Hays Dowdy is a DMV based guitarist/singer-songwriter, YouTuber, and Sessions Live artist working in the wedding and entertainment industry, while also performing live both as a solo artist and with several bands in the DC area. Rooted in British Invasion rock/pop, blues, psychedelia, country, and trained in jazz at Montgomery College, my approach blends different musical genres to evoke the sonic spirit of an environment within a studio in the 1960s. I earned an Associate of Arts degree from Montgomery College on May 23rd, 2014.
California Girls - The Beach Boys Fingerstyle Guitar Cover
Let's pretend it's summer and you're lying on the beach while an instrumental rendition of The Beach Boys' "California Girls" gently serenades you to sleep. Written by Brian Wilson in 1965. Thank you for watching!
Year: 2021
Sue Slagle (stage name SUE-C) is a video artist and educator working at the intersection of creative coding and live performance. For the past 20 years she has created handmade videos and live media performances, taught college level courses and workshops, and traveled extensively in the USA and internationally. Sue is the recipient of a 2020 Creative Capital Award and a MacDowell Fellowship.
Dauber- Serenade for Violin and Piano
The only surviving work of holocaust victim Robert Dauber
Year: 2016
Ravel-Tzigane
Year: 2015
to be completed...
Shostakovich Quartet no. 8 "Autobiographical"
Recording from Chamber Encounters Concert Series with pre-performance narrative and musical illustrations
Year: 2017
Dvorak- Quartet op. 106
Recording from the Chamber Encounters Concert Series
Year: 2017
Massenet- Meditation from "Thais"
Year: 2021
Avinu Malkeinu- Variations on an old Jewish melody
Year: 2020