Events
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A Choral Festival - Orchestra of Indian Hill
Presented by Indian Hill Music at Littleton High School February 26, 2012 CHORAL SPECTACULAR
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012 at 3:00pm
Stravinsky's passionate Symphony of Psalms and Haydn’s expressive Harmony Mass entice with the combined forces of Harvard Pro Musica and Nashoba Valley Chorale and guest soloists:
Susan Bonito, soprano
Gale Fuller, alto
Joseph Holmes, tenor
Aaron Engebreth, baritone
STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms
HAYDN Mass No. 14 in B flat major, Hob.XXII:14,...
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Indian Hill Music |
02/26/12 |
Littleton High School, Littleton |
Breaking Free of Chains
Presented by Boston Philharmonic Orchestra at Sanders Theatre February 23-February 26, 2012 Composer Witold Lutoslawski said of his Concerto for Cello and Orchestra that the solo should be played with a sense of “Just you wait and see!” It’s an appropriate motto for the third concert of the Boston Philharmonic’s 2011-2012 season, an evening of stirring and inspirational music celebrating heroic passion and defiance. Conducted by Maestro Benjamin Zander, the program features Alexander Baillie, acclaimed cellist and star of the 2006 documentary Dvo?ák…Who?, as “hero”...
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Boston Philharmonic Orchestra |
02/23/12 -
02/26/12 |
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge |
Sunday Concert Series: Wendy Warner and Irina Nuzova
Presented by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum February 26, 2012 The Gardner’s Sunday Concert Series presents classical chamber music on Sunday afternoons, featuring performances by renowned musicians alongside outstanding emerging artists.
Tickets will be available for members October 1 (by phone only) and November 1 for the general public.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
02/26/12 |
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston |
Beethoven, Dahl and Fibich
Presented by Boston Chamber Music Society at Sanders Theatre February 26, 2012 Beethoven Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
Dahl Concerto a tre for Clarinet, Violin and Cello
Fibich Quintet for Violin, Clarinet, Horn, Cello and Piano, Op. 42 (1896)
James Campbell, clarinet William Purvis, French horn
Harumi Rhodes, violin Ronald Thomas, cello Mihae Lee, piano
Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio for piano, violin and cello takes its name from the uncanny atmosphere produced by...
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Boston Chamber Music Society |
02/26/12 |
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge |
Il Matrimonio Segreto
Presented by Boston University College of Fine Arts at Boston University Theatre, Mainstage February 23-February 26, 2012 Music by Domenico Cimarosa; Libretto by Giovanni Bertati; after The Clandestine Marriage (1766) by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick; William Lumpkin, conductor. This farcical domestic comedy features arranged marriages, dowries, feuding sisters, tangled circumstances, banishment to convents, and misdirected romantic aspirations. Inspired in part by Hogarth's painting series "Marriage-a-la-Mode," it lives as a musical bridge between Mozart and Rossini, with lyrical melodies...
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Boston University College of Fine Arts |
02/23/12 -
02/26/12 |
Boston University Theatre, Mainstage, Boston |
BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet & Marcia Ball
Presented by World Music/CRASHarts at Somerville Theatre February 26, 2012 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet “One of the most colorful roots bands on the scene. Bon temps, every time they play.”—The New York Times
Marcia Ball "A sensational, saucy singer and superb pianist . . . where Texas stomp-rock and Louisiana blues-swamp meet."—USA Today
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet and Marcia Ball present a heart-racing musical tour of the American South and Gulf Coast. With a celebrated 35-year career, BeauSoleil...
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World Music/CRASHarts |
02/26/12 |
Somerville Theatre, Somerville |
Steel Pulse/Galactic with The Soul Rebels
Presented by House of Blues at House of Blues February 26, 2012 Buy Steel Pulse/Galactic with The Soul Rebels concert tickets for the show at House of Blues Boston
Ages: 18+
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House of Blues |
02/26/12 |
House of Blues, Boston |
Disney On Ice: Dare To Dream
Presented by TD Garden at TD Garden February 17-February 26, 2012 DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS DARE TO DREAM COMES TO TD GARDEN, FEBRUARY 17-26 – SCHOOL VACATION WEEK!
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 – OPENING NIGHT!
All Opening Night Tickets Are Just $15.00*
Tickets for This All New Production Featuring Disney’s Latest Animated Film, Tangled, Go on Sale Friday, January 6 at 10:00 AM
Disney On Ice...
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TD Garden |
02/17/12 -
02/26/12 |
TD Garden, Boston |
Labyrinth Choir
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center February 26, 2012 Labyrinth Choir will perform their debut concert of songs exploring freedom: freedom of religion, self-determination, the Underground Railroad, and hope for the future.
The concert “We Who Believe in Freedom” comes from a Sweet Honey in the Rock song: “We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.” The program, featuring the choir, pianist, and a percussionist playing African drums, will include solos, choral songs, and audience participation.
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
02/26/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
What Time is It Mr. Fox, Mali Sastri, Sarah Rabdau, and Mary Bichner
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim February 26, 2012 What time is It Mr. Fox like to pretend they live in a circus in the woods.
They enjoy fireplaces, dusty books, mystics, fiddles, soul music, carnivals, putting on make-up, taking off make-up, and making up stories.
http://www.whattimeisitmrfox.com/when_%26_where.html
“Torture chamber pop.” “Darkwave jazz.” “Siren rock.” These are a few of the many attempts to describe the sound of Jaggery, an art-rock collective which...
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Club Passim |
02/26/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
David Roth "The Gripes of Roth"
Presented by Salem Theatre Company at Salem Theatre Company February 25-February 26, 2012 The Salem Theatre Company is excited to bring David Roth and his show The Gripes of Roth to the STC Theater for two performances on February 25 & 26.
David Roth is a contemporary version of a ‘60’s folk singer and is hilarious as well as thought-provoking. He strikes many chords, hearts, and minds with his unique songs, offbeat observations, moving stories, sense of the hilarious and powerful singing and subject matter. As singer, songwriter, recording artist, keynote...
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Salem Theatre Company |
02/25/12 -
02/26/12 |
Salem Theatre Company, Salem |
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Boston College Symphony Orchestra Annual Winter Concert
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Boston College |
02/26/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
Girls, Guns & Glory
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club February 25-February 26, 2012 Come see Girls, Guns & Glory at Johnny D's! Girls Guns and Glory is a celebration of sweet and tasty, fun lovin’ and hard timin’, honky tonk music that is simultaneously casual and complex. The band combines elements of early rock ‘n’ roll, country, and rhythm & blues to deliver its own brand of American Roots music that satisfies like homemade apple pie. Hope to see you there!
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
02/25/12 -
02/26/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
Snarky Puppy / Funky Knuckles
Presented by The Red Room @ Cafe 939 at The Red Room at Cafe 939 February 27, 2012 With the release of their last two live CD/DVDs, Snarky Puppy has gone from an underground secret to one of the most internationally respected names in instrumental music. The 3-time Dallas Observer Music Award winning group ("Best... Jazz Act" 2008, 2009, 2010) fuses a deep knowledge and respect for musical tradition with sonic and conceptual innovation in a way that is able to reach the most critical- or most carefree- audience.
The core of the group features Grammy...
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The Red Room @ Cafe 939 |
02/27/12 |
The Red Room at Cafe 939, Boston |
Berklee American Roots Music series
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim February 28, 2012 Jen Starsinic is an emerging, young singer-songwriter hailing from Pennsylvania. Informed largely by her background as an old-time fiddler and singer, her songs are built like wooden cabins containing crooked melodies and unspoken memories. And with a voice described as "beautifully human", and fiddle playing said to be "driving, charismatic, and elegantly focused", she isn't afraid to follow her intimate, yet grounded, original songs with raging fiddle tunes from a...
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Club Passim |
02/28/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
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Music in the Afternoon: Chamber Music Society
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Boston College |
02/28/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
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Chamber Music Society
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Boston College |
02/28/12 |
Boston College Gasson Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill |
Frank Yamma
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club February 28, 2012 Come see Frank Yamma at Johnny D's! Frank Yamma is a traditional Pitjantjatjara man from Australia’s central desert and speaks five languages. An extraordinary songwriter and an exceptional guitarist, Frank Yamma also has an incredible voice, rich, deep and resonant. Regarded by many as one of Australia’s most important Indigenous Songwriters, Yamma’s brutally honest tales of alcohol abuse, cultural degradation, respect for the old law and the importance of country are...
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
02/28/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
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August Burns Red
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House of Blues |
02/29/12 |
House of Blues, Boston |
Whitehorse (featuring Melissa McClelland & Luke Doucet)
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim February 29, 2012 Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet tie the musical knot with the debut of their new band, Whitehorse. Gutsy and resolute in their pursuits of sound and substance, Luke and Melissa’s fusion of the person and professional brings to mind the road-tested romance of Johnny and June. Individually, Luke and Melissa have been recognized with awards and nominations from the Juno Awards, the Canadian Folk Music Awards, the Hamilton Music Awards, the Independent Music Awards and the Polaris...
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Club Passim |
02/29/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
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Wednesday Concert Series
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist |
02/29/12 |
St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston), Boston |
Milk Carton Kids
Presented by The Red Room @ Cafe 939 at The Red Room at Cafe 939 February 29, 2012 A performance by the Milk Carton Kids is a quiet and intricate affair. Kenneth Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan have enjoyed intent audiences across the country and abroad in their respective solo careers, but an even greater sense of attention is palpable now that they've come together as the Milk Carton Kids. Their songs are written together, but you wouldn't know there is more than one author. Their history together spans only one short year, but you wouldn’t know that either. They...
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The Red Room @ Cafe 939 |
02/29/12 |
The Red Room at Cafe 939, Boston |
A Far Cry
Presented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center February 29, 2012 Support for the residency and concert by A Far Cry has been received from the Summer Star Foundation for Nature, Art and Humanity. Support for Rockport Music Education and Outreach programs for 2011-12 has been received from the National Endowment for the Arts.
From the artist's website:
Founded in 2007 by 17 young musicians bent on making music according to their own rules, the groundbreaking, self-conducted string orchestra A Far Cry has enjoyed a heady...
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Rockport Music |
02/29/12 |
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport |
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Los Fletcheros
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
02/29/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
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EMMANUEL MUSIC - Lindsey Chapel Series: Bach Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord - Concert 2
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Emmanuel Music |
03/01/12 |
Emmanuel Church, Boston, Boston |
The Nordwest Deutsche (German) Staatskapelle, Eugene Tzigane, Cond., with Amit Peled, Cello
Presented by Music Worcester, Inc. at Mechanics Hall March 1, 2012 152nd season of the Worcester Music Festival continues...presenting The Nordwest German Staatskapelle. Eugene Tzigane was appointed Principal Conductor of the Nordwest when he was only 29 years old in 2010, one of the youngest chief conductors in Germany, winning critical acclaim. The orchestra has been performing for over 60 years and has toured the world, appreciated by famous conductors and high calibre guest artists, such as Israeli cellist Amit Peled, who is a musician of profound...
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Music Worcester, Inc. |
03/01/12 |
Mechanics Hall, Worcester |
TYGA
Presented by The Wilbur Theatre at Wilbur Theatre March 1, 2012 Young, confident, up and coming rapper TYGA has caught the attention of artists from Gym Class Hero’s, to Fall Out Boy, to Lil’ Wayne. The press has also taken notice with early mentions in Blender, AOL.com and MTV. VIBE magazine even declared him as one of the best undiscovered rappers in America. Tyga’s aptly titled debut album NO INTRODUCTION is set for release this spring. The lead single - “Coconut Juice” is a track ready to take over radio. Tyga explains...
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The Wilbur Theatre |
03/01/12 |
Wilbur Theatre, Boston |
The Midtown Men
Presented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre March 1, 2012 Generally sponsored by: Commerce Bank, Midtown Men is a special concert tour reuniting the four stars from the Original Cast of Broadway's Jersey Boys. Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard, and J. Robert Spencer take their own unique sound and chemistry to the road, Midtown Men celebrate the music that defined the 1960s in this electrifying and heartfelt new concert.
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The Hanover Theatre |
03/01/12 |
The Hanover Theatre, Worcester |
The Cornish Project: An Apron Full of Beans
Presented by Roxbury Repertory Theater at Roxbury Community College Mainstage February 28-March 1, 2012 Boston Poet Laureate Sam Cornish joins forces with Roxbury Repertory Theater to create a moving performance piece from selected poems and prose. Gathered from his collection 'An Apron Full of Beans,' the Company sets Cornish’s eloquent, witty, and thought-provoking words to movement and music. The poetry touches on voices past and addresses the poet’s thoughts on family, race, music, and civil rights among other topics. There will be three performances in three different venues...
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Roxbury Repertory Theater |
02/28/12 -
03/01/12 |
Roxbury Community College Mainstage, Roxbury |
Start Making Sense
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club March 1, 2012 Come see Start Making Sense at Johnny D's! If David Byrne is one of the geniuses of modern times, then Start Making Sense is a tribute to genius. The musicians in this 7-piece Talking Heads Tribute take pride in faithfully recreating the music of Talking Heads entire career. Together they bring much of the Heads unique live show to the stage, with front man Jon Braun as a spot-on David Byrne, giving you a “once in a lifetime” experience. Prepare yourself for a rockin’,...
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
03/01/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |