Music
The Boston Conservatory Orchestra Performs in Cambridge, Feb. 19
(BOSTON) The Boston Conservatory Orchestra, Bruce Hangen conductor, continues its season Sunday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge. Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for students and seniors. Box Office: (617) 496-2222. For more information call The Boston Conservatory event line at (617) 912-9240 or visit www.bostonconservatory.edu/performances. The [...]
Arts Lines
Starting with the November 2100 issue, the Fenway News will be publishing a separate selection of short items about arts and cultural news in our neighborhoods. These were previously mixed in with the Community Newslines items. A Circuitous Path from Harvard Square to Hemenway Street On the first anniversary of its new 350-seat theater on [...]
THE BOSTON CONSERVATORY PRESENTS STRING MASTERS: STEVEN DOANE, NOV. 13
(BOSTON—Oct. 25, 2011) The Boston Conservatory presents cellist Steven Doane in the popular String Masters series, a unique offering of internationally renowned musicians performing under the artistic direction of Andrew Mark and Irina Muresanu. The performance takes place Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 at 5 p.m. at The Boston Conservatory’s Seully Hall at 8 The Fenway. General admission tickets are $15, $10 for seniors and [...]
Thriller Live – Halloween MJ Tribute & Costume Contest
Michael Jackson’s record-busting Thriller will come alive on Halloween night at the Berklee Performance center. Berklee students, faculty, alumni and friends will perform the album in its entirety in a special Halloween tribute to the King of Pop. Some of the highlights? Dancers from Berklee’s Musical Theater Club will groove to the most popular Thriller tracks like “P.Y.T. (Pretty [...]
Beethoven Chamber Series: Concert II
CONCERT II: November 6, 2011 Trio for Piano, Flute and Bassoon, WoO 37 Piano Quartet No. 1 in Eb major, WoO 36 Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 Three Songs, Op. 83 In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133 Gesang aus der Ferne, WoO 137 Vanessa Holroyd, flute Thomas Stephenson, bassoon Rose Drucker, violin Joan Ellersick, viola [...]
Chamber Orchestra of Boston opens season with “Evening in the Palace of Reason”
Music Director David Feltner and the Chamber Orchestra of Boston open their 2011-2012 season with Evening in the Palace of Reason Saturday, November 5 at 7:30 PM at First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough St. The point of departure for this concert is a meeting between J.S. Bach and Frederick the Great, described by James R. Gaines in his wonderful book, Evening in [...]
Hibernian Hall Presents “Well I See: The Music in the Motion”
In an extraordinary collaboration featuring the Makanda Project of Boston and Mickey Davidson and Friends Dance Company of New York City, Hibernian Hall will present a concert exploring relationships between jazz music and movement in the context of Makanda Ken McIntyre’s compositions. Called, “Well I See: The Music in the Motion,” the performance takes place on Saturday, November 5 at [...]
NEC’s Weilerstein Trio Returns for Concert of Dvorak and Ives, Oct. 30 in Jordan Hall
Cellist Recently Named MacArthur “Genius” Grant Winner Trio Joined by Juan Miguel Hernandez, Violist of The Harlem Quartet, NEC’s Weilerstein Trio (Donald Weilerstein, violin; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano; Alisa Weilerstein, cello) will return to the Conservatory’s Jordan Hall for a concert of Dvorak and Ives, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. On the program will be [...]
Boston’s Largest FREE Music & Arts Festival, Monday, October 10
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Neighborhood Newslines
Apparently, liquor ISN’T quicker In the past several years, Hemenway Variety, at the corner of Westland Ave. and Hemenway St., has twice tried to obtain a liquor license but has been turned down because of objections by the neighborhood, the Boston Police Department, and others. Last month, the owners of the building complex at 91 [...]