All Newton Music School: Gospel Vocalist Renese King in Concert
All Newton Music School 321 Chestnut St, West Newton, MA, United StatesRenese King is a talented instrumentalist and arranger whose soulful and moving voice has been called "resplendent" by The Boston Globe and garnered her a Boston Music Award for Gospel Artist of the Year. King has toured with the Boston Pops, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and many other orchestras, and was a featured artist on…
Suzuki School of Newton: Student Solo Recitals
Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, United StatesViolin, viola, cello, piano, flute, guitar, and harp students from the Suzuki School of Newton will present their polished pieces in two solo recitals: one beginning at 3:15 p.m., and a second beginning at 4:45 p.m. Free and open to the public. More info at suzukinewton.org.
NewTV: Field Production Orientation
NewTV 23 Needham St, Newton, MA, United StatesInterested in documentary making or filming live events? This orientation will guide you on how to use NewTV's equipment and resources to start filming out in the field. Class is free with a NewTV membership. Membership starts at $25. More info at newtv.org.
NewTV: Basic Adobe Audition
NewTV 23 Needham St, Newton, MA, United StatesLearn the basics of Audition on the Mac. Includes how to create your own recording, insert and overwrite edits, use transitions and effects, and much more. Class is free with a NewTV membership. Membership starts at $25. More info at newtv.org.
SCC Film: Borg vs McEnroe
Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, United StatesIt’s the summer of 1980, and Björn Borg is the top tennis player in the world, dominating the sport both on and off the court. A powerful and rigorously disciplined player, there is only one obstacle in his pursuit of a record-breaking fifth Wimbledon championship: the highly talented but ferociously abrasive young American John McEnroe.…
Newton Baroqoue: Southern Harmony
The music of southern Germany warms a February night when violinists, Susanna Ogata and Anna Griffes team up with Doug Kelley, viola da gamba, and Andrus Madsen, music director and harpsichord to play music from the Stuttgart and Munich courts by Johann Christoph Pez, Giuseppe Brescianello, and Evaristo Dall'Abaco. (pictured: interior of Ludwigsburg Palace, built…
Newton Free Library: Climbin’ Up the Mountain – Historic Struggles of African-American Opera Singers
Newton Free Library 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, United StatesIn honor of Black History Month, opera and classical music expert, Ed Tapper, will give a presentation highlighting several historically significant African-American opera and concert singers from the 19th century to the present. They persevered in the face of racial prejudice and violence, blazing the trail for future generations of singers from every race. Mr.…
Cappella Clausura: Hildegard von Bingen’s “Ordo Virtutum”
Eliot Church of Newton 474 Centre St, Newton, MA, United StatesImmerse yourself in chanted opera: what Director LeClair calls the very first opera, written around 1150 by Abbess and now St. Hildegard von Bingen, fully staged for modern audiences with 18 women and men lending gender fluidity to the various ancient roles; with Na'ama Lion, flute; Nancy Hurrell, harp; Laura Jeppesen, vielle; and Mike Williams,…
Newton Free Library: Solo Violin Performance
Newton Free Library 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, United StatesViolinist Dorisiya Yosifova will perform works by Telemann, Bach, Kreisler, and others. A native of Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Ms. Yosifova earned a Master of Music degree in violin performance at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
Cappella Clausura: Hildegard von Bingen’s “Ordo Virtutum”
Immerse yourself in chanted opera: what Director LeClair calls the very first opera, written around 1150 by Abbess and now St. Hildegard von Bingen, fully staged for modern audiences with 18 women and men lending gender fluidity to the various ancient roles; with Na'ama Lion, flute; Nancy Hurrell, harp; Laura Jeppesen, vielle; and Mike Williams,…