The Edna Project Performance

The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts is pleased to present The Edna Project – a performance by Liz Queler, Seth Farber and Joey Farber on Sunday, March 19th at 3 pm. The Edna Project features the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay, set to music by Liz Queler and Seth Farber.

Partners in marriage and music, Liz Queler and Seth Farber are both three-time Grammy nominees. As children of musical parents and parents of a musical child, they started bringing their son Joey on stage with them when he was a tot. Now, a graduate of Berklee College of Music, he has stepped in as an equal. With individual credits including appearances at Newport Folk Festival and Carnegie Hall (Liz), Saturday Night Live (Joey) and the conducting podium of numerous Broadway shows (Seth) – they blend and communicate as only a family can. Heavy on harmonies with influences from Appalachia, bluegrass and gospel, their music is infused with a rock sensibility, creating a soulful cross between Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Patti Griffin and John Mayer. The Queler/Farbers have eight CDs between them. “The Edna Project” CD, a collaboration by Liz and Seth, set 21 poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay to music, and became both the inspiration and score for “Still Will Be Heard” (SWBH) – their first theater piece, commissioned and produced by Peak Performances at Montclair State Univ. (NJ). SWBH had a second run at The Mondavi Center at UC Davis in 2021. Musicians through and through, sharing thoughtful and exceptional music with the world and with each other, they’ve toured extensively and were featured on Rosie O’Donnell’s HBO special “A Family is a Family Is a Family” and the 2019 PBS tribute to Pete Seeger. Liz and Seth were Cliff Eberhardt’s band for many years, and they are also both members of children’s rock sensation “Brady Rymer and The Little Band That Could”.

Hailed by Billboard Magazine as a “singer’s singer” Liz Queler (guitar/mandolin) has composed for TV and film, and worked extensively as a studio singer including jingles (Meow Mix, Exxon, Sprite, Estroven), film scores (“The Little Mermaid”, “Barney’s Great Adventure”) and the PBS American Masters’ biography on Lucille Ball for which she sang “My Funny Valentine.” Liz signed with Palmetto Records and BUG Publishing for her second and third releases, and has shared the stage with folk icons Richie Havens, Janis Ian, and Guy Clark among others. Her songs have won awards from Billboard, and The National Academy of Popular Music. Liz is also founder / director of Urban Garage, a monthly teen open mic and guided jam.

Seth Farber (piano/accordion) was musical director to the late, great Odetta for her last decade, producing three CD’s, two of which were nominated for Grammy’s. Recently assistant conductor at the Broadway sensation “Ain’t Too Proud”, his numerous Broadway credits include assistant conductor for Hairspray and Music Director/Conductor for Soul Doctor. He was Music Director for the late Willy “Mink” DeVille, with whom he toured and recorded from 1988- 2008. Seth has released two solo piano CDs including numerous original compositions that have been used extensively for film and TV (HBO, Animal Planet, PBS, The History Channel, Discovery etc) and he has recorded and performed with many artists, including Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi, Gregg Allman, John Prine, Phoebe Snow, The Staples Singers, Joan Osborne, Lucinda Williams, Chip Taylor, Alejandro Escovedo and Cliff Eberhardt.

Joey Farber (bass/piano/cajon) is fast amassing his own impressive credits, boasting 3 national jingles, an off Broadway show (Soul Doctor), and appearances on Saturday Night Live, and Late Night With David Letterman. Joey is a graduate of Berklee College of Music.