Newton Cultural Alliance

Highland Glee Club presents Spring Concert
2022-04-23 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Newton City Hall Auditorium, 1000 Commonwealth Ave, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
The Highland Glee Club is presenting our annual spring concert. The theme is All’s Fair: Songs of Love and War for Men’s Voices. Music of Elgar, Schubert, Mendelssohn and others.

Music for Food presents Fantastic Duos
2022-04-30 15:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Fantastic Duos for the Newton Food Pantry – Pianist Solon Gordon and violinist Lily Tsai play Brahms and Schubert.

About this event

A wonderful concert of violin-piano duos—including Schubert’s transcendent Fantasy in C major and Brahms’ loving A major sonata—performed by Solon Gordon and Lily Tsai, to benefit the Newton Food Pantry and Newton Community Freedge.

*Masks and proof of vaccination are required for attendance.
To donate to the concert, please visit our donate page.

Pro Arte's Ensemble Series - Ensemble 3
2022-05-01 15:00 | MA
Pro Arte’s full ensemble takes to the stage to present treasured works and brilliant contemporary compositions celebrating their forty-four year history as one of Boston’s most vibrant orchestras.
Paul Polivnik makes a return appearance in the spring to conduct Pro Arte in a powerful program of Ravel, Bernstein, and Mendelssohn. Read more about the program and purchase tickets here.

Newton Piano Summit 2022
2022-05-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
The Newton Piano Summit 2022 season will feature Classical, Latin, and Jazz. A vaccination card is required to attend.
May 7th, 1 pm. Andrus Madsen and April Sun performing the Goldberg Variations.
“The Goldberg Variations are among the most meaningful works J. S. Bach wrote for keyboard.” Josef Rheinberger, 1883
Newton’s own Andrus Madsen is well-known internationally in early music circles and performs on the organ, harpsichord clavichord and fortepiano. He is the founding director of Newton Baroque. Originally from Provo, Utah, Andrus received a Bachelor’s degree in organ performance from Brigham Young University and went on to the Eastman School of Music, where he completed a Master’s degree in Musicology, and a Masters and Doctorate in harpsichord performance. Madsen is known for his eloquent Baroque style improvisations. His recording of keyboard music by Pachelbel has received critical acclaim. “Superb recordings of superb instruments by a musician who deserves to be better known.” (Michael Barone of pipedreams).
​Boston-based pianist ​​​​April Sun co-founded the Meadowlark Piano Trio, frequently collaborates with the Phoenix and the Cape Cod Chamber Orchestras, and has performed at Calderwood Hall (Boston), Bing Concert Hall (Stanford), Spectrum (NYC), Pepsico Hall (Fort Worth), and the American Exchange Center at Jiaotong University (China). She holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts and teaches at the Brookline Music School. She serves as a collaborative pianist at New England Conservatory and Boston University.

Suzuki School of Newton presents Young People's Multicultural Festival
2022-05-07 14:00 - 18:00 | Suzuki School of Newton, 1615 Beacon St, Waban, MA, 02468, United States
Please join us on Saturday, May 7th from 2-6 pm in a celebration of music, dance, and visual arts in a truly Multicultural Festival for the whole family.
Featuring:
2 pm-Brazilian drumming from Grooversity
3 pm- Africano Waltham Dance troupe
4 pm- Pumawari Tusuy Peruvian Dance
5 pm- Suzuki School Of Newton faculty in non-classical styles!
This free event will be held in Waban at the historic home of the Suzuki School of Newton. 1615 Beacon Street, Waban MA 02468.

Concert by Duo Amie to benefit Shelter Music Boston
2022-05-07 15:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Please join us Saturday May 7th, 2022 at 3 pm, at the beautiful Allen House in Newton, MA for a benefit concert in support of Shelter Music Boston! The musical program, Shall We Dance?, is a celebration of dance music and will be performed by the popular Boston-based piano-cello ensemble, Duo Amie (Julie Reimann, cello, Ellyses Kuan, piano), with guest appearance by Shelter Music Boston Artistic Director and renowned violinist, Adrian Anantawan. Incorporating folk dances, waltzes, and Latin American dances, the program will include Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango, Elizondo’s Danzas Latinoamericanas, Saint-Saen’s Danse Macabre, Kapustin’s Nearly Waltz, Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances, and more! An ice cream reception sponsored by Rancatore’s Ice Cream will follow the performance. 100% of concert proceeds will benefit Shelter Music Boston, a nonprofit organization promoting community, creative interaction, respect, and the therapeutic benefit of music by performing chamber music concerts of the highest quality in homeless shelters and other sheltering environments.

Newton Piano Summit 2022
2022-05-14 13:00 - 16:00 | Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
May 14th, 1 pm. Harold Charon, Explorations in Latin Music.
One of the things we try to do with the Summit is feature talent before they get Grammys, world attention, and command fees well above our current budgets, and yes this has happened! We poll past summit artists regularly to see who’s the new hot talent on the scene and this time Harold Charon’s name kept coming up.
Harold Charon is the youngest headliner we have featured on the Summit, only slightly younger than Jimin Park a few years ago. Originally from Havana, he began piano lessons at 5 years old. Exuding musicianship decades beyond his years, he went on a Canadian tour which included the Halifax Jazz Festival and received training from Fred Hersh, Taylor Eigsty, Billy Childs and the late great jazz master Chick Corea.
Crossing genres, Harold has worked with a variety of artists including Leo Vera, La Cruzada, and Los Clasicos. In 2016 he joined Janio Abreu and Aire D’ Concierto, where he worked as a pianist and composer for Ruy Lopez-Nussa y La Academia. Currently, he is finishing his studies at Berklee, majoring in jazz composition and performance. His music features influences from Latin, Salsa, Jazz and Timba. Timba is a Cuban genre of music based on Cuban son with salsa, American funk/R&B, and the strong influence of Afro-Cuban folkloric music. Chucho Valdez, bandleader of Irakere is considered one of the founders of the style. He’s bringing some amazing talent with him including Trumpeter Richard Stanmeyer who also studies at Berklee on a grant from the college’s Presidential Scholarship Committee. His teachers include Tia Fuller, Marquis Hill, Jason Palmer, Charlie Lewis, and Jeff Stout among others. He performs regularly around town at Wally’s Jazz Café, the House of Blues, the Middle East, PAX East, and The Lilypad. Cristián Tamblay is a Chilean drummer who performs and records with a wide variety of global artists. Ernan D. Ramos Ortiz “Ed Rox” – Congas and Cajon – is a multi-instrumentalist, rapper, composer, and producer who is strongly influenced by the rich musical culture of Puerto Rico and his upbringing in a family of musicians. “For me, music is the only way that your soul can speak itself.” Michael Doughty is a bassist from North Andover, MA. and recently was the bassist for Berklee’s Signature Series concert featuring Afro-Cuban artist, Daymé Arocena.

Cappella Clausura presents: Psalms and Requiems
2022-05-14 20:00, 2022-05-15 16:00 - 17:00 | MA
This year, we are proud to crack open the classical canon with a variety of new works by women. With vibrant performances of music spanning continents and centuries, Artistic Director Amelia LeClair will lead our ensemble in a celebration of live, in-person performances. Learn more about the four programs we have planned for this season.
Tickets for each concert will become available one month ahead of the opening performance.
Psalms and Requiems:
Lili Boulanger’s outstanding Psalm 130 with string orchestra and harp, plus works by Florence Price, Elena Ruehr, and Amelia LeClair.
May 14th @ 8 PM: Eliot Church in Newton
May 15th @ 4 PM: Emmanuel Church in Boston

Commonwealth Chorale presents: Majestic Sounds
2022-05-14 20:00 | Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
This, our final concert of the season, is one not to be missed. It showcases our classical roots and celebrates the one who developed and fine-tuned them over the last 43 years. Artistic Director David Carrier is retiring and this, his final concert, is his magnificent finish: Joseph Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass) and J.S. Bach’s Cantata 140 ( Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme ) also known as Awake, a voice is calling. Carrier will conduct orchestra, chorus, and soloists: soprano Dana Varga, mezzo-soprano Vera Savage, tenor Matthew Anderson, and baritone David McFerrin.
Majestic Sounds: sure to inspire joy and hope to the listener, a concert to lift the spirits.
To purchase tickets, click here.

Newton Piano Summit 2022
2022-05-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
May 21st, 1 pm. The Helen Sung Trio presents PUSH – Celebrating Women in Jazz
Simply put, Helen Sung is the most innovative, jaw-dropping new artist on the planet we have heard in years. She melds influences from jazz, classical, and Latin into astounding expeditions into new territories. Her latest album Quartet+ is breathtaking with incredibly tasteful, surprising, and dramatic new workings of some jazz standards, and inspiring original material. Currently residing in New York and touring major venues internationally, we are incredibly fortunate to have her make a stop in Newton on May 21st.
Helen is a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow. A native of Houston, Texas, and graduate of its High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), she went on to become part of the inaugural class of the Thelonious Monk Institute (now the Herbie Hancock Institute) at the New England Conservatory of Music. Her recent releases Sung With Words (Stricker Street), a collaborative project with renowned poet Dana Gioia, and Anthem For A New Day (Concord Jazz) topped the jazz charts. Quartet+ (Sunnyside Records), her latest release, followed suit, garnering a 4.5-star DownBeat review and inclusion in its “Best of 2021 Albums” list and a JazzTimes cover story (January 2022 issue). Helen and her band have at performed at Newport, Monterey, Disney Hall, SFJAZZ, and Carnegie Hall. Internationally, her “NuGenerations” Project toured southern Africa as a U.S. State Department Jazz Ambassador, and recent engagements include debuts at the London Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai, Blue Note Beijing, and the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival. She has performed with such luminaries as the late Clark Terry, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wynton Marsalis (who named her as one of his “Who’s Got Next: Jazz Musicians to Watch!”), MacArthur Fellow Regina Carter, and Grammy-winning artists including Terri Lyne Carrington, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and the Mingus Big Band. Helen is a Steinway Artist and has served on the jazz faculties at Berklee College of Music, the Juilliard School, and Columbia University.
Her trio includes David Wong, bass and Kendrick Scott, drums
david wongDavid Wong was born and raised in New York City and is a graduate of the LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and the Performing Arts. In 2004, he graduated from the Juilliard School in classical music. He has studied classical bass with Orin O’Brien of the New York Philharmonic, and jazz bass with legends Ron Carter, Ben Wolfe, and John Clayton. From 2003 to 2004, as part of the Eric Reed Trio, he performed in Europse and the United States, and with Jazz at Lincoln Center. He is currently a member of Roy Haynes’ Fountain of Youth band as well as bassist with the Heath Brothers quartet, led by jazz legends Jimmy and Albert “Tootie” Heath. David has also beeen performing with singer Sachal Vasandani, and pianists Jeb Patton. and Dan Nimmer, among others.

Since graduating from Berklee in 2002, Kendrick Scott has performed with a variety of name artists including the Jazz Crusaders, guitarist Pat Metheny, saxophonists Joe Lovano and Kenny Garrett, vocalists Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Gretchen Parlato and trumpeter Terence Blanchard, to name a few. Scott’s debut recording with his group Oracle recorded The Source in 2006, including pianists Aaron Parks and Robert Glasper, guitarist Lionel Loueke, vocalist Gretchen Parlato, and others. Scott also performed with the Terence Blanchard Quintet on the album A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (2007), which was nominated for two Grammy Awards for 2008. Kendrick was a member of the band that accompanied Terence Blanchard to the Monterey Jazz Festival’s 50th anniversary in 2007, and Scott embarked on the 22-state tour, starting in January, 2008 with the 50th Anniversary MJF All-Star Band. It featured the leaders of the past, present and future with Terence Blanchard on trumpet, James Moody on saxophone, Benny Green on piano, Derrick Hodge on bass, and jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon. Scott also currently plays with the Charles Lloyd Quartet, featuring alongside Reuben Rogers on bass, and Gerald Clayton on piano.

New Philharmonia Orchestra presents: Classics IV
2022-05-22 15:00 | MA
The New Philharmonia Orchestra wraps up its exciting 27th season filled with celebratory spirit, incredible music, and exciting guest performances. Join them for their Classics IV program featuring works by Jose Elizondo and Tchaikovsky. Tickets are $10-$50. For more information visit newphil.org.

Zamir Chorale of Boston presents: A Better World: A concert honoring Larry and Jill Sandberg
2022-05-26 19:30 | Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Thursday, May 26, 2022 • 7:30 pm • Temple Emanuel, Newton, MA
A Better World: A concert honoring Larry and Jill SandbergMusic affords us a vision of a harmonious world even in times of conflict and uncertainty—a world filled with compassion, logic, beauty, and resolution. For our spring concert, in honor of longtime Zamir members Larry and Jill Sandberg, we present “A Better World,” featuring a wide-ranging program of uplifting music, including Thompson’s The Peaceable Kingdom and the U.S. premiere of Yehezkel Braun’s “Vehayah Be’akharit Ha-yamim” (In Days to Come). Come dream with us!
Please note that there is no charge for online tributes (see link below); sponsorship opportunities are available by clicking on the “Be a Sponsor” button below; tickets will go on sale by the end of March.

Amherst Early Music presents Early Notation with Annette Bauer
2022-06-01 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-06 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-08 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-13 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-15 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-20 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-22 17:30 - 18:45 | MA
“Back to Basics / Review / New Intro” Wednesdays 5:30-6:45pm EST: June 1, 8, 15 & 22
Open to all instrumentalists and singers! Pitch: A=440.
After a year of focused work on 15th-century notation topics, we close our current season before the summer break with a 4-week online series featuring a “casual” selection of shorter pieces from late 15th and early 16th century sources. This series is designed for both ongoing students to review some of the basic concepts of mensural notation, to deepen and enjoy the fluency gained over the past few months of studies, and for new students to join in for a first practical experience with mensural notation… $100 for four sessions, recordings of each class are available during the week after class… See the complete description for these classes, and sign up here!
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online/early-notation-annette-bauer-back-basics-review-new-intro

Amherst Early Music presents Music Festival 2022
2022-08-07 08:00 - 2022-08-21 17:00 | MA
Northampton Community CollegeBethlehem, PA

Directed by
Frances
Blaker

August 7-14 and 14-21, 2022

Our new location will be convenient for many who are driving. There are train and bus connections. Nearest airport is ABE, Lehigh Valley International Airport. Newark Airport is 1 hour and 15 minutes away.
While we hope it will be possible to have a normal Festival, we’ll follow Covid developments and will adjust if necessary. Proof of vaccination will be required. Plans are shaping up so stay tuned for more information!
The heart of the Festival is the Central Program. It is the largest and most varied program we offer, with classes available for most early music instruments, and music ranging from Medieval to Baroque. You can choose the combination of classes that works for you — perfect if, like some of our students, you sing or dance and play an instrument or two. Play in consorts of like or mixed instruments, investigate a new repertory, take a dance class, or begin a new instrument. We also offer a unique program in early notation for all levels starting with absolute beginner. Pitch: most classes will be at a=440. Viol-only and most Baroque ensemble classes will be at a=415. Detailed class descriptions and schedule will be available in May.
Schedule: Classes run Monday through Friday, with four class periods per day.
In the evening there are lectures, concerts, madrigal singing, English country dancing, drop-in playing sessions, the AEM Auction, and socializing with early music.
Festival Concert Series
Lipkin Theatre, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
All concerts are at 7:30 pm, except the opera, which begins at 8 pm.
Admission is $20 general admission. Tickets and subscriptions are available in advance or at the door before each concert.
Tuesday, August 9
With Breath and Quill
Thursday, August 11
Amherst Baroque Soloists
Friday, August 12
Baroque Academy Opera Project:
The Judgement of Paris by Daniel Purcell
Saturday, August 13
A Tapestry of Early Music: Amherst Early Music Faculty Concert I
Thursday, August 18
Portrait of a Lady
Friday, August 19
Choral Program Student Concert
Saturday, August 20
A Tapestry of Early Music: Amherst Early Music Faculty Concert II

Cappella Clausura presents a collaboration with the Shift Orchestra Project
2022-09-11 17:30 - 19:00 | MA
This September: Join us for a collaboration with the Shift Orchestra Project!

Join us for a multimedia musical experience! This September, immerse yourself in Sarah Kirkland Snider’s “Mass for the Endangered”, a moving composition for choir and orchestra. Vibrant images pair with breathtaking music to create a celebration of the natural world– and humanity’s place within it.
Sarah Kirkland Snider’s
Mass for the Endangered
Presented in Collaboration with the Shift Orchestra Project
September 11th at 5:30 PM
Emmanuel Church of Music, Boston

Across Divides: A Benefit Concert for Doctors Without Borders
2022-09-18 15:00 - 16:30 | First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, 1326 Washington St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Eleuthera Trio (Lois Shapiro, piano, Francine Trester, violin, Julie Reimann, cello) perform at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, MA, in support of Doctors Without Borders, a nonprofit organization that brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics and healthcare exclusion. The program includes Martin’s scintillating Trio on Popular Irish Melodies, Piazzolla’s exciting Otoño Porteño (Autumn), Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk’s hauntingly beautiful Melody, and Ravel’s exquisite Trio in a minor. All proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.

Pro Arte presents Salon 4
2022-09-19 15:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Salon 4
Pro Arte’s new concertmaster brings together members of the string section for a Salon of sublime music to conclude the season.

Songs of the Highlands
2022-10-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Newton City Hall Auditorium, 1000 Commonwealth Ave, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
The Highland Glee Club, established in 1908, will be singing classical part songs, drinking songs, and a few kilty pleasures.
Saturday, October 15, 3:00 pm at the Newton War Memorial Auditorium, 1000 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA,
$20 adults; under 18 free.

Pro Arte presents a Benefit for Ukraine
2022-10-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Pro Arte musicians come together to give a concert in benefit of those suffering in Ukraine. Multiple different groups of performers donate their services to perform a moving evening of music. This event is presented for a suggested donation of $50. All proceeds will be donated by Pro Arte to the Relief Fund for Ukrainian Musicians. Through this relief fund, the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation will administer grants directly to Ukrainian musicians, many of whom are affiliated with Ukraine’s top orchestras, ensembles and conservatories. The program will reach musicians who have escaped Ukraine’s borders as well as those who remain in their war-ravaged homeland. Beneficiaries are identified through musician networks and personnel info from musical organizations in Ukraine. Initiated by Ukrainian-American violist Alexander Vavilov in collaboration with the King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS), the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation is collecting contributions in the U.S. to support humanitarian assistance for Ukrainian musicians and their families. For more information about the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation, visit https://www.lisabatiashvili-foundation.org/

All Newton Music School presents Brahms Clarinet Quintet: Special Event
2022-10-23 14:00 - 15:30 | All Newton Music School, 321 Chestnut St, West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
The All Newton Music School presents a special event of Brahms Clarinet Quintet Join ANMS Director Paulette Bowes on clarinet and her musical colleagues Miguel Perez-Espejo, violin, Hsin-Lin Tsai, violin, Scott Woolweaver, viola, and Joel Moerschel, cello.

Cappella Clausura presents Renaissance Portraits
2022-11-12 20:00 - 21:30 | Newton City Hall Auditorium, 1000 Commonwealth Ave, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Third time’s the charm for this timeless program! This November, expand your understanding of music and visual arts from the Renaissance. With reimagined classical portraits by Fran Forman presented alongside Baroque music by women, this program will transport you to a world of rich innovation and inclusivity.​
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Renaissance Portraits
November 12th at 8 PM: War Memorial Auditorium, Newton
November 13th at 4 PM: Emmanuel Church of Music, Boston

Renaissance Portraits
2022-11-12 20:00 - 21:30 | War Memorial Auditorium, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, 02459, United States
Join Cappella Clausura for the opening of its 2022-2023 season! This November, expand your understanding of music and visual arts from the Renaissance. With reimagined classical portraits by Fran Forman presented alongside Baroque music by women, this program will transport you to a world of rich innovation and inclusivity. Featuring music by Barbara Strozzi, Madalena Casulana, Vittoria/ Raffaella Aleotti, and Francesca Caccini.
Renaissance Portraits
November 12th at 8 PM: War Memorial Auditorium, Newton
November 13th at 4 PM: Emmanuel Church, Boston
Tickets available here: https://www.clausura.org/tickets

Cappella Clausura presents Renaissance Portraits
2022-11-13 16:00 - 17:30 | MA
