Scenic Songs: A Hiking Concert with Nora Meier, Alouette Batteau, & Nicolás Emden
Calling all hiking enthusiasts and music lovers! Join us on the trail with some of your favorite performing artists for a guided hike and live music experience like no other. These unplugged and acoustic shows are unique opportunities to enjoy live music in community and nature. Each show will take place at a different location—one of The Trustees’ special places across the state.
We are pleased to collaborate with The Trustees for the 2026 Scenic Songs Series, bringing Passim’s renowned folk music into these incredible outdoor settings. The Trustees is Massachusetts’ largest—and the nation’s first—land conservation and preservation nonprofit. Today, through the support of Members, donors, and partners, The Trustees helps conserve nearly 52,000 acres and welcomes the public to more than 120 inspiring locations across the state to experience landscapes where nature, wildlife, and people all thrive.
Note: Although ticketing is managed by The Trustees, Passim members may enter their discount code during checkout to receive member pricing.
For other events in this series, visit the Scenic Songs page.
On May 16th, join Nora Meier, Alouette Batteau, & Nicolás Emden on the trail at Fruitlands Museum. This special series opener showcasing emerging artists offers a unique preview of Club Passim’s Campfire Festival.
All tickets have a $3 processing fee and a $2 preservation fee. The $3 processing fee is waived for tickets purchased at our box office.
Nora Meier
- Folk
- Singer/Songwriter
Nora Meier is a diehard music fan, a frequent moviegoer, a daughter of two English majors, an Oregonian at heart, a verbal processor, a big reader, extremely stubborn, and always writing. She was raised on her dad’s curated mixtapes and epic vinyl collection, which cultivated her deep love for the format of The Album and an obsession with Bruce Springsteen.
Her very own debut album, Outfield, was released in October of 2024. It was born during a full moon / lunar eclipse on a farm in Connecticut with the help of some of her favorite musicians. Eleven songs were tracked in seven days, interspersed by basketball scrimmages, deli trips and walks around a big field. The album was produced and mixed by Charles Dahlke (The Brazen Youth) and mastered by Andrew Goldring.
Nora lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Alouette Batteau
Alouette Batteau is a vocalist and songwriter, best known as one-third of Kalliope Jones (with Isabella DeHerdt and Wes Chalfant), a post-rock power trio from Western Massachusetts. Originally a folk-rock group, Kalliope Jones has developed its soundscape to bend gender-genre-genius from r&b, pop punk, and alt indie. The band has performed at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, the Iron Horse Music Hall, the Wolftrap Center for Performing Arts, Club Passim, and Dar Williams’ River Roads Festival, sharing stages with Amy Ray, Shawn Colvin, and Lisa Loeb.
Nicolás Emden
- Latin
- Singer/Songwriter
Nicolás Emden is a talented multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer, and songwriter, hailing from Chilean Patagonia. His music navigates the waters of pop, rock, and South American folk, creating a distinctive South Americana indie folk rock sound, with evocative Spanish lyrics.
Emden began his musical journey at the age of six, through South American folk and church music, singing and playing acoustic nylon guitar. His early musical career saw him founding the Chilean band Tejado Pimiento (2007-2012), with which he won the national TV contest “Garage Music” and released two albums as the main songwriter of the group, “Triciclo” (2007) and “Sensación de verdad” (2010). In 2014, he launched his solo career with the album “Como Los Pájaros,” accompanied by a YouTube documentary series, “Como Los Pájaros x Chile,” showcasing his new music busking through the streets of multiple Chilean cities.
Since moving to Boston in 2014 to study at Berklee College of Music, Emden has continued to expand his musical horizons, performing and touring throughout the United States, Canada, and Chile. His involvement in diverse artistic projects, ranging from folk and rock to contemporary music theater, reflects his commitment to using music as a universal language to connect people together, globally.
In 2023, Nicolás released two singles, “Sin Ti” and “Todo Volverá,” and won the World Act of the Year at the New England Music Awards (NEMAs). Additionally, he was selected as one of the 2023 Iguana Fund recipients of Club Passim in Cambridge, MA, for recording his second studio album.
