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Jun 3, 2021 · Folk Music, Folk Music Center, Guitars, Music Retail, California, Pete Seeger, Women in the Music Industry, Pandemic of 2020, Interview Performance. Ellen Harper Verdries grew up in a music store! Her parents, Dorothy and Charles Chase, formed their first store in Massachusetts before moving to Southern California in 1958.
Jul 31, 2018 · She’s been Ellen Verdries, Ellen Chase, Ellen Chase-Verdries and, of late, Ellen Harper. She said labeling “Childhood Home” as by “Ben & Ellen Harper” saved a lot of space,...
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Today, Dorothy and Charles’ daughter, Ellen Chase-Verdries manages the store. Her son, Ben Harper purchased the store from his grandparents in order to keep the Folk Music Center in the family and alive for the generations to come.
- 220 Yale Avenue Claremont, CA, 91711 United States
- info@folkmusiccenter.com
- (909) 624-2928
His late father, Leonard Harper, was of African-American ancestry, and his mother, Ellen Harper Verdries (née Chase), is Jewish. His maternal great-grandmother was a Russian-Lithuanian Jew. His parents divorced when he was five years old, and he grew up with his mother's family. Harper has two brothers, Joel and Peter Harper.
Ellen Verdries Chase Harper is known for The Longest Ride (2015), StoryNosh (2021) and Ben Harper: Pleasure and Pain (2002). Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. More at IMDbPro. Known for: The Longest Ride. 7.0. Soundtrack (as Ellen Harper, "Learn it All Again Tomorrow") 2015. StoryNosh. TV Series. Writer. 2021 • 1 ep.
Mar 6, 2021 · Ms. Harper is the daughter of the Folk Music Center’s founders, Charles and Dorothy Chase, and the modern-day purveyor of “The Folk.” Her book brings to light the fascinating backstory behind her family’s place in the history of the music, and of course, of the 63-year-old store. Photo courtesy: Claremont Courier.
