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 has lately been enjoying playing piano for English, Scottish, and contra dances. She plays with many great musicians, but one of 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. She has worked on and off for the past three years at Children's Literacy Initiative. 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.

Things Chloe Can Do

Play piano for Contra, Square, English, and Scottish Dances
Sing a set of mostly traditional songs
Set up and operate sound equipment for a dance or concert
Teach and perform Appalachian Clogging
Teach Music Theory - general concepts or specific to dance musicians
Tutor Math - arithmetic through calculus
Teach and Tutor English Language for new language learners
Proofread and Edit
Write - news articles
Write - grant proposals and reports
Organize processes and procedures for your organization

Gigs

Date and Time What I'm Doing Group or Other Performers Location Other Details
Friday May 30, 2008 2:00PM clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Harrisburg, PA
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 4, 2007 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Roberta Goren and Dave Miller at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
Friday June 13, 2008 7:00PM playing piano for a contra dance The Contraptions with caller Rick Mohr Orient, WA $5 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday June 14, 2008 playing piano for a contra dance The Contraptions with caller Rick Mohr Colville, WA $5 admission, all welcome to dance
Wednesday June 18, 2008 7:30PM playing piano for a contra dance The Contraptions with caller Rick Mohr Women's Club, 9th and Walnut, Spokane, WA $5 admission, all welcome to dance
Thursday June 19, 2008 8:00PM playing piano for a contra dance The Contraptions with caller Rick Mohr in Seattle Lake City Community Center, Seattle, WA $8 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
Sunday July 13, 2008 3:00PM playing piano for a family dance The Contraptions with caller Susan Taylor Glen Echo, MD all welcome to dance
Sunday July 13, 2008 7:30PM playing piano for a contra dance The Contraptions with caller Peggy Hesley Glen Echo, MD all welcome to dance
Wednesday July 16, 2008 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance ABBC (Adam Oleksa, Bill Quern, and Ben Kennedy) at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission to dance ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
Thursday July 17, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions at TNDC Glenside Memorial Hall, Glenside, PA $7 admission, all welcome to dance
Wednesday July 23, 2008 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Tarantulas as Pets (Steve Epstein, Bill Nixon, and Adlai Waksman) at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission to dance ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
Saturday July 26, 2008 clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Tunkhannock, PA
Thursday August 21, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Tarantulas as Pets (Steve Epstein, Bill Nixon, and Adlai Waksman) at TNDC Glenside Memorial Hall, Glenside, PA $7 admission, all welcome to dance
August 23-30, 2008 organizing fun activities for English and American Week Anna Patton, Dave Langford, David Knight, Emily Troll, Jan Elliott, Joanna Reiner, Karen Axelrod, Kathy Anderson, Lisa Greenleaf, Mary Lea, Nathan Morrison, Paul Prestipino, Peter Barnes, Scott Higgs, Shona Kearney, and Suzannah Park Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA sign up through CDSS
Friday October 17, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions with caller Anna Rain State College, PA 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





Past Gigs

Date and Time What I Did Group or Other Performers Location Other Details
Friday, March 2nd, 2007 8PM Clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Harold Prince Theater, Philadelphia, PA Tickets $20. We sold out!
Sunday March 18, 2007 2PM Clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Branch, 1900 Vine St. Free Performance
Saturday April 14, 2007 7:30PM Clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers at Garrett Lakes Arts Festival Garrett College Auditorium, McHenry, MD Community Performance
Sunday April 15, 2007 4PM Clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers as part of Arts Link Magnolia High School, New Martinsville, WV Community Performance
Friday April 20, 2007 10PM playing piano for contra dance NEFFA Festival Orchestra High School Dance Hall, Mansfield, Massachusetts part of a large traditional music, dance, and song festival
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 April 21, 2007 8:15PM Clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers at NEFFA High School Auditorium, Mansfield, Massachusetts part of a large traditional music, dance, and song festival
Sunday April 22, 2007 1PM playing piano for English Country Dance The Tea-Timers at NEFFA High School Dance Hall, Mansfield, Massachusetts part of a large traditional music, dance, and song festival
Wednesday April 25, 2007 8PM leading an open band for English Country Dance Open Band of Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission to dance ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance or play
Saturday April 28, 2007 7:30PM playing piano for contra dancing as Pets, Valley Contra Dance Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem, PA $8 admission, all welcome to dance
Thursday May 3, 2007 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Hot Wasabi, TNDC Glenside Memorial Hall, Glenside, PA $7 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday May 5, 2007 7:15PM Clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers for ASP Berwyn United Methodist Church, Berwyn, PA fundraiser for Appalachia Service Project
Thursday May 11, 2007 7:00PM playing piano for contra dancing for the CDSS board meeting dance Whately Dance Barn, 35 Westbrook Rd, Whately, MA all welcome to dance
Tuesday May 22, 2007 7:30PM clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers Celebrate the Arts in Myerstown PA community performance, open to the public
Saturday May 26, 2007 7:30PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions, Valley Contra Dance Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem, PA $8 admission, all welcome to dance
Wednesday June 6, 2007 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Ben Kennedy, Adam Oleksa, and Bill Quern at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission to dance ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
Friday June 15, 2007 7:30PM clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers Fairfax, VA evening concert
Sunday June 17, 2007 6:30PM clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers Thornwald Park, Carlisle, PA community performance
Wednesday June 20, 2007 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Tarantulas as Pets at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission to dance ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
Friday June 22, 2007 8PM playing piano for contra dance Tarantulas as Pets Harrisburg, PA all welcome to dance
Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 7PM Clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers Free Library of Springfield Township, Montgomery County, PA Free to the public, all welcome
Monday, July 16, 2007, 6:45PM Clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers City Institute Library, 1905 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA Free to the public, all welcome
Thursday August 2, 2007 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Tarantulas as Pets, TNDC Glenside Memorial Hall, Glenside, PA $7 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday August 18, 2007 playing piano and fiddle for a wedding dance Sarah Gowan, Bill Quern, and Nora Smith Norwell, Massachusetts private wedding
Saturday September 1, 2007 7:30PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions at Elverson Contra Dance St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Elverson, PA $8 admission, all welcome to dance
Wednesday September 5, 2007 8PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions at Baltimore Folk Music Society Lovely Lane Church, Baltimore, MD $10 admission (members $7), all welcome to dance
Thursday September 6, 2007 8PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions at TNDC Glenside Memorial Hall, Glenside, PA $7 admission, all welcome to dance
Friday September 7, 2007 8PM playing piano for English Country dancing The Contraptions plus Rick Mohr at Lambertville Country Dancers St. Andrew's Church, Lambertville, NJ $8 admission, all welcome to dance
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
Tuesday September 11, 2007 playing piano for Scottish Country dancing Josh Burdick and Dan Emery for a Delaware Valley RSCDS Performance Waverley Heights, Gladwyn, PA Scottish Country Dance Performance
Wednesday September 12, 2007 8PM playing piano for contra dancing The Contraptions at Princeton Country Dancers Suzanne Patterson Center, Princeton, NJ all welcome to dance
Thursday, September 27, 2007, 7:15PM Clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers Rydal Park, Jenkintown, PA for residents of Rydal Park
Saturday October 13, 2007 8PM playing piano for American and English Country Dance Adam Oleksa and Nora Smith Dover, DE
Wednesday October 17, 2007 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Tarantulas as Pets at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission ($6 members, half price students), 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 24, 2007 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Claude Epstein, Tanya Rotenberg, and Liz Snowdon at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
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 GCD Community Dance The Contraptions at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $5 admission, all welcome to dance
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 7PM clogging and other percussive dance, also singing and playing piano Fiddlekicks Cloggers WVU Arts Events in Parkersburg, WV Community Performance - $10 admission
Wednesday November 14, 2007 9:45AM clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers Parkersburg, WV School Assembly
Friday November 16, 2007 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Naomi Morse St. Mary's Church, Wayne, PA $5 admission
Sunday November 18, 2007 playing piano for a family dance The Contraptions Princeton Friends School, Princeton, NJ all welcome to dance
Friday November 23, 2007 2PM clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers Masonic Lodge, Lafayette Hill, PA
Friday November 30, 2007 7:30PM playing piano for contra dance The Contraptions at Bryn Mawr College Pem Dance Studio, Bryn Mawr, PA
Wednesday December 12, 2007 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Ben Kennedy, Adam Oleksa, and Bill Quern at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
Wednesday January 2, 2007 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Roberta Goren and Dave Miller at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission ($6 members, half price students), 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
Tuesday January 8, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Lightning Strikes (Jonah Sidman, Corey Walters, and Doug Schaefer) at Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers with caller David Giusti Vintage Theater, Winston-Salem, NC $6 admission, all welcome to dance
Wednesday January 9, 2008 playing piano for contra dancing Lightning Strikes (Jonah Sidman, Corey Walters, and Doug Schaefer) with caller David Giusti at Harvest Moon Folk Society YWCA, Greenville, SC $8, 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
Wednesday January 16, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Lightning Strikes (Jonah Sidman and Corey Walters) with caller David Giusti at Baltimore Folk Music Society Lovely Lane Church, Baltimore, MD $10 ($7 members), all welcome to dance
Saturday January 19, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Lightning Strikes (Jonah Sidman and Corey Walters) with caller David Giusti at Lancaster Traditional Dance Society St. John's Episcopal Church, Lancaster, PA $7, all welcome to dance
Sunday January 20, 2008 playing piano for contra dancing Lightning Strikes (Jonah Sidman and Corey Walters) with caller David Giusti Owego/Tioga, NY all welcome to dance
Wednesday January 23, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Lightning Strikes (Jonah Sidman and Corey Walters) with caller David Giusti at Princeton Country Dancers Princeton, NJ all welcome to dance
Friday January 25, 2008 1:30pm clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers Yardley, PA school assembly program
Friday January 25, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Lightning Strikes (Jonah Sidman, Corey Walters, and Doug Schaefer) at Locust Lane Contra Dance with caller David Giusti Christ the Savior Orthodox Church, Harrisburg, PA $9 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday January 26, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Lightning Strikes (Jonah Sidman, Corey Walters, and Doug Schaefer) with caller David Giusti Fredrick, MD all welcome to dance
Sunday January 27, 2008 7:30PM playing piano for contra dancing Lightning Strikes (Jonah Sidman, Corey Walters, and Doug Schaefer) at FSGW Contra with caller David Giusti Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, MD $9 admission, 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 22, 2008 8PM playing piano for contra dancing Cuckoo's Nest Tracy Hall, Norwich, VT $8 admission, all welcome to dance
Wednesday March 26, 2008 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Tarantulas as Pets at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission to dance ($6 members, half price students), 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
Wednesday April 2, 2008 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance ABCS (Adam Oleksa, Bill Quesrn, and Sierra Meadow) at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission to dance ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
Saturday April 12, 2008 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Naomi Morse at Princeton Country Dancers with caller Kay Baker Suzanne Patterson Center, Princeton, NJ all welcome to dance
Wednesday April 16, 2008 8PM playing piano for English Country Dance Tanya Rotenberg, Liz Snowdon, and Claude Epstein at Germantown Country Dancers Merion Friends Meeting House, Merion, PA $7 admission ($6 members, half price students), all welcome to dance
Friday, April 18, 2008 8PM Clogging and other percussive dance Fiddlekicks Cloggers Lansdale, PA Senior Center
Friday April 18, 2008 10:00PM playing piano for a contra dance The Contraptions at Princeton University Princeton, NJ all welcome to dance
Saturday April 19, 2008 8:00PM playing piano for a contra dance The Contraptions at Swingin' Tern Chatham, NJ $10 admission, all welcome to 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
Thursday April 24, 2008 8:00PM playing piano for a contra dance Hot Wasabi at Glenside Glenside Memorial Hall, Glenside, PA $7 admission, all welcome to dance
Saturday April 26, 2008 7:00PM clogging Fiddlekicks at NEFFA Mansfield, Massachusetts part of a large traditional music, dance, and song festival
Saturday April 26, 2008 7:30PM playing piano for a contra dance Festival Orchestra at NEFFA Mansfield, Massachusetts part of a large traditional music, dance, and song festival
Sunday April 27, 2008 10AM playing piano for a family dance The Contraptions at NEFFA Mansfield, Massachusetts part of a large traditional music, dance, and song festival
Thursday May 1, 2008 5:45AM dancing and singing at dawn Renegade Morris and others Belmont Plateau, Philadelphia, PA all welcome to watch and to sing along
Thursday May 1, 2008 8:00PM leading open band for a contra dance with Rick Mohr: SPUDS at Glenside Glenside Memorial Hall, Glenside, PA $7 admission, all welcome to dance or play
Friday May 2, 2008 7:30PM playing piano for a contra dance The Contraptions at Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA all welcome to dance
Sunday May 4, 2008 9:30AM morris dancing Renegade Morris at Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA all welcome to watch
Friday May 23, 2008 playing piano for a contra dance Jonah Sidman with caller David Giusti Oberlin, OH all welcome to dance





Chloe Maryam Maher 267.240.5227 cmaryamm@yahoo.com