The Sparrow Sisters
Performance: 2:00 PM, King Killer North
A sweet mixture of folk songs with guitar, ukulele, and harmonies
Katy Wallace, guitar; Laura Wilson, ukulele; Jessie Shaffer, violin, banjo
A sweet mixture of folk and nursery songs with guitar, ukulele, and vocal harmonies Katy Stone Wallace plays guitar, sings and writes some of The Sparrow Sister’s songs. She grew up on the West Coast playing banjo with folk bands (Sugar Mountain Mama Serenade), bass with rock bands (Goldenboy), ukulele with ukulele clubs (Claremont Ukulele Club) and worked for a time at the amazing Folk Music Center as both a clerk and a teacher. She began leading sing alongs in Brooklyn soon after her first daughter was born in 2014.
Laura Wilson hails from the UK but has been living in New York since 2012 with her husband and two kids. She trained as an actor in London and toured Europe with the Chapterhouse Theatre Company. She also did a stint of teaching English and Drama to elementary school aged kids in Hungary and Nepal. Laura was a founding member of the swing band The Scarlet Sundaes and sang with local choirs while growing up in Windsor. Laura loves working with kids and playing music. She recently added the Ukelele to her repertoire and is enjoying the challenge.
Jessie Shaffer played classical violin as a child, but way before that was singing and picking out melodies by ear with her mom at home. Jessie is constantly delighted by the joy of sharing music with her daughter, and with the children of other parents. Over the years, Jessie has honed her improvisation and songwriting skills, and recently picked up the banjo as her main instrument for sing alongs. In the fall of 2018, Jessie relocated to Beacon and has been blown away by the ultra-creative and welcoming community there.