Arts Alive offers an amazing array of talented performers, from aspiring students of all ages to accomplished professional performers. You’ll find music of all genres: jazz, rock’n’roll, blues, bluegrass, Americana, folk, country, Celtic, classical, old-time fiddle, New Age, alternative rock, light opera, choral, a cappella, singer/songwriter, and more. There will be classical and contemporary ballet, … Continue reading
The Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra, John Yankee, Music Director The Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra, under the direction of John Yankee, will present their Fall Musicale on Sunday, September 25, at 3 PM at the Cape Cod Conservatory, 60 Highfield Drive, in Falmouth. Members and friends of the orchestra will present a variety of classical, contemporary, … Continue reading
The Cape Community Orchestra will present its Spring Concert Series on Friday, May 13, at 7:30 PM at Northside United Methodist Church, 701 Airline Road, in Brewster, and Sunday, May 15, at 3 PM, at the Church of the Holy Spirit, 204 Monument Road, in Orleans. Admission is free; free will donations are accepted at … Continue reading
The Cape Community Orchestra, under the direction of John P. Hagon, presented the first of two concerts yesterday, May 4, at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Orleans. The second concert in the series is Friday, May 9, at 7:30 PM at the Northside United Methodist Church on Airline Road at the Brewster/Dennis town … Continue reading
The Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra will play a nicely varied program of Vivaldi, Haydn, and Douglas Townsend this weekend. Concerts are Saturday, November 16, at 7 PM, and Sunday, November 17, at 3 PM at Falmouth Academy. The Vivaldi piece is the lively “Concerto in C for Two Trumpets and Strings (RV 537), and the … Continue reading
Singer/songwriter/comedian Christine White was warm, witty, and delightful last Saturday evening (November 3) at Cotuit Center for the Arts. Having heard her songs on the radio over the years, I expected that, and she did not disappoint. I had not heard much of Don White, so did not quite know what to expect. He was … Continue reading
By Susan Pennington, guest reviewer Mastersingers by the Sea, conducted by David MacKenzie, presented a gratifying choral and orchestral program Sunday afternoon, April 22, at St. Barnabas Church (also performed Saturday). The keystone was the elegant performance of The Great Trees, a 2009 composition by Gwyneth Walker, set to poetry of Wendall Berry. The scenes … Continue reading
October 3, 2011 The Flip Side performs at Puritan of Cape Cod, as an overflow crowd listens outside the shop. It was a beautiful evening in Falmouth, a perfect evening for strolling up and down Main Street, browsing in the shops, enjoying a meal at a restaurant, chatting with friends. What made it even more … Continue reading
September 29, 2011 To commemorate its 50th anniversary, the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra asked two local composers to create a work to celebrate and honor life on the Cape and the Islands. Sandwich resident David M. Cohen was selected, along with Don Nardo, another Cape composer. Each composed two movements of the piece, titled “Cape … Continue reading
April 16, 2010 Jung-Ho Pak, James Cockey, and Joseph Fire Crow (From today’s Enterprise) Jung-Ho Pak created an outstanding program for the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, taking the much-loved, but often performed New World Symphony by Antonin Dvořák and giving it new brilliance and perspective by pairing it with African-American and Native American music. In … Continue reading
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