2025 Summer Music Series
ACC presented the second year of its free Summer Music Series, with performances at Athens Riverfront Park and award-winning brewpub Night School.
Celebrating the diverse musical landscape of the greater Hudson Valley, the series featured a continuum of local and regional musicians, from emerging artists to established performers. In collaboration with community partners, local students and youth groups from Greene, Columbia, and Ulster counties engaged with artists through Q&A sessions and open sound checks, offering unique opportunities to experience the creative process firsthand.
This concert series is organized by Jacob Miller, Executive Director of the Athens Cultural Center, with funds provided by CREATE Council of the Arts and the New York State Council of the Arts, the FairGame Arts Grant, the Athens Community Foundation, the Greene County Youth Bureau, the Avery Foundation for the Arts, the Hudson Sloop Club, and ACC members.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of The Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CREATE Council on the Arts.
Ciarra Fragale
Saturday, June 21, 2025 @ Night School (21 Second Street Athens, NY 12015)
MUSIC @ 7PM
Open Sound Check @ 4:30PM
Youth Q & A @ 6PM
Ciarra Fragale is an indie pop singer/songwriter, producer, and actor from NY’s Hudson Valley. By blending the nostalgic traditions of songwriting with unique new-wave sensibilities, she creates a refreshing sound all her own. In addition to making her own music, Ciarra has also composed many works for theater and film.
“While “Lose My Cool” has a section tagged “instrumental freak out,” it excites not through deployment of effects pedals but through Fragale’s knack for uncovering the feelings hidden within feelings.” -Beats Per Minute
In 2017, Ciarra released her first full-length “Seasons,” written and recorded entirely in her home. It was during this recording process that she started to experiment with different sounds and textures, igniting her love for production. After two more years of touring and recording, Ciarra followed up “Seasons” with her second full-length “Call It What You Will” in 2019. Shedding the nu-folk sound for more of an Indie/alt pop direction, “Call It What You Will” was an ambitious project that artfully portrayed Ciarra’s growth as an artist. Produced by Fragale, the album was recorded at Nashphone Recording, a studio owned and operated by engineer Jesse Bolduc (of the band Candy Ambulance).
Fragale’s newest self-titled LP is her best, most cohesive work to date. Ranging from Motown inspired heartbreak pop to modern and cerebral indie rock, Ciarra creates a distinct sonic world that allows her to display what makes her artistry so special. Pounding keys, angular guitars, and steady driving beats grace these buoyant and emotive tracks, with Ciarra’s one of a kind vocals gliding in and out of smooth and sweet harmonies showcasing her masterful musicianship and songwriting prowess. Following on the heels of this compositional triumph, her influences and lived experience come together in the beautifully danceable Jazzercise Is On TV, produced by Indie legend Eric Slick (Dr. Dog), available everywhere on 02/07/2025.
Hen In the Foxhouse
Saturday, July 19, 2025 @ Night School (21 Second Street Athens, NY 12015)
MUSIC @ 7PM
Open Sound Check @ 4:30PM
Youth Q & A @ 6PM
Ciarra Fragale is an indie pop singer/songwriter, producer, and actor from NY’s Hudson Valley. By blending the nostalgic traditions of songwriting with unique new-wave sensibilities, she creates a refreshing sound all her own. In addition to making her own music, Ciarra has also composed many works for theater and film.
“While “Lose My Cool” has a section tagged “instrumental freak out,” it excites not through deployment of effects pedals but through Fragale’s knack for uncovering the feelings hidden within feelings.” -Beats Per Minute
In 2017, Ciarra released her first full-length “Seasons,” written and recorded entirely in her home. It was during this recording process that she started to experiment with different sounds and textures, igniting her love for production. After two more years of touring and recording, Ciarra followed up “Seasons” with her second full-length “Call It What You Will” in 2019. Shedding the nu-folk sound for more of an Indie/alt pop direction, “Call It What You Will” was an ambitious project that artfully portrayed Ciarra’s growth as an artist. Produced by Fragale, the album was recorded at Nashphone Recording, a studio owned and operated by engineer Jesse Bolduc (of the band Candy Ambulance).
Fragale’s newest self-titled LP is her best, most cohesive work to date. Ranging from Motown inspired heartbreak pop to modern and cerebral indie rock, Ciarra creates a distinct sonic world that allows her to display what makes her artistry so special. Pounding keys, angular guitars, and steady driving beats grace these buoyant and emotive tracks, with Ciarra’s one of a kind vocals gliding in and out of smooth and sweet harmonies showcasing her masterful musicianship and songwriting prowess. Following on the heels of this compositional triumph, her influences and lived experience come together in the beautifully danceable Jazzercise Is On TV, produced by Indie legend Eric Slick (Dr. Dog), available everywhere on 02/07/2025.