Newton Free Library
Newton Free Library: Joint Opening Reception for “Veiled” by Mary McSweeney & “Wander & Wonder” by Dan Brenton
Newton Free Library 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, United StatesThese art shows will be on view February 4-27: The face is Mary McSweeney’s greatest inspiration whether invented, from life, idealized, distorted, sculptural or flat. From describing form and light with small strokes to creating ambiguous spaces with broad and untamed washes, Dan Brenton explores a variety of mark-making techniques. FREE and open to the…
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.…
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.
Weston Wind Quintet at the Newton Free Library
Newton Free Library 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, United StatesThe Weston Wind Quintet has given dozens of concerts in the greater Boston area over the past 15 years, covering a wide repertoire. Live recordings of many of those concerts are available free of charge for listening or downloading from SoundCloud. For this concert they will perform works by Giacchino Rossini, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Paul Juon and…
Thoreau Piano Trio: A Study in Light and Dark
Newton Free Library 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, United StatesSusan Jensen, violin, Darry Dolezal, cello, and Paul Jacobs, piano, are the Thoreau Piano Trio. Join them as they return to perform a program of masterworks both brooding and brilliant including Beethoven’s Trio in E-Flat, Op. 70, No. 2 and Mendelssohn’s great D Minor Trio.
Fredrik Wanger on Piano at the Newton Free Library CANCELED
Newton Free Library 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, United StatesFredrik Wanger will return for a solo piano performance of works by Schubert, Brahms and Chopin, featuring the Brahms Opus 9 variations on a theme of Schumann.
Newton Free Library: Women in World Jazz Concert CANCELED
Newton Free Library 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, United StatesJazz and Blues were a propelling force in the U.S. during the 1920s, providing females of all ages with an outlet for rebellion in a time when they were also fighting to win the right to vote. Join the Newton Free Library as they celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment…