Rockport Music has two awesome programs at the Shalin Liu this weekend. On Friday we present a choral ensemble from Cape Cod and on Sunday we offer a terrific jazz ensemble.
GLORIÆ DEI CANTORES
Friday, April 15, 8PM
Shalin Liu Performance Center (37 Main Street, Rockport)
Gloriæ Dei Cantores sings weekly services at the Church of the Transfiguration on Cape Cod. Praised by The Washington Post as “a world-class concert choir,” Gloriæ Dei Cantores has performed in over 20 countries, including three invitational tours of Russia and a performance at the 900th anniversary of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice. They make their Shalin Liu Performance Center debut with a program of music for the Lenten season, including composers whose birthdays are being commemorated in 2011: Hovhaness (100) and Liszt (200).
Tickets: $18, $24, $32. 978-546-7391 or www.rockportmusic.org
BEBOP GUITARS
Sunday, April 17, 4 pm
Shalin Liu Performance Center (37 Main Street, Rockport)
The BeBop Guitars is a guitar ensemble made up of members of the faculty at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Directed by Belmont guitarist and composer John Baboian, the group consists of five teachers from Berklee’s highly regarded guitar department, along with trumpet, vibes, bass, and drums. They will play original compositions along with their unique arrangements of jazz standards, such as Salt Peanuts – Dizzy Gillespie; Perdido – Duke Ellington; and God Bless The Child – Billie Holiday
Tickets: $18, $24, $32. 978-546-7391 or http://www.rockportmusic.org
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Love the “at the Liu” headline. I love how you sneak in that bathroom humor, or do I just have a dirty mind?
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I’m thinking number 2 🙂
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Number 2 at the Liu?
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hi, me too- I love the “at the Liu” headline too! It just sounds so cool.
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