From the always awesome David Scott comes a list of performances in the greater Boston area that you, yes you, should attend. Dave is an amazing performer and he’s always working with amazing performers. If you haven’t heard him before take a moment to check him out.
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May, June & July 2014 concerts – mark your calendars
It’s time for the summer concert season in Boston. Mark your calendars now, there’s some great stuff happening.
This list is from Julia Cavallaro and Matthew Hall of Musical Offering
Saturday, May 31 at 4:00 PM
Sunday, June 1 at 2:00 PM
C.P.E. Bach’s Playlist: Works by C.P.E., J.S. & Telemann
Musical Offering (musical-offering.org)
May 31: First Church in Cambridge, MA
June 1: St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields, Lincoln, MA
More Info: musical-offering.org/season-3
Sunday, June 22 at 8:00 PM
Gesualdo Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday
Zefiro Ensemble (zefiroensemble.com)
St. John’s Church, Jamaica Plain, MA
Directions: goo.gl/maps/xC45s
Tickets: $10 at the door
This is from Julia and is AGO/Pentecost/awesome related.
Wednesday, June 25 at 7:30 PM
Thursday, June 26 at 7:30 PM
A Praetorius Organ Vespers for Pentecost
Canto Armonico; Ulf Wellner, dir. (cantoarmonico.org)
Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Orchestra
First Lutheran Church of Boston, MA
More Info: agoboston2014.org/2013/09/lutheran-vespers
And then we have Meravelha and SoHIP.
Veni Creator Spiritus – SoHIP Summer Concert Series
July 15, 2014 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
St Peter’s Church 320 Boston Post Rd Weston, MA 02493
July 16, 2014 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
The Chapel at West Parish Cemetery 129 Reservation Rd Andover, MA 01810
July 17, 2014 time TBA
Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury St Boston, MA 02116
Go out and enjoy all the music the summer has to offer!
~Kelly
Choral & Orchestral Auditions
I received this today from the folks at Mercury Orchestra. Channing Yu is their Music Director and Conductor and he’s fantastic. Check out the announcement if you’re looking for some musical activities this summer.
Cantilena in concert Sunday May 4 – 4:00pm Arlington, MA
This Sunday Cantilena will perform their second concert of the season at 4:00pm in Arlington, MA. Josh Lawton, organist and choirmaster of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Central Sq, Cambridge will accompany the group.
Spring Concert: Sunday, May 4th, 4 p.m.
Immovable Objects, Irresistible Forces: Songs of Human and Natural Wonders
Cantilena performs a variety of songs for women’s voices about forces of nature, human endurance, and triumph over personal challenges. Compositions range from Romantic to Modern, featuring works by Franz Schubert, Emma Lou Diemer, and Ron Jeffers. Experience Jonathan Pieslak’s energetic “Solar Flares” set to Romanian poetry, Susan Borwick’s bluesy setting of a famous speech by Sojourner Truth, Carol Barnett’s raucous and lusty interpretation of Dorothy Parker’s sarcastic “Song of Perfect Propriety,” and music sung by women imprisoned during WWII in Sumatra as memorably depicted in the film “Paradise Road.”
For more information on the concert click here. Ticket information is here. The concert will be held at:
First Parish Unitarian Universalist
630 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, MA
First Parish is accessible by the 77 bus.
~Kelly
This is the most inspired musical performance I’ve seen in a long time
Seriously, I was amazed. A friend tweeted this to me. If these guys ever come to Boston I will see them in concert. I have a feeling they’d do well performing at Berklee.
I have to admit, I do feel sorry for their bows.
After digging through their YouTube channel there’s some really great stuff. The video with Steve Vai is pretty amazing, too. You should check it out. Preferably with the sound system turned up to 11.
~Kelly
Go out and get some culture! Concerts for YOU.
I have concert listings. Lots of concert listings. These are upcoming concerts that I’m not performing in but will try to attend. You should try to go as well. Music is good for the soul. Also, Bach rocks. And, there may be cake.
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OPEN MIC OPERA on Tuesday March 11 at 7 pm in Cambridge
This is happening at our church. If you’re available to come and sing or to come and listen please stop by. It sounds like great fun.
For Immediate Release- Tuesday, March 11, 2014, starting at 7:00 pm, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 838 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, the weekly “Tuesday Nights” concert series presents Open Mic Opera. Local opera singers, younger and older, amateur and professional, are invited to sing their hearts out. Collaborative pianist Juliet Cunningham, who has accompanied opera, oratorio and musical theater singers (and produced operas with her Janus Opera Company) will play whatever you bring. Suggested donation of $10 at the door. For more information about the weekly “Tuesday Nights” concert series please visit www.saintpeterscambridge.org/news-events/announcements/tuesdaynightconcertseries
Open mic opera? In Boston – the home of the Red Sox, the Bruins, the Celtics? Yes, and it isn’t new either. Many lovers of Italian food will remember a restaurant near Quincy Market that used to feature singing waiters. In other parts of the country, such as California, there have been restaurants with nights given over to singers performing opera arias and scenes for the past two to three decades, according to Duff Murphy, host of The Opera Show on Los Angeles’s radio station KUSC. In case you thought opera was just for the old folks, Murphy also has observed that it has become popular with many 20- and 30- somethings. Robert Hansen, executive director of the National Opera Association has been quoted to the effect that open mic opera is growing in popularity because “there is a huge population out there now of singers who want some sort of opportunity to sing, whether they make a living doing it, for pocket money or just for the love of singing.” Boston is brimming over with opera singers. This is an opportunity for them to strut their stuff in public, with encouragement and at no risk. All singers are welcome to participate, and you can bring your accompanist and audience with you.
Me, I’d probably bring some Musical Theatre just to shake things up a bit.
~Kelly
Concert at Memorial Church Harvard Sunday 2/16/14 6:00pm
From Matthew Hall comes word of a lovely concert this weekend, the first weekend of School Vacation week here in MA. That’s important for those of you who, like us, work in the service industry.
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Meravelha featured at Opus Affair Punch Bowl Fund
I’ve written about Meravelha in this space before. Most recently I mentioned that they were up for nomination for the Opus Affair Punch Bowl Fund. Well, they won, and now they need your help. The Punch Bowl Fund is an event happening on 1/27/14 from 6pm-9pm at:
59 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
It should be a great time, its walking distance from the T, and with any luck Meravelha will win the money raised there as well. Will you come and support music making in the greater Boston by purchasing a $5 drink? This will be great socializing and great fun and I think we can all drink to that.
Geoff and I will be there. See you on the 27th!
~Kelly
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