Suzuki Showcase Recitals
2023-05-14 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-05-20 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-06-04 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Union Church in Waban, 14 Collins Rd, Waban, MA, 02468, United States
Suzuki Showcase Recitals
Sun 5/14, Sat 5/20, and Sun 6/4 at 5-6 pm. Free. The Union Church, Waban.
Suzuki School of Newton will showcase its most advanced students in a series of three recitals. “Suzuki Showcase Recitals” is a unique opportunity for the general public to enjoy a music event open to all generations of audience members, featuring specially selected top students of the school. Held in the Union Church in the heart of Waban, this venue is fully accessible and in close proximity to the MBTA Waban station. In-person event and online viewing also available via Facebook livestream.

Pro Arte presents Dancing Through the Centuries
2023-05-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Dancing through the Centuries
Sunday, May 21, 2023 3pm
Earl Lee, conductor
Pro Arte and Earl Lee, Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, have crafted a fascinating program based on music and movement stretching back six hundred years. Béla Bartók wrote that he would raise the folk music in and around his native Hungary “to the level of art song.” His popular Romanian Folk Dances are evocative arrangements of traditional Transylvanian fiddle tunes. The soulful songs of Southern chain gangs inspired Kenji Bunch’s powerful Supermaximum. Battalia, by Baroque composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, is a bracing depiction of a battle that requires unconventional techniques from its string players. As the first Black woman to be widely recognized as a symphonic composer, Florence Price was a pioneer in American music. Her Andante moderato is a luminous arrangement of the slow movement from one of her string quartets. In music, La Follia—Italian for “folly”—refers to a frenzied peasant dance from fifteenth-century Portugal. The dance’s catchy chord progression later spread throughout Europe, forming the basis for countless compositions, including a set of variations for solo violin by Arcangelo Corelli, which was later arranged by his pupil Francesco Geminiani for string orchestra. In her La Follia Variations, contemporary composer Michi Wiancko takes this a step further, reflecting Geminiani’s Baroque concerto grosso in a dreamy twenty-first-century mirror.
PROGRAM
Béla Bartók Romanian Dances
Kenji Bunch Supermaximum
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Battalia
Florence Price Andante moderato
Arcangelo Corelli/Francesco Geminiani, Arr. Michi Wiankco La Follia Variations

Amherst Early Music presents A Memorial Day Weekend Workshop
2023-05-26 08:00 - 2023-05-29 17:00 | MA
Please join us for our wonderful Memorial Day Weekend Workshop!
May 26-29, at Wisdom House in Litchfield, Connecticut. Registration now open!
Directed by Valerie Horst, with faculty: Deborah Booth, Eric Haas, Valerie Horst, Lawrence Lipnik, Sarah Mead, Patricia Petersen, and Gwyn Roberts.

Newton PorchFest
2023-06-03 14:30 - 18:00 | MA
Suzuki School of Newton celebrates Newton PorchFest, an afternoon of free music performed outside of people’s homes. We welcome you to a community event to share the joy of playing and listening to music.

All Newton Music School presents Faculty Recital: Cholong Park
2023-06-04 14:00 - 15:30 | All Newton Music School, 321 Chestnut St, West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Faculty Member Cholong Park plays music at the All Newton Music School. Details to come.

The Hyde Community Center presents Summer in the Highlands
2023-06-16 18:00 - 22:00, 2023-06-17 18:00 - 22:00, 2023-06-23 18:00 - 22:00, 2023-06-24 18:00 - 22:00, 2023-06-30 18:00 - 22:00, 2023-07-01 18:00 - 22:00, 2023-07-07 18:00 - 22:00, 2023-07-08 18:00 - 22:00 and 12 more dates | Hyde Community Center, 90 Lincoln St, Newton Highlands, MA, 02461, United States
The Hyde Community Center
2023 Summer in the Highlands
All Movies and Concerts are free and take place on Hyde Bandstand at Hyde Playground.
Sponsor for all activities on Hyde Bandstand this summer: The Village Bank.
In partnership with the Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council.
For more information 617-201-7088 or director@hydecenter.org or www.hydecenter.org
Hyde on Twitter @hydehighlands. Hyde on Instagram hydehighlands.
The Hyde Community Center is a nonprofit corporation.
Full Schedule available here.

The Allen Center presents Forever Free
2023-06-19 16:00 - 17:30 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Forever Free
Monday, June 19, 4:00 pm
The Allen Center presents Cherry Street Players led by Artist in Residence Allison Yoshie Eldredge in a program commemorating Juneteenth featuring works of Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Scott Joplin, and W. Grant Still. This hybrid program of live and recorded performances, in the progressive spirit of Nathaniel Allen, recognizes legendary Black Jazz Musicians and their influence on all genres of music and more. If you missed seeing the great Duke Ellington or Art Tatum during their lifetimes – now is your chance to see and hear digitally recorded Spirio performances of their legendary work.

8th Annual Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts
2023-07-21 18:30 - 22:30, 2023-07-22 11:00 - 21:00 | Hyde Playground, 90 Lincoln St, Newton Highlands
🎶 8th Annual Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts 🎶

July 21-22, 2023
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Newton Community Pride (NCP) is excited to announce that the 8th Annual Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts is back and scheduled for July 21 & 22, 2023! This year, NCP is trying something new. The Festival will be a two-day event held in partnership with the Hyde Community Center at the Hyde Playground in Newton Highlands. The Festival of the Arts will kick off on Friday, July 21st at 6:30 pm with a Pops-style concert by the New Philharmonia Orchestra.
On Saturday, July 22nd, NCP will be hosting 10+ performances on 2 alternating stages all day at the Hyde Playground from Noon to 8:00 pm.
There will be something for everyone to enjoy – musical performances, visual arts, vendor/craft booths, and more! All festival performances are free and open for all to enjoy.
The Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts has been a showcase of Newton and regional talent for years and NCP is excited to once again bring a summer weekend of music and family-friendly entertainment. The Festival is produced by Chris Pitts.
Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor, The Village Bank.

Thank you to our other supporters, Kona Ice and Vinodivino.

July 21st
Hyde Playground, 90 Lincoln St Newton Highlands
6:30pm New Philharmonia Orchestra with Kemp Harris
7:30pm Instrument Petting Zoo
Dusk Movie – E.T.
July 22nd
Hyde Playground, 90 Lincoln St Newton Highlands
11am Story Starters presents Children’s Book Reading by author, Candelaria Norma Silva
12pm Peter Cannizzaro – Juggler & Family Fun
12:30pm Plugged In Band – Kids Rock
1pm Outrageous Fortune – Bluegrass & Jugband
2pm Newton Baroque
3pm Ben Romanow – Latin American Style
4pm PJ Adamson & Friends of Steel – Caribbean Jazz
5pm Timba Messengers – Latin Jazz Salsa
6pm Thaddeus Hogarth Collective – Soul/Funk
7pm Albino Mbie – Global Afro Pop
8pm Tema Segal & Couch the Band – Pop R&B
