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    06/06/13	The Kingston Trio Shalin Liu Performance Center The Kingston Trio Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 6, 2013  The Kingston Trio, one of America’s most beloved folk and pop groups, returns to the Shalin Liu Performance Center for an unforgettable evening of beloved hits and popular standards. Featuring George Grove, Bill Zorn and Rick Dougherty, their trademark three-part harmony and clean, crisp sound are heard in concerts throughout the United States. Enjoy such hits as “Tom Dooley,” “Charlie and The M.T.A,” “Worried Man,” “Greenback...
    06/08/13	The Jupiter String Quartet Shalin Liu Performance Center The Jupiter String Quartet Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 8, 2013 Performing throughout the US and Canada with performances in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, the Jupiter String Quartet is a dynamic and democratic union that has won first prizes in multiple competitions including Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Graduates of Cleveland Institute of Music and Oberlin College, the ensemble continues to gather acclaim through membership in Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two, as...
    06/09/13	Joyce Yang, piano with the Jupiter String Quartet Shalin Liu Performance Center Joyce Yang, piano with the Jupiter String Quartet Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 9, 2013 Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3 “The Rider” Bartok: Out Of Doors Suite for solo piano Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor   Joyce Yang, piano Pianist Joyce Yang captivates audiences across the globe with her stunning virtuosity and interpretive sensitivity. A 2010 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Yang is marveling audiences around the world since she won the silver medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano...
    06/11/13	The Next Generation, Community Concert Shalin Liu Performance Center The Next Generation, Community Concert Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 11, 2013   COMMUNITY CONCERT The Next Generation Featuring the Composer-Performer-Repertory Ensemble 06/12/13	Silent Wagner Shalin Liu Performance Center Silent Wagner Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 12, 2013 FILM WITH POST Q & A Silent Wagner (1912)   The film, directed by Carl Fröhlich and written by William Wauer, is about the life of Richard Wagner and was released in Europe in the spring of 1913. Originally intended to have an all-Wagner musical accompaniment, the film’s score is written by Italian composer Giuseppe Becce because Wagner’s heirs reportedly requested a large sum for the use of Wagner’s music. Due to Becce’s uncanny...
    06/13/13	Wagner at 200, Rockport Chamber Music Festival Shalin Liu Performance Center Wagner at 200, Rockport Chamber Music Festival Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 13, 2013 Wagner at 200 (And Bruckner at 189)   Primarily known for his operas, Richard Wagner’s 200th anniversary of his birth marks the tremendous influence his work had on the development of classical music. His Tristan und Isolde is often described as the start of modern music. His Wesendonck Lieder was inspired by Mathilde Wesendonck who provided the poetry for the five songs, two of which Wagner subtitled as “studies for Tristan und...
    06/14/13	Viva Verdi! Rockport Chamber Music Festival Shalin Liu Performance Center Viva Verdi! Rockport Chamber Music Festival Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 14, 2013 Dinner with David, 5:45 PM Pre-Concert Talk with Dr. Elizabeth Seitz, 7 PM In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth, we honor his musical genius with a performance of his singular string quartet and the Lady Macbeth’s "Sleepwalking Aria" from his popular opera Macbeth. This opera was the first of Shakespeare’s plays which Verdi adapted for the operatic stage and preceded his most popular operas such as La Traviata and...
    06/15/13	Strings 'n Things, The Musicians of Manchester Music Festival Shalin Liu Performance Center Strings 'n Things, The Musicians of Manchester Music Festival Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 15, 2013 COMMUNITY CONCERT Strings ‘n Things -The Musicians of Manchester Music Festival  A playful tour through awesome music and fun for people of all ages! Free and open to the public; no tickets required. 06/15/13	Anne Akiko Meyers, violin and Anton Nel, piano Shalin Liu Performance Center Anne Akiko Meyers, violin and Anton Nel, piano Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 15, 2013  Anne Akiko Meyers, violin and Anton Nel, piano     06/16/13	The Boston Trio Shalin Liu Performance Center The Boston Trio Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 16, 2013 The Boston Trio Heng-Jin Park, piano Irena Muresanu, violin Denise Djokic, cello   06/17/13	Marc-Antoine Charpentier's La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs Shalin Liu Performance Center Marc-Antoine Charpentier's La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 17, 2013 With an international reputation for groundbreaking work reviving Baroque opera masterpieces, the Boston Early Music Festival brings the glamorous world of Baroque opera to life, complete with an internationally-acclaimed cast of operatic stars, the Grammy-nominated Boston Early Music Festival orchestra, lavish period sets and costumes, astonishing special effects, and fantastic Baroque dance.  The BEMF presents a double-bill of Charpentier’s two stunning...
    06/20/13	Rockport Chamber Music Festival presents the Calder String Quartet Shalin Liu Performance Center Rockport Chamber Music Festival presents the Calder String Quartet Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 20, 2013 Calder String Quartet Hailed by the New York Times as “outstanding…superb,” the Calder Quartet defies boundaries through performing a broad range of repertoire and always striving to communicate the true...
    06/21/13	The Play of Daniel: a Twelfth-Century Music-Drama Shalin Liu Performance Center The Play of Daniel: a Twelfth-Century Music-Drama Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 21, 2013 The critically-acclaimed production of Ludus Danielis commissioned and presented by The Cloisters in 2008 was originally written in Beauvais, France, in the twelfth century to celebrate the Feast of Fools. Performing in full costume and sung in Latin, this moving drama incorporates lively music on medieval instruments and dance to tell the story of the prophet Daniel interpreting the handwriting on the wall and his miraculous delivery from the lion's den. “…charming...
    06/22/13	Calder Quartet with John Bruce Yeh, Clarinet and David Deveau, piano Shalin Liu Performance Center Calder Quartet with John Bruce Yeh, Clarinet and David Deveau, piano Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 22, 2013 Calder Quartet Hailed by the New York Times as “outstanding…superb,” the Calder Quartet defies boundaries through performing a broad range of repertoire and always striving to communicate the true intention of the composer.  The group’s distinctive approach and musical curiosity has brought them recognition for the discovery, commissioning, and recording of some of today’s best emerging composers, including Thomas...
    06/22/13	John Bruce Yeh, Clarinet Masterclass Shalin Liu Performance Center John Bruce Yeh, Clarinet Masterclass Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 22, 2013 Watch a master clarinetist and teacher coach aspiring young musicians. Yeh is an accomplished performer and teacher as well as a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has taught master classes at top universities and conservatories across the nation. Free and open to the public; no tickets required.     06/23/13	Concert Artist Guild Showcase Shalin Liu Performance Center Concert Artist Guild Showcase Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 23, 2013 Mischa Bouvier, baritone Jay Campbell, cello Daria Rabotkina, piano This NYC international competition has launched the careers of countless major artists over the past 50 years. Today’s program features recent winners of the competition in a special Russian-American program. Program: RACHMANINOFF: Selected songs In the Silence of the Secret Night I was with Her PROKOFIEV:...
    06/27/13	The Boston Symphony Chamber Players Shalin Liu Performance Center The Boston Symphony Chamber Players Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 27, 2013  Haldan Martinson, violin                Steven Ansell, viola Jules Eskin, cello                          Edwin Barker, double bass ...
    06/28/13	The Vega String Quartet Shalin Liu Performance Center The Vega String Quartet Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 28, 2013 Quartet in Residence at Emory University, the Vega String Quartet is on the cutting edge of the new generation of chamber music ensembles.  After their Lincoln Center debut in 2001, the New York Times raved about their "playing that had a kind of clean intoxication to it, pulling the listener along...the musicians took real risks in their music making..."   ...
    06/29/13	Sergey Anotonov, cello with Ilya Kazantsev, piano Shalin Liu Performance Center Sergey Anotonov, cello with Ilya Kazantsev, piano Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 29, 2013 Gold Medalist Winner of the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Cello Competition Sergey Antonov has won numerous awards and competitions and is known for his expressive playing and rich, warm tone. Hailed as “a brilliant cellist” by the legendary Mstislav Rostropovich, he performs throughout Europe, Japan, and the US, and even performed a work specifically commissioned for him to perform with the Moscow Philharmonic.   “…and it’s almost...
    06/30/13	Dubravka Tomsic, piano Shalin Liu Performance Center Dubravka Tomsic, piano Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 30, 2013  With “something of a cult status among pianophiles” (Gramophone Magazine), the celebrated Slovenian pianist Dubravka Tomši? is the only protégé of legendary pianist Artur Rubinstein, who considered her “a perfect and marvelous...
    07/01/13	Ladysmith Black Mambazo Shalin Liu Performance Center Ladysmith Black Mambazo Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 1, 2013  In 2013, Grammy® Award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo, one of South Africa’s most prolific recording artists, celebrates over fifty years of joyous and uplifting music that has touched a worldwide audience representing every corner of the religious, cultural, and ethnic landscape. Hear this undisputed king of mbube (South African a cappella) featuring songs from their new live album “Singing for Peace Around the World,” plus get a sneak peek of...
    07/05/13- 07/06/13	Judy Collins Shalin Liu Performance Center Judy Collins Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 5-July 6, 2013 Judy Collins  Folk music icon Judy Collins blew Rockport audience members away last year with her classically elegant voice and extensive repertoire. From the late 50s on, her star rose with the likes of Joan Baez and Bob Dylan with hits like “Both Sides Now” and “Send...
    07/07/13	Calmus Vocal Ensemble, Leipzig Shalin Liu Performance Center Calmus Vocal Ensemble, Leipzig Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 7, 2013 The Calmus Ensemble has tremendous stylistic variety, performing music from Gregorian chant and Bach to jazz, folksongs, and popular music. Winners of numerous vocal competitions in Europe as well as the Concert Artist Guild competition in New York City, the ensemble’s astounding stylistic spectrum, flawless intonation, vocal homogeneity, and varied colors thrill audiences around the world. “The group held the audience…nearly spellbound with its artistry.”...
    07/11/13	Gilles Vonstattel, piano Shalin Liu Performance Center Gilles Vonstattel, piano Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 11, 2013 Gilles, Vonsattel, piano "Revolution!"  Winner of a 2008 Avery Fisher Career Grant, pianist Gilles Vonsattel is a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and often collaborates with artists Yo-Yo Ma and the Borromeo String Quartet.  Having performed world premieres by Ned Rorem & Nico Muhly, Vonsattel champions the expansion of the conventional classical concert experience and performs on renowned stages...
    07/12/13	Eviyan with Andrew Rangell, piano and Aaron Boyd, violin Shalin Liu Performance Center Eviyan with Andrew Rangell, piano and Aaron Boyd, violin Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 12, 2013 Andrew Rangell, piano; Aaron Boyd, violin And EVIYAN Evan Ziporyn, clarinet; Iva Bittová, voice and violin; Gyan Riley, guitar; Sandeep Das, table; Blake Newman, bass Pianist Andy Rangell and violinist Aaron Boyd perform works of the great 20th century Romanian composer George Enescu, who incorporates folk-inspired music of his native land in his works. The first half of the concert will feature Enescu’s Violin and Piano...
    07/13/13	Russell Sherman and Wha-Kyung Byu, piano and Sooyun Kim, flute Shalin Liu Performance Center Russell Sherman and Wha-Kyung Byu, piano and Sooyun Kim, flute Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 13, 2013 Known as an eloquent communicator, pianist Russell Sherman is an insightful master who performs with a poetic grace.  With recital engagements and orchestral performances around the world, Sherman is also a prolific recording artist.  Sherman is “…by any measure one of the truly extraordinary pianists before the public.”  The New...
    07/14/13	Canadian Brass Shalin Liu Performance Center Canadian Brass Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 14, 2013 Canadian Brass Considered “the world’s most famous brass group,” the Canadian Brass first came together in 1970 and their imagination and consummate musicianship elevated the art of the brass quintet to what it is today. Through 40 years of creative arrangements and commissions, the Canadian Brass performs a wide variety of repertoire from Renaissance and Classical masters to jazz and popular music. The group has sold over 2 million records...
    07/16/13	Bizet's Carmen Shalin Liu Performance Center Bizet's Carmen Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 16, 2013 Carmen Richard Eyre’s hit production stars El?na Garan?a as the seductive gypsy of the title, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José. Carmen "is about sex, violence, and racism—and its corollary: freedom," the director says about Bizet’s drama. "It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It's sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking." Conductor: Yannick...
    07/21/13	Suzanne Vega Shalin Liu Performance Center Suzanne Vega Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 21, 2013 Suzanne Vega A Grammy Award winner Suzanne Vega seamlessly joins her poetry and contemporary folk song with a sound that is utterly unique and identifiable. Described as “plaintive but disarmingly powerful,” Vega is a masterful storyteller known for her hit songs “Luka” and “Tom’s Diner.” Currently reinterpreting her catalog of music in an acoustic and intimate way, Vega is considered one of the most brilliant songwriters...
    07/23/13	Verdi's Il Trovatore Shalin Liu Performance Center Verdi's Il Trovatore Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 23, 2013 Il Trovatore David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered at the Met in the 2008–09 season. This revival stars four extraordinary singers—Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score. Marco Armiliato; Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri...
    07/26/13	Hot Club of Cowtown Shalin Liu Performance Center Hot Club of Cowtown Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 26, 2013 Since their first recording in 1998, Austin-based Hot Club of Cowtown have grown to be the most globe-trotting, hardest-swinging Western swing trio on the planet. But for guitarist Whit Smith, fiddler Elana James, and bassist Jake Erwin, it has always been about staying true to their roots. “Unfussy and unpretentious, their blend of down-home melodies and exuberant improvisation harks back to a lost era…” The Times (London) “…This...
    07/28/13	Manhattan Transfer Shalin Liu Performance Center Manhattan Transfer Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 28, 2013 Manhattan Transfer Ten-time Grammy Award-winning vocal super group, The Manhattan Transfer has created exquisite four-part harmonies for over 40 years and some of the most beautiful vocal arrangements in music today. Hits like “Boy from New York City” and “Birdland” have made them the most successful harmony group of all time. “…the genre’s most important keepers of the flame.” New York Times...
    07/30/13	Rossini's Armida Shalin Liu Performance Center Rossini's Armida Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 30, 2013 Armida This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvo?ák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than five tenors. Director Mary Zimmerman describes the work as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.” Armida is a fanciful and magical tale with “an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual...
    08/02/13	Kaki King Shalin Liu Performance Center Kaki King Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 2, 2013 Over her decade-long career, Brooklyn-based guitarist-composer Kaki King has expanded and reconceived the role of the solo instrumental artist, constantly kicking at the boundaries of what is expected. For her solo performance, she brings a collection of several rare instruments, including a harp guitar, a dojo, a hybrid between a guitar and koto that King made herself, and, of course, her custom Ovation Adamas guitar.
    08/06/13	The Metropolitan Opera Encore presents Verdi's La Traviata Shalin Liu Performance Center The Metropolitan Opera Encore presents Verdi's La Traviata Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 6, 2013 La Traviata Natalie Dessay stars as Verdi’s most beloved heroine in Willy Decker's stunning production, first seen at the Met in 2010. Matthew Polenzani is her lover, Alfredo, and Dimitri Hvorostovsky sings his stern father, Germont. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium. Conductor: Fabio Luisi; Production: Willy Decker; Natalie Dessay, Matthew Polenzani, Dimitri Hvorostovsky   Original transmission: April 14,...
    08/09/13- 08/10/13	Ann Hampton Callaway Shalin Liu Performance Center Ann Hampton Callaway Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 9-August 10, 2013 Returning for an encore performance, Ann Hampton Callaway is a national multimedia superstar, having performed as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, and an actress in theatre and film. Considered an icon of the American songbook and known for a Tony-nominated performance in the hit Broadway musical Swing!, she even wrote the theme song for the TV show The Nanny. Callaway’s records are platinum selling, her passionate and spontaneous performances occur in concert halls throughout...
    08/13/13	The Puccini's Turandot Shalin Liu Performance Center The Puccini's Turandot Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 13, 2013 Turandot Director Franco Zeffirelli’s breathtaking production of Puccini’s last opera is a favorite of the Met repertoire. Maria Guleghina plays the ruthless Chinese princess of the title, whose hatred of men is so strong that she has all suitors who can’t solve her riddles beheaded. Marcello Giordani sings Calàf, the unknown prince who eventually wins her love and whose solos include the famous “Nessun...
    08/14/13	Roberta Gambarini Shalin Liu Performance Center Roberta Gambarini Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 14, 2013 Roberta Gambarini Vocal virtuoso Roberta Gambarini’s warm timbre and impeccable timing earned her a Grammy nomination for her album Easy to Love. Selected as DownBeat Magazine’s 2009 Rising Star Female Vocalist of the Year and the Jazz Journalists Associations’ Female Jazz Singer of the Year, Gambarini has performed with such jazz greats as Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, and Christian McBride.
    08/15/13	The Four Freshmen Shalin Liu Performance Center The Four Freshmen Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 15, 2013 The Four Freshmen Dominating the airwaves in the 1950s and influencing major groups like The Beach Boys, The Four Freshman are America’s most enduring vocal group today, headlining concerts around the globe from Moscow to Manhattan. Open-harmonic jazz arrangements blended with a classic big band sound have earned the group six Grammy nominations and a place in the Vocal Hall of Fame. Enjoy pop tunes and jazz standards from the Great American...
    08/16/13	Kurt Elling Shalin Liu Performance Center Kurt Elling Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 16, 2013 Kurt Elling With a perfected four octave range, astonishing technical mastery, and a knack for storytelling, Kurt Elling is among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. Every one of his ten albums has been nominated for a Grammy, and, year after year, he has won DownBeat’s Critics Poll and the Jazz Journalists Association’s “Male Singer of the Year.” Enjoy unique interpretations of songs by The Beatles, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis,...
    08/17/13	Regina Carter Shalin Liu Performance Center Regina Carter Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 17, 2013 Regina Carter Preeminent jazz violinist Regina Carter returns to Rockport Music to showcase her album Reverse Thread, traditional African folk music brilliantly fused with the expressive contemporary twist for which she’s known. Lauded as one of the finest violinists of her generation, Carter tours around the world and has performed with artists as diverse as Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill, Billy Joel, and Mary J. Blige.
    08/18/13	Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo Duo Shalin Liu Performance Center Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo Duo Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 18, 2013 Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo Duo Join us for an intimate evening with NEA Jazz Master, renowned Grammy® Award-winning saxophonist and Tony Award® nominee Branford Marsalis and his Quartet’s longtime pianist Joey Calderazzo. While their paired evolution has been a brightness at the core of an adventurous band that itself has added light and heat to the music of its time, on their spectacular duo collaboration Songs of Mirth and Melancholy,...
    08/20/13	Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia Shalin Liu Performance Center Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 20, 2013 Il Barbiere di Siviglia One of the most beloved operatic comedies of all time, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is presented in a production by director Bartlett Sher. Superstar tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva is joined by American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Rosina and Peter Mattei in the title role of the swaggering barber. Conductor: Benini; Production: Bartlett Sher; Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Peter Mattei,...
    08/22/13- 08/23/13	Paula Cole Shalin Liu Performance Center Paula Cole Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 22-August 23, 2013 Grammy winner and hometown favorite Paula Cole returns to Rockport for another night of hits like “I Don’t Want to Wait” and “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” plus songs from her latest album Raven.    “An extraordinary songwriter with a gorgeous voice” – Rolling Stone ...
    08/24/13	Ensemble Galilei Shalin Liu Performance Center Ensemble Galilei Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 24, 2013 From Irish and Scottish jigs and reels to Renaissance dance music to Baroque chaconnes, travel through centuries and across cultures with Ensemble Galiliei. Since 1990, Ensemble Galilei—featuring Celtic harp, fiddles, oboe, recorder, penny-whistle, viola da gamba, and percussion—has been a regular on NPR’s Performance Today and much loved by audiences around the country.   “[With] virtuoso technique, an instinctive feeling for the idiom, the courage...
    08/25/13	Faith Prince: Total Faith Shalin Liu Performance Center Faith Prince: Total Faith Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 25, 2013 Faith Prince Tony Award winner Faith Prince dazzles audiences with what she calls, "a smorgasbord, a goulash, a bouillabaisse of Faith Prince: past, present, future"—from an opening medley of Broadway triumphs in “Guys & Dolls,” “The King & I,” and “Bells Are Ringing” to tales and songs from her early career in Off-Broadway. Enjoy intimate, confessional moments served with...
    08/30/13- 08/31/13	Tom Rush Shalin Liu Performance Center Tom Rush Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 30-August 31, 2013 Back by popular demand, Tom Rush is known to audiences for his distinctive guitar style, wry humor and warm, expressive voice. With a voice and manner that “gives listeners the impression they’re old friends listening in on a musical conversation” (Montreal Gazette), Rush is an engaging performer both of his own work and that of other singer-songwriters. “It was Rush’s humor – his timing was Seinfeldesque – as much as his warm voice and deft...

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  06/06/13	The Kingston Trio Shalin Liu Performance Center The Kingston Trio Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 6, 2013  The Kingston Trio, one of America’s most beloved folk and pop groups, returns to the Shalin Liu Performance Center for an unforgettable evening of beloved hits and popular standards. Featuring George Grove, Bill Zorn and Rick Dougherty, their trademark three-part harmony and clean, crisp sound are heard in concerts throughout the United States. Enjoy such hits as “Tom Dooley,” “Charlie and The M.T.A,” “Worried Man,” “Greenback...
  06/08/13	The Jupiter String Quartet Shalin Liu Performance Center The Jupiter String Quartet Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 8, 2013 Performing throughout the US and Canada with performances in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, the Jupiter String Quartet is a dynamic and democratic union that has won first prizes in multiple competitions including Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Graduates of Cleveland Institute of Music and Oberlin College, the ensemble continues to gather acclaim through membership in Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two, as...
  06/09/13	Joyce Yang, piano with the Jupiter String Quartet Shalin Liu Performance Center Joyce Yang, piano with the Jupiter String Quartet Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 9, 2013 Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3 “The Rider” Bartok: Out Of Doors Suite for solo piano Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor   Joyce Yang, piano Pianist Joyce Yang captivates audiences across the globe with her stunning virtuosity and interpretive sensitivity. A 2010 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Yang is marveling audiences around the world since she won the silver medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano...
  06/11/13	The Next Generation, Community Concert Shalin Liu Performance Center The Next Generation, Community Concert Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 11, 2013   COMMUNITY CONCERT The Next Generation Featuring the Composer-Performer-Repertory Ensemble 06/12/13	Silent Wagner Shalin Liu Performance Center Silent Wagner Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 12, 2013 FILM WITH POST Q & A Silent Wagner (1912)   The film, directed by Carl Fröhlich and written by William Wauer, is about the life of Richard Wagner and was released in Europe in the spring of 1913. Originally intended to have an all-Wagner musical accompaniment, the film’s score is written by Italian composer Giuseppe Becce because Wagner’s heirs reportedly requested a large sum for the use of Wagner’s music. Due to Becce’s uncanny...
  06/13/13	Wagner at 200, Rockport Chamber Music Festival Shalin Liu Performance Center Wagner at 200, Rockport Chamber Music Festival Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 13, 2013 Wagner at 200 (And Bruckner at 189)   Primarily known for his operas, Richard Wagner’s 200th anniversary of his birth marks the tremendous influence his work had on the development of classical music. His Tristan und Isolde is often described as the start of modern music. His Wesendonck Lieder was inspired by Mathilde Wesendonck who provided the poetry for the five songs, two of which Wagner subtitled as “studies for Tristan und...
  06/14/13	Viva Verdi! Rockport Chamber Music Festival Shalin Liu Performance Center Viva Verdi! Rockport Chamber Music Festival Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 14, 2013 Dinner with David, 5:45 PM Pre-Concert Talk with Dr. Elizabeth Seitz, 7 PM In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth, we honor his musical genius with a performance of his singular string quartet and the Lady Macbeth’s "Sleepwalking Aria" from his popular opera Macbeth. This opera was the first of Shakespeare’s plays which Verdi adapted for the operatic stage and preceded his most popular operas such as La Traviata and...
  06/15/13	Strings 'n Things, The Musicians of Manchester Music Festival Shalin Liu Performance Center Strings 'n Things, The Musicians of Manchester Music Festival Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 15, 2013 COMMUNITY CONCERT Strings ‘n Things -The Musicians of Manchester Music Festival  A playful tour through awesome music and fun for people of all ages! Free and open to the public; no tickets required. 06/15/13	Anne Akiko Meyers, violin and Anton Nel, piano Shalin Liu Performance Center Anne Akiko Meyers, violin and Anton Nel, piano Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 15, 2013  Anne Akiko Meyers, violin and Anton Nel, piano     06/16/13	The Boston Trio Shalin Liu Performance Center The Boston Trio Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 16, 2013 The Boston Trio Heng-Jin Park, piano Irena Muresanu, violin Denise Djokic, cello   06/17/13	Marc-Antoine Charpentier's La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs Shalin Liu Performance Center Marc-Antoine Charpentier's La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 17, 2013 With an international reputation for groundbreaking work reviving Baroque opera masterpieces, the Boston Early Music Festival brings the glamorous world of Baroque opera to life, complete with an internationally-acclaimed cast of operatic stars, the Grammy-nominated Boston Early Music Festival orchestra, lavish period sets and costumes, astonishing special effects, and fantastic Baroque dance.  The BEMF presents a double-bill of Charpentier’s two stunning...
  06/20/13	Rockport Chamber Music Festival presents the Calder String Quartet Shalin Liu Performance Center Rockport Chamber Music Festival presents the Calder String Quartet Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 20, 2013 Calder String Quartet Hailed by the New York Times as “outstanding…superb,” the Calder Quartet defies boundaries through performing a broad range of repertoire and always striving to communicate the true...
  06/21/13	The Play of Daniel: a Twelfth-Century Music-Drama Shalin Liu Performance Center The Play of Daniel: a Twelfth-Century Music-Drama Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 21, 2013 The critically-acclaimed production of Ludus Danielis commissioned and presented by The Cloisters in 2008 was originally written in Beauvais, France, in the twelfth century to celebrate the Feast of Fools. Performing in full costume and sung in Latin, this moving drama incorporates lively music on medieval instruments and dance to tell the story of the prophet Daniel interpreting the handwriting on the wall and his miraculous delivery from the lion's den. “…charming...
  06/22/13	Calder Quartet with John Bruce Yeh, Clarinet and David Deveau, piano Shalin Liu Performance Center Calder Quartet with John Bruce Yeh, Clarinet and David Deveau, piano Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 22, 2013 Calder Quartet Hailed by the New York Times as “outstanding…superb,” the Calder Quartet defies boundaries through performing a broad range of repertoire and always striving to communicate the true intention of the composer.  The group’s distinctive approach and musical curiosity has brought them recognition for the discovery, commissioning, and recording of some of today’s best emerging composers, including Thomas...
  06/22/13	John Bruce Yeh, Clarinet Masterclass Shalin Liu Performance Center John Bruce Yeh, Clarinet Masterclass Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 22, 2013 Watch a master clarinetist and teacher coach aspiring young musicians. Yeh is an accomplished performer and teacher as well as a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has taught master classes at top universities and conservatories across the nation. Free and open to the public; no tickets required.     06/23/13	Concert Artist Guild Showcase Shalin Liu Performance Center Concert Artist Guild Showcase Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 23, 2013 Mischa Bouvier, baritone Jay Campbell, cello Daria Rabotkina, piano This NYC international competition has launched the careers of countless major artists over the past 50 years. Today’s program features recent winners of the competition in a special Russian-American program. Program: RACHMANINOFF: Selected songs In the Silence of the Secret Night I was with Her PROKOFIEV:...
  06/27/13	The Boston Symphony Chamber Players Shalin Liu Performance Center The Boston Symphony Chamber Players Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 27, 2013  Haldan Martinson, violin                Steven Ansell, viola Jules Eskin, cello                          Edwin Barker, double bass ...
  06/28/13	The Vega String Quartet Shalin Liu Performance Center The Vega String Quartet Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 28, 2013 Quartet in Residence at Emory University, the Vega String Quartet is on the cutting edge of the new generation of chamber music ensembles.  After their Lincoln Center debut in 2001, the New York Times raved about their "playing that had a kind of clean intoxication to it, pulling the listener along...the musicians took real risks in their music making..."   ...
  06/29/13	Sergey Anotonov, cello with Ilya Kazantsev, piano Shalin Liu Performance Center Sergey Anotonov, cello with Ilya Kazantsev, piano Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 29, 2013 Gold Medalist Winner of the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Cello Competition Sergey Antonov has won numerous awards and competitions and is known for his expressive playing and rich, warm tone. Hailed as “a brilliant cellist” by the legendary Mstislav Rostropovich, he performs throughout Europe, Japan, and the US, and even performed a work specifically commissioned for him to perform with the Moscow Philharmonic.   “…and it’s almost...
  06/30/13	Dubravka Tomsic, piano Shalin Liu Performance Center Dubravka Tomsic, piano Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center June 30, 2013  With “something of a cult status among pianophiles” (Gramophone Magazine), the celebrated Slovenian pianist Dubravka Tomši? is the only protégé of legendary pianist Artur Rubinstein, who considered her “a perfect and marvelous...
  07/01/13	Ladysmith Black Mambazo Shalin Liu Performance Center Ladysmith Black Mambazo Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 1, 2013  In 2013, Grammy® Award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo, one of South Africa’s most prolific recording artists, celebrates over fifty years of joyous and uplifting music that has touched a worldwide audience representing every corner of the religious, cultural, and ethnic landscape. Hear this undisputed king of mbube (South African a cappella) featuring songs from their new live album “Singing for Peace Around the World,” plus get a sneak peek of...
  07/05/13- 07/06/13	Judy Collins Shalin Liu Performance Center Judy Collins Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 5-July 6, 2013 Judy Collins  Folk music icon Judy Collins blew Rockport audience members away last year with her classically elegant voice and extensive repertoire. From the late 50s on, her star rose with the likes of Joan Baez and Bob Dylan with hits like “Both Sides Now” and “Send...
  07/07/13	Calmus Vocal Ensemble, Leipzig Shalin Liu Performance Center Calmus Vocal Ensemble, Leipzig Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 7, 2013 The Calmus Ensemble has tremendous stylistic variety, performing music from Gregorian chant and Bach to jazz, folksongs, and popular music. Winners of numerous vocal competitions in Europe as well as the Concert Artist Guild competition in New York City, the ensemble’s astounding stylistic spectrum, flawless intonation, vocal homogeneity, and varied colors thrill audiences around the world. “The group held the audience…nearly spellbound with its artistry.”...
  07/11/13	Gilles Vonstattel, piano Shalin Liu Performance Center Gilles Vonstattel, piano Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 11, 2013 Gilles, Vonsattel, piano "Revolution!"  Winner of a 2008 Avery Fisher Career Grant, pianist Gilles Vonsattel is a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and often collaborates with artists Yo-Yo Ma and the Borromeo String Quartet.  Having performed world premieres by Ned Rorem & Nico Muhly, Vonsattel champions the expansion of the conventional classical concert experience and performs on renowned stages...
  07/12/13	Eviyan with Andrew Rangell, piano and Aaron Boyd, violin Shalin Liu Performance Center Eviyan with Andrew Rangell, piano and Aaron Boyd, violin Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 12, 2013 Andrew Rangell, piano; Aaron Boyd, violin And EVIYAN Evan Ziporyn, clarinet; Iva Bittová, voice and violin; Gyan Riley, guitar; Sandeep Das, table; Blake Newman, bass Pianist Andy Rangell and violinist Aaron Boyd perform works of the great 20th century Romanian composer George Enescu, who incorporates folk-inspired music of his native land in his works. The first half of the concert will feature Enescu’s Violin and Piano...
  07/13/13	Russell Sherman and Wha-Kyung Byu, piano and Sooyun Kim, flute Shalin Liu Performance Center Russell Sherman and Wha-Kyung Byu, piano and Sooyun Kim, flute Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 13, 2013 Known as an eloquent communicator, pianist Russell Sherman is an insightful master who performs with a poetic grace.  With recital engagements and orchestral performances around the world, Sherman is also a prolific recording artist.  Sherman is “…by any measure one of the truly extraordinary pianists before the public.”  The New...
  07/14/13	Canadian Brass Shalin Liu Performance Center Canadian Brass Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 14, 2013 Canadian Brass Considered “the world’s most famous brass group,” the Canadian Brass first came together in 1970 and their imagination and consummate musicianship elevated the art of the brass quintet to what it is today. Through 40 years of creative arrangements and commissions, the Canadian Brass performs a wide variety of repertoire from Renaissance and Classical masters to jazz and popular music. The group has sold over 2 million records...
  07/16/13	Bizet's Carmen Shalin Liu Performance Center Bizet's Carmen Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 16, 2013 Carmen Richard Eyre’s hit production stars El?na Garan?a as the seductive gypsy of the title, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José. Carmen "is about sex, violence, and racism—and its corollary: freedom," the director says about Bizet’s drama. "It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It's sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking." Conductor: Yannick...
  07/21/13	Suzanne Vega Shalin Liu Performance Center Suzanne Vega Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 21, 2013 Suzanne Vega A Grammy Award winner Suzanne Vega seamlessly joins her poetry and contemporary folk song with a sound that is utterly unique and identifiable. Described as “plaintive but disarmingly powerful,” Vega is a masterful storyteller known for her hit songs “Luka” and “Tom’s Diner.” Currently reinterpreting her catalog of music in an acoustic and intimate way, Vega is considered one of the most brilliant songwriters...
  07/23/13	Verdi's Il Trovatore Shalin Liu Performance Center Verdi's Il Trovatore Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 23, 2013 Il Trovatore David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered at the Met in the 2008–09 season. This revival stars four extraordinary singers—Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score. Marco Armiliato; Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri...
  07/26/13	Hot Club of Cowtown Shalin Liu Performance Center Hot Club of Cowtown Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 26, 2013 Since their first recording in 1998, Austin-based Hot Club of Cowtown have grown to be the most globe-trotting, hardest-swinging Western swing trio on the planet. But for guitarist Whit Smith, fiddler Elana James, and bassist Jake Erwin, it has always been about staying true to their roots. “Unfussy and unpretentious, their blend of down-home melodies and exuberant improvisation harks back to a lost era…” The Times (London) “…This...
  07/28/13	Manhattan Transfer Shalin Liu Performance Center Manhattan Transfer Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 28, 2013 Manhattan Transfer Ten-time Grammy Award-winning vocal super group, The Manhattan Transfer has created exquisite four-part harmonies for over 40 years and some of the most beautiful vocal arrangements in music today. Hits like “Boy from New York City” and “Birdland” have made them the most successful harmony group of all time. “…the genre’s most important keepers of the flame.” New York Times...
  07/30/13	Rossini's Armida Shalin Liu Performance Center Rossini's Armida Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center July 30, 2013 Armida This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvo?ák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than five tenors. Director Mary Zimmerman describes the work as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.” Armida is a fanciful and magical tale with “an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual...
  08/02/13	Kaki King Shalin Liu Performance Center Kaki King Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 2, 2013 Over her decade-long career, Brooklyn-based guitarist-composer Kaki King has expanded and reconceived the role of the solo instrumental artist, constantly kicking at the boundaries of what is expected. For her solo performance, she brings a collection of several rare instruments, including a harp guitar, a dojo, a hybrid between a guitar and koto that King made herself, and, of course, her custom Ovation Adamas guitar.
  08/06/13	The Metropolitan Opera Encore presents Verdi's La Traviata Shalin Liu Performance Center The Metropolitan Opera Encore presents Verdi's La Traviata Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 6, 2013 La Traviata Natalie Dessay stars as Verdi’s most beloved heroine in Willy Decker's stunning production, first seen at the Met in 2010. Matthew Polenzani is her lover, Alfredo, and Dimitri Hvorostovsky sings his stern father, Germont. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium. Conductor: Fabio Luisi; Production: Willy Decker; Natalie Dessay, Matthew Polenzani, Dimitri Hvorostovsky   Original transmission: April 14,...
  08/09/13- 08/10/13	Ann Hampton Callaway Shalin Liu Performance Center Ann Hampton Callaway Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 9-August 10, 2013 Returning for an encore performance, Ann Hampton Callaway is a national multimedia superstar, having performed as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, and an actress in theatre and film. Considered an icon of the American songbook and known for a Tony-nominated performance in the hit Broadway musical Swing!, she even wrote the theme song for the TV show The Nanny. Callaway’s records are platinum selling, her passionate and spontaneous performances occur in concert halls throughout...
  08/13/13	The Puccini's Turandot Shalin Liu Performance Center The Puccini's Turandot Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 13, 2013 Turandot Director Franco Zeffirelli’s breathtaking production of Puccini’s last opera is a favorite of the Met repertoire. Maria Guleghina plays the ruthless Chinese princess of the title, whose hatred of men is so strong that she has all suitors who can’t solve her riddles beheaded. Marcello Giordani sings Calàf, the unknown prince who eventually wins her love and whose solos include the famous “Nessun...
  08/14/13	Roberta Gambarini Shalin Liu Performance Center Roberta Gambarini Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 14, 2013 Roberta Gambarini Vocal virtuoso Roberta Gambarini’s warm timbre and impeccable timing earned her a Grammy nomination for her album Easy to Love. Selected as DownBeat Magazine’s 2009 Rising Star Female Vocalist of the Year and the Jazz Journalists Associations’ Female Jazz Singer of the Year, Gambarini has performed with such jazz greats as Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, and Christian McBride.
  08/15/13	The Four Freshmen Shalin Liu Performance Center The Four Freshmen Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 15, 2013 The Four Freshmen Dominating the airwaves in the 1950s and influencing major groups like The Beach Boys, The Four Freshman are America’s most enduring vocal group today, headlining concerts around the globe from Moscow to Manhattan. Open-harmonic jazz arrangements blended with a classic big band sound have earned the group six Grammy nominations and a place in the Vocal Hall of Fame. Enjoy pop tunes and jazz standards from the Great American...
  08/16/13	Kurt Elling Shalin Liu Performance Center Kurt Elling Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 16, 2013 Kurt Elling With a perfected four octave range, astonishing technical mastery, and a knack for storytelling, Kurt Elling is among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. Every one of his ten albums has been nominated for a Grammy, and, year after year, he has won DownBeat’s Critics Poll and the Jazz Journalists Association’s “Male Singer of the Year.” Enjoy unique interpretations of songs by The Beatles, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis,...
  08/17/13	Regina Carter Shalin Liu Performance Center Regina Carter Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 17, 2013 Regina Carter Preeminent jazz violinist Regina Carter returns to Rockport Music to showcase her album Reverse Thread, traditional African folk music brilliantly fused with the expressive contemporary twist for which she’s known. Lauded as one of the finest violinists of her generation, Carter tours around the world and has performed with artists as diverse as Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill, Billy Joel, and Mary J. Blige.
  08/18/13	Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo Duo Shalin Liu Performance Center Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo Duo Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 18, 2013 Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo Duo Join us for an intimate evening with NEA Jazz Master, renowned Grammy® Award-winning saxophonist and Tony Award® nominee Branford Marsalis and his Quartet’s longtime pianist Joey Calderazzo. While their paired evolution has been a brightness at the core of an adventurous band that itself has added light and heat to the music of its time, on their spectacular duo collaboration Songs of Mirth and Melancholy,...
  08/20/13	Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia Shalin Liu Performance Center Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 20, 2013 Il Barbiere di Siviglia One of the most beloved operatic comedies of all time, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is presented in a production by director Bartlett Sher. Superstar tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva is joined by American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Rosina and Peter Mattei in the title role of the swaggering barber. Conductor: Benini; Production: Bartlett Sher; Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Peter Mattei,...
  08/22/13- 08/23/13	Paula Cole Shalin Liu Performance Center Paula Cole Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 22-August 23, 2013 Grammy winner and hometown favorite Paula Cole returns to Rockport for another night of hits like “I Don’t Want to Wait” and “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” plus songs from her latest album Raven.    “An extraordinary songwriter with a gorgeous voice” – Rolling Stone ...
  08/24/13	Ensemble Galilei Shalin Liu Performance Center Ensemble Galilei Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 24, 2013 From Irish and Scottish jigs and reels to Renaissance dance music to Baroque chaconnes, travel through centuries and across cultures with Ensemble Galiliei. Since 1990, Ensemble Galilei—featuring Celtic harp, fiddles, oboe, recorder, penny-whistle, viola da gamba, and percussion—has been a regular on NPR’s Performance Today and much loved by audiences around the country.   “[With] virtuoso technique, an instinctive feeling for the idiom, the courage...
  08/25/13	Faith Prince: Total Faith Shalin Liu Performance Center Faith Prince: Total Faith Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 25, 2013 Faith Prince Tony Award winner Faith Prince dazzles audiences with what she calls, "a smorgasbord, a goulash, a bouillabaisse of Faith Prince: past, present, future"—from an opening medley of Broadway triumphs in “Guys & Dolls,” “The King & I,” and “Bells Are Ringing” to tales and songs from her early career in Off-Broadway. Enjoy intimate, confessional moments served with...
  08/30/13- 08/31/13	Tom Rush Shalin Liu Performance Center Tom Rush Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center August 30-August 31, 2013 Back by popular demand, Tom Rush is known to audiences for his distinctive guitar style, wry humor and warm, expressive voice. With a voice and manner that “gives listeners the impression they’re old friends listening in on a musical conversation” (Montreal Gazette), Rush is an engaging performer both of his own work and that of other singer-songwriters. “It was Rush’s humor – his timing was Seinfeldesque – as much as his warm voice and deft...

Past
Events

• Past Events

  05/17/13	Poco Acoustic Trio Shalin Liu Performance Center
  05/16/13	National Theatre Live in HD, This House by James Graham Shalin Liu Performance Center
  05/11/13	Tamir Hendelman Trio Shalin Liu Performance Center
  05/10/13	Rockport Music presents: Jason Vieaux, classical guitar Shalin Liu Performance Center
  05/05/13	Patty Larkin: singer/songwriter Shalin Liu Performance Center
  05/02/13	NPR's Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! with host Peter Sagal Shalin Liu Performance Center
  04/27/13	Rockport Music presents Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Handel's Giulio Cesare Shalin Liu Performance Center
  04/26/13	Rockport Music presents: Lars Vogt Shalin Liu Performance Center
  04/22/13	Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) Shalin Liu Performance Center
  04/14/13	Michael Dutra & the Strictly Frank Sinatra Orchestra Shalin Liu Performance Center
  04/12/13- 04/13/13	Rockport Music presents: Livingston Taylor Shalin Liu Performance Center
  04/07/13	Rockport Music presents: Appalachian Spring Shalin Liu Performance Center
  04/06/13	Blues Pianist David Maxwell Shalin Liu Performance Center
  04/04/13	Rockport Music presents: Back Bay Brass Quintet Shalin Liu Performance Center
  03/29/13	Cape Ann Big Band Shalin Liu Performance Center
  03/24/13	Rockport Music presents: Blue Heron Shalin Liu Performance Center
  03/22/13	Larry Coryell Trio Shalin Liu Performance Center
  03/21/13	National Theatre Live in HD, People by Alan Bennett Shalin Liu Performance Center
  03/17/13	Rockport Music presents: Benjamin Verdery Shalin Liu Performance Center
  03/16/13	Rockport Music presents: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini Shalin Liu Performance Center
  03/15/13	Rockport Music presents: East Coast Chamber Orchestra Shalin Liu Performance Center
  03/02/13	Rockport Music presents: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, Wagner's Parsifal Shalin Liu Performance Center
  02/23/13	Rockport Music presents: Jasper String Quartet Shalin Liu Performance Center
  02/16/13	Rockport Music presents: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, Verdi's Rigoletto Shalin Liu Performance Center
  02/16/13	Rockport Music presents: Sweet Honey in the Rock Shalin Liu Performance Center
  02/08/13- 02/09/13	Rockport Music presents: Chelsea Berry Shalin Liu Performance Center
  02/02/13	Rockport Music presents: Radius Ensemble Shalin Liu Performance Center
  01/27/13	Rockport Music presents: Kathy Mattea Shalin Liu Performance Center
  01/20/13	Rockport Music presents: New England Gospel Ensemble Shalin Liu Performance Center
  01/19/13	Rockport Music presents: Cryogenic Renaissance Orchestra Shalin Liu Performance Center
  01/19/13	Rockport Music presents: Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, Donizetti's Maria Stuarda Shalin Liu Performance Center
  01/19/13	Rockport Music presents Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, Donizetti's Maria Stuarda Shalin Liu Performance Center
  01/13/13	Rockport Music presents: Wendy Chen Shalin Liu Performance Center
  01/12/13	Rockport Music presents: Flamenco Dance Project Shalin Liu Performance Center
  01/05/13	Rockport Music presents Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Berlioz' Les Troyens Shalin Liu Performance Center
  12/22/12	Rockport Music presents Holiday Community Sing Shalin Liu Performance Center
  12/17/12	Rockport Music presents A Christmas Celtic Sojourn Shalin Liu Performance Center
  12/16/12	Rockport Music presents New England Ringers Shalin Liu Performance Center
  12/08/12	Rockport Music presents Metropolitan Opera in HD, Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera Shalin Liu Performance Center
  12/05/12	Rockport Music presents A Christmas Carol by the Firebird Ensemble Shalin Liu Performance Center
  12/01/12	Rockport Music presents Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, Mozart: Clemenza di Tito Shalin Liu Performance Center
  11/24/12	Rockport Music presents: Catherine Russel Shalin Liu Performance Center
  11/23/12	Rockport Music presents: Allan Harris Band Shalin Liu Performance Center
  11/18/12	Rockport Music presents Berklee World Strings Shalin Liu Performance Center
  11/15/12	Rockport Music presents Sowah Mensah Shalin Liu Performance Center
  11/10/12	Rockport Music presents Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, Adès: The Tempest Shalin Liu Performance Center
  11/09/12	Rockport Music presents Arlo Guthrie: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie's 100th Birthday Shalin Liu Performance Center
  11/03/12	Rockport Music presents: Chris Botti Shalin Liu Performance Center
  11/01/12	Rockport Music presents National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare Shalin Liu Performance Center
  10/28/12	Rockport Music presents Not-So-Silent-Cinema Shalin Liu Performance Center
  10/27/12	Rockport Music presents Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Otello Shalin Liu Performance Center
  10/27/12	Rockport Music presents Hanneke Cassel Shalin Liu Performance Center
  10/19/12	Rockport Music presents Classical Jam Shalin Liu Performance Center
  10/13/12	Rockport Music presents Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: L:'Elisir d'Amore Shalin Liu Performance Center
  10/11/12	Rockport Music presents National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans Shalin Liu Performance Center
  09/14/12- 09/16/12	Rockport Music presents Lend Me A Tenor, a comedy by Ken Ludwig Shalin Liu Performance Center
  09/06/12	Rockport Music presents National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Shalin Liu Performance Center
  08/30/12- 08/31/12	Paula Cole Shalin Liu Performance Center
  08/21/12	Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three Shalin Liu Performance Center
  08/19/12	Ann Hampton Callaway Shalin Liu Performance Center
  08/18/12	Ellis Marsalis Shalin Liu Performance Center
  08/17/12	Roy Haynes Shalin Liu Performance Center
  08/16/12	Grace Kelly Quintet Shalin Liu Performance Center
  08/15/12	Tierney Sutton Band Shalin Liu Performance Center
  08/12/12	Abigail Washburn Shalin Liu Performance Center
  08/10/12- 08/11/12	Judy Collins Shalin Liu Performance Center
  08/03/12	Jayme Stone Shalin Liu Performance Center
  07/29/12	John Jorgensen Quintet Shalin Liu Performance Center
  07/28/12	Cape Ann Big Band Shalin Liu Performance Center
  07/22/12	Solas Shalin Liu Performance Center
  07/20/12	Arturo Sandoval Shalin Liu Performance Center
  07/16/12	Jupiter String Quartet with David Deveau Shalin Liu Performance Center
  07/15/12	Jennifer Koh, violin Shalin Liu Performance Center
  07/14/12	Jupiter String Quartet Shalin Liu Performance Center
  07/14/12	Jupiter String Quartet pre-concert talk Shalin Liu Performance Center
  07/13/12	Sequentia, with Benjamin Bagby Shalin Liu Performance Center
  07/12/12	Spanish Brass Luur Metalls Shalin Liu Performance Center
  07/08/12	John Pizzarelli Shalin Liu Performance Center
  07/01/12	Trio con Brio Copenhagen Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/30/12	John Cage at 100 - Philip Glass at 75 Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/30/12	Bruce Brubaker pre-concert talk Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/29/12	Cantus, A Capella Men's Choir Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/28/12	Boston Symphony Chamber Players Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/28/12	Boston Symphony Chamber Players Open Rehearsal Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/24/12	Due Bassi Profundi! Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/23/12	Calder Quartet with John Bruce Yeh Pre-Concert Talk Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/23/12	Calder Quartet with John Bruce Yeh Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/23/12	BeatCity Art Ensemble Free Family Concert Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/22/12	Richard Stoltzman and Mika Yoshida Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/21/12	Calder Quartet Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/19/12	Master Class with David Deveau Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/17/12	Red Priest, Baroque Fantasia Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/16/12	Boston Musica Viva Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/16/12	Boston Musica Viva pre-concert talk Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/16/12	Parker Quartet Free Family Concert Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/15/12	Parker String Quartet Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/14/12	A Far Cry, self-conducted orchestra Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/12/12	The Next Generation, Youth Composers Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/10/12	Gabriela Martinez, Piano Shalin Liu Performance Center
  06/09/12	Centennials pre-concert talk Shalin Liu Performance Center

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