Music at the Fletch opens the 2024 summer season with a free concert by Judy Handler and Mark Levesque, July 17 at 6 PM. The husband and wife duo have performed over 2,500 concerts together over the past 30 years with inspiring programs for guitars & mandolin. Their repertoire includes melodies from Europe, Latin America, Asia, the U.S. in arrangements that blend swing, Latin American, classical, gypsy, Celtic, folk and jazz. Besides their own critically acclaimed CDs, Handler and Levesque have been featured on numerous compilation CDs and have appeared on many radio and cable T.V. programs. Both are members of the New American Mandolin Ensemble, formed by Mark Davis, which has toured Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom as well playing as at venues across the United States.

Handler and Levesque are on the roster of New England Foundation for the Arts and the Connecticut Library Consortium. They run a teaching studio for private lessons and groups in Vernon, CT as well providing recording facilities for guitarists. Recently, both were involved in producing the audio for Charles Duncan’s A Modern Approach to Classical Guitar Book 3, 2nd Edition published last March. Handler, who has a master’s in classical guitar performance from the Hartt School of Music, recorded the audio, while Levesque was the audio engineer for the project.

The concert is free and open to the public but contributions are gratefully accepted. Fans should bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating. In case of rain or excessive heat, the concert will be rescheduled for July 24, 6-7PM.

Janice Trecker