Beacon Songsmiths: Rick Aparicio, Carla Springer and Susan Wright. Three friends who love harmony singing, talking and laughing, music and Beacon.

Rick: guitarist, bassist, singer, and master of chaos. He has performed in bands up and down the East Coast since 1975. What more can be said?

Carla: folk and blues singer-songwriter. Her passionate, original songs about love, life and nature are told through a powerful voice often described as a mix between Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin. 

Susan: music teacher and sound engineer, accordion and piano player, singer. She is grateful for having had the chance to engineer a gold hip-hop record and sing folk songs with Pete Seeger.

​Our historic building was designed in 1872 by Richard Morris Hunt as the Howland Circulating Library and now serves the community of Beacon as the Howland Cultural Center: where history, arts and culture come alive. General Joseph Howland’s gift to the community in 1872 keeps on giving today. ​"Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live." - Pete Seeger