Chris & Meredith Thompson | information: 617-290-2118 | cmthompson_music@hotmail.com AWARDS / SELECTED VENUES A W A R D S: FINALIST: Folk Category June 2004, USA Songwriting Contest for "Man in the Mountain" FINALISTS January 2003 Florida Folk Fest Songwriting Contest FINALISTS January 2001 Florida Folk Fest Songwriting Contest FIRST PLACE WINNERS May 19, 2000 OSBC Band Contest, Cambridge MA nominated BEST ACOUSTIC ACT Providence Phoenix, Providence RI, April 1998 LILITH FAIR FINALISTS in Levi's NYC talent search for Lilith Fair opening acts New York NY, April 1998 FALCON RIDGE NEW FOLK Selected for New Folk Showcase 1997 Falcon Ridge Folk Fest, Hillsdale, NY D I S C O G R A P H Y: Ithaca (1996) Shadyside (1997) Wood and Stone (1999) Live at Club Passim (2000) Clearwater (2002) F E S T I V A L S: Clearwater Revival, Hudson NY 2000, 2001 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Hillsdale NY 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance Trumansburg NY 1995,1997 Ithaca Festival, Ithaca NY 1993-2000 First Night, Providence RI 1997, 2001 Hear In RI Fest, Providence RI 1998, 2000 Kent State Folk Festival, Kent OH, 1998 Three Rivers Arts Festival Pittsburgh PA 1997, 1998, First Night, Binghamton NY 1998 First Night, State College PA 1999 First Night, Hartford CT 2000 First Night, Northampton MA 2003 First Night, Boston MA 2004 S E L E C T E D C L U B S: The Bluebird Café, Nashville TN Club Passim, Cambridge MA The Bitter End, New York NY Rosebud, Pittsburgh PA Graffiti, Pittsburgh PA Eddie’s Attic, Atlanta GA Be Here Now, Asheville NC The Gray Eagle, Black Mountain NC Heartland Café, Chicago IL Met Café, Providence RI Amazing Grace Bakery, Duluth MN Black Sheep, Amherst MA The Wild Beet, Bloomington IN Stone Soup Coffeehouse, Providence RI Fast Folk Café, Tribeca NY The Left Bank, Blue Hill ME C O N C E R T S: Songstreet Folk Festival, Somerville Theater, Somerville MA, 2002 Carnegie Hall, Pittsburgh PA 1998 Folk Next Door 1998, Hartford CT Phil Ochs Song Night, Katonah NY Phil Ochs Song Night, Albany NY C O L L E G E S: Cornell University, Ithaca NY Middlebury College, Middlebury VT Thomas Nelson College, Hampton VA Husson College, Bangor ME University of Maine, Orono ME St Bonaventure University, Olean NY Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA