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Updated 9/22/2016

DAVIS BATES AND ROGER TINCKNELL

  • M

    MA

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Davis and Roger are both Parents’ Choice award winning performers who have, together and separately, shared thousands of performences for all ages over the last 36 years, at schools, libraries, senior centers, festivals and other settings throughout Massachusetts and New England.  They are known for their humor, their professionalism, and for their ability to adapt their program on the fly to fit the needs of their audience. Roger Tincknell is an accomplished musician, singer and song-writer, whose concerts include a wide variety of guitar styles, as well as banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica and piano playing. Pete Seeger has called Davis "thoughtful, creative, human, and a fantastic storyteller."  Together they get audiences of all ages singing, listening, moving and learning.

Programs include A Song & Story Celebration; Earth Rhythms, Across the Americas, Halloween Harvest, Celebrating New England, This Land is Your Land, Winter Holidays and more.

Find Me

Davis Bates
Job Title: Singer & Storyteller
Phone: (413) 625-0202
Address:
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Multi-Disciplinary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Music - General
  • Music - Children's
  • Music - Folk
  • Theater - Storytelling

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 150

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Businesses
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk

Languages Available:

  • Spanish

Geographic Reach:

  • Multi-State Region

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Education

Education:

  • BA, Theater & Political Science, Hampshire College

Education

Education:

  • BA, Theater & Political Science, Hampshire College