Seth Glier will grab you, if not with his powerful falsetto or his melodic prowess, then with what Performer Magazine calls his “intoxicating groove.”

The 22-year-old singer, pianist and guitarist – who abandoned studies at The Berklee College of Music after one year because he “decided I should be playing for people and not for grades” – aims straight for the gut and has quickly established himself on the national scene, performing more than 250 shows a year. 

Glier returns to the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor on Friday, Aug. 17, at 8 p.m.

Over the past two years Glier has shared stages with such diverse artists as James Taylor, Mark Knopfler, The Verve Pipe and Edwin McCain. He has appeared as a mainstage artist at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in New York and the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. USA Today named Seth a “Top 10 Critics Pick of 2011.”

The only musical member of his family, Glier was raised on the music of Joni Mitchell, Martin Sexton and Randy Newman, but considers his brother to be his greatest influence. “My brother is autistic and non-verbal. I learned to communicate with words better once I realized how to communicate to someone without them.”

For more information on Glier, go to www.sethglier.com.

Glier will be joined on stage by Amy Black. She sings in a folk-styled country voice that suggests a bit of Patty Loveless, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Judy Collins, edged by the blues of Bonnie Raitt. For more information on Black, go to www.amyblack.com.

Tickets for the Friday, Aug. 17, performance are available through the box office at 86 Townsend Ave. or by calling 633-5159. Tickets are also available at www.boothbayoperahouse.com. Advance purchase, $14; day of the show, $18.

Doors for seating open at 7:30 p.m.