, Mansfield, Massachusetts part of a large traditional music, dance, and song festival
Saturday September 8, 2007 8PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions at Round Hill Country Dancers Round Hill Community House, Greenwich, CT $10 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday October 20, 2007 3PM playing piano for Scottish Country dancing Adam Oleksa, Jane Roberts, and Nora Smith Cherry Hill, NJ $15 dancers, $5 spectators, Scottish Country Dance Party
Wednesday October 31, 2007 8:30PM playing piano for contra dance Nora Smith and Rick Mohr at Bloomington Old Time Music and Dance Group Harmony School, Bloominton, IN $4 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday November 3, 2007 afternoon playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions at the Fire Ant Frolic Austin, TX $85 for the weekend, $25 for just Saturday daytime, all welcome to dance
Sunday November 11, 2007 2PM playing piano for a Community Dance The Contraptions at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $5 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday January 5, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Jonah Sidman and Corey Walters at Shepherdstown Music and Dance with caller David Giusti War Memorial Building, Shepherdstown, WV $8 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday January 12, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Lightning Strikes (Jonah Sidman, Corey Walters, and Doug Schaefer) at John C. Campbell Folk School with caller David Giusti Community Room, Keith House, Brasstown, NC $6, all welcome to dance
Monday January 14, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Lightning Strikes (Jonah Sidman, Corey Walters, and Doug Schaefer) with caller David Giusti at Knoxville Country Dancers Laurel Theater, Knoxville, TN $5, all welcome to dance
Saturday February 23, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Cuckoo's Nest Tracy Hall, Norwich, VT $8 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday March 29, 2008 4:30 - 6:30PM and 7:30 - 10:30PM playing piano for challenging contra dancing The Contraptions with caller Dan Pearl at Valley Contra Dance Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem, PA experienced dance
Monday, April 21, 2008 1:00PM Clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggersat Holy Child Academy Drexel Hill, PA school multi-cultural day performance
Friday May 23, 2008 playing piano for a contra dance Jonah Sidman with caller David Giusti Oberlin, OH all welcome to dance
Saturday May 31, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Outerbridge Crossing (Naomi Morse and Chris Carpenter) at CD*NY The Church of the Village, 201 W. 13th St. (at 7th Ave.), New York, New York $14 admission ($10 members), all welcome to dance
Wednesday June 18, 2008 7:30PM playing piano for a contra dance The Contraptions with caller Rick Mohr Spokane, WA $5 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday June 21, 2008 8:00PM playing piano for a contra dance The Contraptions with caller Rick Mohr in Tacoma Wells Hall, Tacoma, WA $8 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday October 18, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions with caller Anna Rain Lancaster, PA all welcome to dance
Saturday November 1, 2008 3-5:30PM, 7:30-10:30PM playing piano for English Country Dance Naomi Morse and Daniel Beerbohm at Germantown Country Dancers Summit Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA $13 admission to dance ($11 members, half price students, less for one session), all welcome to dance
Wednesday November 5, 2008 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, and Rick Mohr at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission to dance ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
Sunday November 23, 2008 7:30PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions at FSGW Contra with caller Scott Higgs Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, MD $9 admission, all welcome to dance
Friday December 5, 2008 playing piano for a contra dance Steve Epstein and Rick Mohr Doylstown, PA all welcome to dance
Wednesday December 31, 2008 9PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions at the Glenside contra dance Glenside Memorial Hall, Glenside, PA Happy New Year! All welcome to dance.

All past gigs



Chloe Maryam Maher 267.240.5227 cmaryamm@yahoo.com