Newton Cultural Alliance

Suzuki School's: Every Child Can! Course
2021-01-17 12:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Every Child Can! (ECC) is an introduction to Dr. Suzuki’s philosophy and its application to Suzuki education. For parents, teachers, prospective teachers, and others, this course provides an inspiring, in-depth look at the Suzuki approach to teaching and learning. The Suzuki School of Newton is having Sachiko Isihara teach this class Jan 10th and Jan. 17th from 12:30 to 4:30. Please send an email to email@suzukinewton.org with the application for the class, which can be found online on our website’s teacher training page. It is $135 to be in the class, $155 after the Jan. 30th deadline.

Suzuki School's January Solo Recitals
2021-01-23 15:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
Join us on Zoom for the virtual Solo Recitals! They will be in two sessions on both Saturday and Sunday — one at 3:15 and another at 4:15. The Zoom link will be given out in our Friday Upbeats, or by sending an email to email@suzukinewton.org. We hope to see you there to support our students and their accomplishments!

Suzuki School of Newton Spring Faculty Concert
2021-01-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
Join the Suzuki School of Newton on Facebook Live for our Spring Faculty Concert on January 30th at 6:30 pm! Our faculty will be performing both contemporary and classical pieces. It will be broadcast for free on SSN’s Facebook page, which can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/SuzukiNewton
We hope to see you there!

Pro Arte's Winter Salon Series: Salon 2
2021-02-04 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Winter Salon Series takes place entirely online. Concerts premiere at 8pm on Thursday night and are available to watch through the following Sunday. On the night of the premiere, the performance will also be followed by a live Q&A session with that night’s musicians. Tickets for each performance are $20 for an individual or $35 for families. Click here to purchase tickets.
Thursday, February 4th: “Ravel and Dohnányi”
PROGRAM:
RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello
DOHNÁNY Serenade for String Trio, op.10
Coleridge-Taylor PERKINSON Movement for String Trio

MUSICIANS:
Julia Cash, violin
Aron Zelkowicz, cello

Newton Free Library presents: Ilana Zaks on Violin
2021-02-08 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Jewish-American violinist, Ilana Zaks, has been described as “fearless, refreshing and commanding…she has all the requisites of technique, confidence and sensibility for a major career.” (Boston Music Intelligencer) Ilana graduated from New England Conservatory where she studied with Donald Weilerstein. Since summer of 2013 Ilana has been a member of the Perlman Music Program, where she studies with the legendary Itzhak Perlman. Details on the repertoire will follow.

The YouTube link to the concert will be posted here a couple of days before the event.

Pro Arte's Winter Salon Series: Salon 3
2021-02-25 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Winter Salon Series takes place entirely online. Concerts premiere at 8pm on Thursday night and are available to watch through the following Sunday. On the night of the premiere, the performance will also be followed by a live Q&A session with that night’s musicians. Tickets for each performance are $20 for an individual or $35 for families. Click here to purchase tickets.
Salon 3: “American Vignettes”
PROGRAM:
Carter PANN Differences (1998)
Stacy GARROP Noir Vignettes (1995)
Gabriela Lena FRANK Manhattan Serenades (1995)
Kevin PUTS Air for cello and piano (2004)
Stephen PAULUS American Vignettes (1988)

MUSICIANS:
Aron Zelkowicz, cello
Christina Wright-Ivanova, piano

Zamir Chorale presents: "Zoominar" on Zamir Documentary
2021-03-02 19:30 - 21:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Zamir is delighted to offer free “Zoominars” on various musical topics taught by members of the musical staff and guests. Join us on Tuesday, March 2, 7:30-9:00 pm EST, when Josh Jacobson, filmmaker Rob Cooper, and tour manager Heather Zacker, discuss scenes from the film “Zamir: Jewish Voices Return to Poland,” a PBS documentary about our 1999 trip to Eastern Europe. Register here. Want to purchase the DVD? Do so here.

Zamir Chorale presents: Celebrate Louis Lewandowski's 200th Birthday!
2021-03-14 19:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
On March 14, Zamir will celebrate the music of the great German composer, Louis Lewandowski, born on this date (the first day of the Jewish month of Nisan) in 1821. Lewandowski is arguably the greatest synagogue composer of the 19th century. His great choral works live on today not only in synagogues, but also on concert stages around the world. And his popular liturgical melodies are still sung today, even though few realize that he wrote them.
Our program includes video performances of some of Lewandowski’s most beloved choral classics. We also have interviews with cantors and conductors in the United States and Lewandowski’s Berlin. You will hear the “voice of Lewandowski” speaking about his music. And there will be toasts, too, so bring your stein of beer and watch this awesome tribute to a great man. Not to be missed!
This program is free but registration is required and a donation is strongly encouraged! Learn more at Zamir’s website.

Pro Arte's Winter Salon Series: Salon 4
2021-03-18 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Winter Salon Series takes place entirely online. Concerts premiere at 8pm on Thursday night and are available to watch through the following Sunday. On the night of the premiere, the performance will also be followed by a live Q&A session with that night’s musicians. Tickets for each performance are $20 for an individual or $35 for families. Click here to purchase tickets.
Salon 4: “Mendelssohn and Golijov”
PROGRAM:
MENDELSSOHN Octet in E-flat Major, op.20
GOLIJOV Last Round for String Nonet (1996)

Amherst Early Music presents: Black Bodies and Black Voices
2021-03-28 17:00 - 17:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
AEM’s second in a Series of Free Lectures
Black Bodies and Black Voices: Gio. Buonaccorsi, an enslaved Black singer at the Medici Court, with Emily Wilbourne
On the 14th of October, 1662, the opera impresario Vettor Grimani Calergi wrote from Venice to Prince Mattias de’ Medici in Florence to discuss the singers for the upcoming opera season. He put in a particular plea in order that the Medici Cardinal’s black slave could participate. Above and beyond the moor’s “esteemed virtue” as a singer, Grimani professed interest in the novelty of his character, explaining that what perhaps in Florence had become “ordinary,” would be “new, and never before seen” on the Venetian stage. This singer is identifiable as Giovannino Buonaccorsi, and his presence in Florence can be traced through a surprisingly rich archive of payment records, libretti, scores, descriptions, letters, costume designs, poetry, as well as a remarkable double portrait: Baldassarre Franceschini’s Ritratto di suanatore di liuto con cantore moro (ca. 1662). In this paper I read this painting closely, placing it alongside new archival documents to think about the ways in which black performance was normalized in mid-century Florence and the means by which blackness signified in relation to slavery and servitude, shaping Giovannino’s access to performance opportunities on and offstage.
Click here to learn more and register.

Newton Free Library presents: Hear Their Voices - A Tribute to Women of Color from Around the Globe
2021-04-05 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Through the years, African music migrated to different continents and enriched many cultures. Join Women in World Jazz, and Women in World Jazz Junior, for a virtual performance that will feature musical styles ranging from blues and jazz, to Latin, Brazilian, Caribbean and Middle Eastern – all with African roots. For this event they will applaud artists such as Mahalia Jackson and Miriam Makeba, who were active in their countries’ Civil Rights Movements.
Women in World Jazz is a multi-generational performing ensemble which celebrates history, equality and hope. Their concerts are rich with information about composers and their music, and include audience Q and A at the end of each session. This event is supported by a grant from the Newton Cultural Council.
Registration for this program will end two hours before the start time. The Zoom login information will be sent just after registration closes. Please be sure to check your spam folder in case it lands there.

Pro Arte's Spring Series: Salon 1
2021-04-08 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Spring Salon Series takes place entirely online. Concerts premiere at 8pm on Thursday night and are available to watch through the following Sunday. On the night of the premiere, the performance will also be followed by a live Q&A session with that night’s musicians. Tickets for each performance are $20 for an individual or $35 for families. Click here to purchase tickets.
Program:
JACQUES IBERT Cinq Pièces en Trio
SIMON SARGON Haas Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
W.A. MOZART Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452
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Suzuki School of Newton presents: New Horizons Concert
2021-04-10 18:30 - 19:30 | Facebook Live, United States
Our New Horizons Concert, a faculty concert with pieces performed by our teachers, will be occurring on Saturday, April 10th, 2021 via Facebook Live! The music performed will be focusing on women composers and music from other cultures other than Western Classical. Join us on our Facebook page then!

Suzuki School of Newton presents: Great Art by Little Artists
2021-05-02 12:00 - 15:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Suzuki Preschool of Newton presents our 5th annual: Great Art by Little Artists!
The event will take place on Sunday May 2, 2021 from 12pm-3pm (Rain date May 16th 2021). There will be an open house, children’s art exhibit and silent auction. We hope to see you there!

First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton presents: Annual Musicians Concert
2021-05-02 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Annual FUUSN Musicians Concert Featuring Catie Curtis and Musicians From First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton
Proceeds to Benefit the UU Urban Ministry
Come and hear the wonderful musicians of the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton and our featured artist, the amazing singer-songwriter Catie Curtis. Catie will be joined by renowned pianist Lois Shapiro, professional saxophonist and composer Geoff Wadsworth, guitarist Bob MacWilliams, vocalist Naomi Wolfe, our intrepid FUUSN Band, and others. There will be a fantastic array of musical styles and moods: classical works, traditional songs, original jazz compositions, and more.
The concert is free and open to the public. Donations will be gratefully accepted for the UU Urban Ministry. For more information, email music@fusn.org.
Click here to join via Zoom

Zamir Chorale presents: Leonard Bernstein - The Jewish Side
2021-05-04 19:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Join Zamir Chorale’s Artistic Director, Josh Jacobson as he presents “Leonard Bernstein: The Jewish Side.” Leonard Bernstein took the musical world by storm with his spectacular last-minute, a-star-is-born conducting turn with the New York Philharmonic in 1943. Until his passing in 1990, he was astonishingly active as a conductor, composer, pianist, and teacher. Leonard Bernstein: The Jewish Side will explore Bernstein’s Judaism and how it was manifest in his musical output. This virtual event will be co-hosted by Cantor David Tilman, former creative consultant for the Leonard Bernstein Centennial Exhibit. Register here to connect with Leonard Berstein’s Jewish Side.

Pro Arte's Spring Series: Salon 2
2021-05-20 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Spring Salon Series takes place entirely online. Concerts premiere at 8pm on Thursday night and are available to watch through the following Sunday. On the night of the premiere, the performance will also be followed by a live Q&A session with that night’s musicians. Tickets for each performance are $20 for an individual or $35 for families. Click here to purchase tickets.
Program:
BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in B-flat Major, op. 11
BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A minor, op. 114

All Newton Music School presents: Music in May
2021-05-22 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Music in May is our annual all-day recital and performance festival. Students perform with their teacher-specific recital or class. Everyone has a chance to buy tickets to win great prizes in our basket raffle.
This year, on Saturday, May 22nd, the ANMS website will transform into our Virtual Music in May featuring recitals, music theater performances, raffles, and our Emerging Artists Ceremony. Click here for more information.

Zamir Chorale presents: Kolot Nashim - Jewish Music by Women Composers
2021-05-25 19:30 - 21:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
For many centuries, the world of professional music making had been an exclusively male bastion in Western civilization. Female composers and public performers were a rarity in Europe and America and it was nearly impossible for them to have their works published or heard on concert stages. Kol ishah – the voice of a woman – was suppressed. Now we are presenting kolot nashim – the voices of many women, restoring them to their deserved position.
“Kolot Nashim,” a year-long program celebrating the many roles of women in Jewish music, is dedicated to the memory of Linda Plaut, the City of Newton’s longtime Director of Cultural Affairs and founder of the Newton Festival of the Arts. The November program, hosted by Josh Jacobson and Lidiya Yankovskaya, commemorated the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote and paid tribute to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Part II of “Kolot Nashim” is hosted by Josh Jacobson and Amy Lieberman. Register here.
Kolot Nashim’s May program includes

Interviews with composers Benjie Ellen Schiller, with a performance of her “Harninu” (Psalm 81); Elena Kats- Chernin (Sydney, Australia), with a U.S. premiere performance of her Psalm 23; Kirsten and Ken Lampl (Canberra, Australia), with a performance of their “Dirshu.”
A discussion about Naomi Shemer and performance of her “Shirat Hasavim.”
An interview with Achinoam Nini (aka Noa), with a new performance of her and Mira Awad’s “There Must Be Another Way.”

Amherst Early Music presents: Memorial Day Weekend Workshop
2021-05-29, 2021-05-30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Amherst Early Music will hold their online Memorial Day Weekend Workshop on May 29 & 30, directed by Valerie Horst. There are 10 classes to choose from and a free talk with Eric Haas. REGISTER NOW!

Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Live and In Person - Oskar Stenmark
2021-06-05 13:00 | Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Oskar Stenmark and Alex Pryrodny met in New York City 2014 and formed a strong bond over improvisation, jazz and folk music. Now, they are taking their artistic collaboration to a new level by performing live for the first time since 2019. Their focus is now on classical music, paying homage to Scandinavian composers such as Grieg, Stenhammar, Sibelius and Nielsen. This is a project that Oskar originally planned for 2020 but the pandemic slowed down the process significantly, this will be their first time playing this music together so get ready for an intimate and meaningful concert.
This concert will happen outside on our front lawn. Please bring chairs and/or umbrellas if needed. Proper distancing and masks required.
Saturday, June 5th | 1pm | $15 for a single ticket, family tickets $45 for 2 adults and minor children; $7 for SCC members. Register here.

Suzuki School of Newton presents: June Solo Recitals
2021-06-05 15:00 - 18:00, 2021-06-06 15:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
Join the students of the Suzuki School of Newton on Zoom for the virtual June Solo Recitals! You can see the hard work the students put into polishing their pieces. They will be in three sessions on Saturday June 5th and Sunday June 6th — one at 3:15, 4:15 and 5:15. The Zoom link will be given out in our Friday Upbeats, or by request upon sending an email to email@suzukinewton.org.

Newton Free Library presents: Earth Matters - Folk Concert with the Barbara Cassidy Band
2021-06-08 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join the Barbara Cassidy Band for a YouTube live concert of folk, pop and original songs about the earth, nature and natural resources.
Registration for this program will end two hours before the start time. The login information will be sent just after registration closes. Please be sure to check your spam folder in case it lands there.

Mary Stuart: A Collaboration of Song and Text
2021-06-11 20:00 - 21:30, 2021-06-12 20:00 - 21:30, 2021-06-13 15:00 - 16:30 | Hyde Bandshell, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
Two queens; one throne. Two women pitted against each other in a man’s world. Find out who wins this renaissance-style game of thrones in a sharp new adaptation of Schiller’s drama.
Starring Linda Goetz as Queen Elizabeth, Sarah Brooke Vanaman as Mary, Queen of Scots, and Tatiana Ramos as Lord Burleigh.
Music by Lady Mary Dering and Miss Abrams performed by the musicians of Cappella Clausura.
Click here to purchase tickets.

Pro Arte's Spring Series: Salon 3
2021-06-17 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Spring Salon Series takes place entirely online. Concerts premiere at 8pm on Thursday night and are available to watch through the following Sunday. On the night of the premiere, the performance will also be followed by a live Q&A session with that night’s musicians. Tickets for each performance are $20 for an individual or $35 for families. Click here to purchase tickets.
Dance in Celebration and Reflection
Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the United States. We will come together in contemplation of the horrors of slavery and its lasting legacy, in celebration of emancipation, and in honor of the continuing work that must be done to eradicate white supremacy. We will share three works by African American composers, each of which has moments of dance and reflection. Florence Price’s String Quartet No. 2 in A minor weaves together her beautiful lyric writing and African American vernacular with daring chromaticism and vibrant movement. The third movement (of four) is a Juba, a dance developed by Africans brought to America against their will. Dorothy Rudd Moore’s Modes is a beautiful and compact three-movement work, which ends with an energetic, movement-inspiring finale. Wynton Marsalis’ At the Octoroon Balls is a set of scenes inspired by his early life in New Orleans. We will play three movements from this work – Creole Contradanzas, Blue Lights on the Bayou, and the Rampart Street Row House Rag.
Program:
PRICE String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
DOROTHY RUDD MOORE Modes
WYNTON MARSALIS At the Octoroon Balls
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Newton Free Library presents: Matt Heaton Family Singalong - Live!
2021-06-23 11:00 - 11:30 | Hyde Bandshell, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
Welcome to our first live event of the summer! Matt Heaton brings an infectious energy to his sing alongs. Peppered with well known classics and a few soon-to-be classics, and performed with panache on guitar & banjo, Matt makes music for parents and kids alike. This concert will take place at the Hyde Bandstand and Playground. Please register if you would like to receive a zoom link to the virtual performance in case of rain.This event is taking place on public grounds and does not require registration.
Your Friends’ membership made this program possible. Join us! friends@newtonfreelibrary.net.
A big thank you to the Hyde Community Center for helping organize this event and working with us to use the space. Additional thanks to The Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture Department.
