Alison Brown. Photo: Russ Harrington
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Presented by D’Addario & Guild Hall
Pick Like a Girl: Alison Brown & Friends brings Grammy Award-winning banjoist Alison Brown to Guild Hall for an evening honoring the enduring and evolving contributions of women in bluegrass and acoustic music.
Inspired by her Pick Like a Girl initiative, which supports and elevates female bluegrass musicians, this program champions the role of women in a historically male-dominated genre. Joined by a circle of collaborators – both trailblazers & emerging artists – Brown presents a program of original compositions and reimagined roots repertoire that unfolds through dialogue, nuance, and shared artistry.
Guest Artists to be announced.
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Alison Brown
Alison Brown is a GRAMMY-winning musician, producer, former investment banker (Harvard AB, UCLA MBA), and co-founder of The Compass Records Group. Known for blending bluegrass and jazz, she has received acclaim from The Wall Street Journal, "CBS Sunday Morning," "NPR," and USA Today. Her latest release, "On Banjo," features collaborations with Steve Martin, Kronos Quartet, Sierra Hull, and others. Alison is a USA Artists Fellowship recipient, a Distinguished Achievement Award winner, and the first female banjoist inducted into the American Banjo Museum’s Hall of Fame. Alison also launched a banjo school on ArtistWorks in 2023.
Photo: Neil Culbertson
Sponsors
Performing Arts programs are supported by 2026 season sponsors Galia Meiri-Stawski and Axel Stawski, with additional lead support from Henry and Peggy Schleiff, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, Monica and Peter Tessler, and Vital Projects Fund.
Guild Hall’s Performing Arts programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Music Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming, and the Anne Wolf Concert Fund.
Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: Natascia Ayers and Jim Ciquera, Bonnie and Joel Bergstein, Gene Bernstein and Kathy Walsh, Amy Cooney and Marty Feinman, John and Joan D’Addario, Suzanne and John Golden, Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan, Steve and Susan Pesner and Peace, in memory of Michéle Pesner, whose entire life was devoted to all aspects of culture, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Lisa Schultz and Ezriel Kornel, Stacey and Oliver Stanton, and Susi and Peter Wunsch.
