Abaca Productions

Andrew Schulman 8-String Guitarist
Andrew Schulman Guest Artist at Levon Helm's "Midnight Ramble" Levon Helm and Andrew Schulman - Recipients of the Wonderful World Award from the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine - New York City	"Eloquent... He played with sensitivity, a graceful introspection, careful workmanship and an ear for timbral shading." The New York Times "Schulman gave us a performance which was freewheeling, musically delightful, and technically dazzling." The Woodstock Times [ More ]



Light In The Tunnel
[ More ] “Light in the Tunnel” is a new original Broadway bound musical about the magical love affair between street performers (a.k.a “buskers”) and their audience of passers-by in the subway stations beneath New York City. Created by veteran New York City subway performer, folk singer/guitarist Wendy Sayvetz, “Light in the Tunnel” features an ensemble cast of the city’s finest street/subway performers. We are currently raising funds with an online crowd funding campaignpowered by Rocket Hub. Click this link to help us reach our goal! Meet our cast of NYC subway performers performing "live underground" in this 10-minute promo video! Listen to excerpts of original music by our cast while viewing a slide show of our creative team and cast... click here to help us get to Broadway click here for more info about the show And visit us at Facebook “Light In The Tunnel” © Abaca Productions, 2011 all credits appear at www.lightinthetunnelmusical.com




ABACA STRING BAND
	"There is something outrageous, irreverent, and wonderfully refreshing about the Abaca String Band... Everyone was a winner in this match-up." Gannett Newspapers [ More ]

Wendy Sayvetz

Vocalist/Guitarist

Wendy Sayvetz
Guest Artist at Levon Helm's
"Midnight Ramble"

"Her astoundingly clear soprano ranges from haunting to defiant..."

The Fairfield County Weekly

"What links the songs is Ms. Sayvetz's sweet-sounding, otherworldly voice which is reminiscent of Joan Baez and Judy Collins..."

The Princeton Packet

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Andrew Schulman - steady engagement in Manhattan at Picnic, every
Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday night,
7:30-10:30 p.m.

August 6, 2013: Andrew Schulman's Abaca String Band will make their 4th appearance at musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

May 15, 2013: Andrew Schulman performs in the Music Room at the Ritz Hotel in London

March 11, 2013: Andrew Schulmanreturns to 2nd Floor On Clinton for his fourth concert of a 4-part series this year- with an all-Bach program. For more about Tony Powe's intimate concert series on the Lower East Side click here for link: 2nd floor on clinton

September 25, 2012: BBC Radio 4 - Soul Music: interview with Andrew Schulman
Listen to the program here :
Soul music - BBc radio 4

A WNBC News 4 TV news segment on guitarist Andrew Schulman has won two prestigious journalism and broadcasting awards -

Schulman is the Resident Visiting Artist at the Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine in New York City

The segment featuring Schulman playing guitar in the Beth Israel Medical Center - Surgical Intensive Care Unit - has won a NY Emmy in the Human Interest category and first place in the 48 Hour feature category of the Best of PhotoJournalism competition organized by the National Press Photographers Association

watch the program here:

a gift of healing

and also see these programs about Andrew Schulman's work at Beth Israel:

NY-1 "New Yorker of the Week"
WABC-TV "Eyewitness News

August 8, 2012: Andrew Schulman's Abaca String Band will make their third appearance at musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

June 26, 2012: Andrew Schulman returns to 2nd Floor On Clinton with a performace of Scarlatti, Schubert, Villa-Lobos, Jobim, and more at Tony Powe's intimate concert series on the Lower East Side.

October 1, 2011: Andrew Schulman appears as Guest Artist at Levon Helm's "Midnight Ramble" in Woodstock, NY

September 19, 2011: Andrew Schulman receives "Wonderful World Award" from The Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine - more info

Andrew Schulman's arrangements for solo guitar are now in the PUMP AUDIO catalog. For more information and to license this music for commercial use click on the link:

Abaca String Band and Andrew Schulman solo guitar videos now available at

Wendy Sayvetz videos available at

Andrew Schulman plays guitars made by Darren Hippner

Hippner Guitars
Darren Hippner Guitars - Reviews

Wendy Sayvetz is creator and
co-director/producer (with Sundance Award-Winning filmmaker, Steve Yeager) of a documentary feature entitled Suzanne Shepherd - A Gift of Fire, which has received major support from Alan Alda and is currently fundraising for post-production. 15 minute trailer available upon request. View 5 minute trailer on

Photos of
Andrew Schulman by
Zev Guber

Photo of The Abaca String Band by
Peter Schaaf
www.peterschaaf.com/

Photos of Wendy Sayvetz by Zev Guber, Charlie Seton, and Hilary Allison